Among the testimonials to recommend the gaming approach to people's Y2K concerns the authors present on their Web site are these:

"'Y2K Connections™ builds the kinds of understanding needed to find what people CAN do together, not focusing on what they CANNOT. For the cost, and the quality, there's no tool like it on the market. Even emergency managers can fit it into their budgets. And it can be used from grade school to the top Boardroom of the Fortune 500. …It's quality all the way. …this could be one of the answers we've been looking for that could be used right out of the box.' Rick Tobin, President of TAO Emergency Management Consulting (author of Emergency Planning on the Internet)

"'Y2K Connections™ gave us new perspectives on the Y2K problem… it was an effective tool for enhancing teamwork.' Trygve DePuis, Information Technology Manager, Telenor AS (Norway's AT&T)..."

Here's what they say about the game themselves:

"Why Play?

"Spend an hour or two with others playing Y2K Connections.™ You will:

• deepen your understanding of the interconnectedness of everything;
• consider the impacts that might occur when one unpredicted breakdown occurs;
• anticipate the ways you and others might respond;
• consider the consequences of those strategies, and, afterwards
• reconsider and develop alternative strategies.

You will want to play again and again, with friends, neighbors and co-workers, as you choose community, not crises..."

Seems like an interesting approach to a very complex problem, and I like the fact that they are taking the cooperative problem-solving instead of "run for the hills" outlook. Check it out.