EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE
Build your sector. Shape the city. Negotiate your way to victory.
ONE CITY
FOUR SECTORS
COMING TO KICKSTARTER
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Experience Pactopolis at
Spiel Essen
22–25 October 2026
Essen, Germany
Try Pactopolis
Booth 4 F-110
Negotiate. Build. Adapt. Shape the city.
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Built Differently
Interaction without endless negotiation. However, time will not always be enough.
Timed Negotiations
Sectors have different abilities, different constraints, and different bonuses.
Asymmetric Sectors
Planning ahead, you will also need to be ready to change the course.
Adaptive Strategy
Your rivals help you win - you need to help them help you.
Collaborative Competition
Grow your business. Protect the Environment.
Systems Sustenance
Created in collaboration with a Negotiations expert
Bringing real-world negotiation principles into the game.
The game was originally created to teach negotiation skills, the hobby version adds more replayability, game elements and mechanics that would appeal to the hobbyists.
How will you win?
Will you win big? Or win smart?
There is one winner — but the health of the city tells another story.
LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN INTERESTS.
CREATE VALUE FOR OTHERS.
PROTECT THE SYSTEMS YOU ALL DEPEND ON.
The Game
Pactopolis is a highly interactive, asymmetric city-building game with negotiations at its core—negotiations that are not just about trading, but about value creation and value appropriation. In contrast to other games, Pactopolis rewards strategy with adaptability—and in this, it brings you a brand-new experience.
You can have a plan. You just can't control everything.
In Pactopolis, other players are part of the equation. They have their own interests, make their own deals and can change the opportunities available to you. The challenge isn't to control the game—but to adapt to it.
WHO IS PACTOPOLIS FOR?
THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO WIN?
Bring a strategy. Be ready to abandon it.
Pactopolis rewards curiosity, strategic thinking and a willingness to engage with other players. Come with a plan, question your assumptions, and stay open to possibilities you didn't see coming.
We've seen 10- and 11-year-old strategy gamers surprise experienced adults at the table. Sometimes the advantage isn't knowing more. It's being willing to question what you think you know — and change your plan when things go sideways.
PACTOPOLIS AT A GLANCE
PLAYERS
2-8
Modular setup for different player counts.
PLAY TIME
2-4 H
~2 h with 2 players. ~3 h with 8. ~4 h with 4.
CORE
Negotiation
Timed Negotiations. 1/3 of total game time.
EXPERIENCE
Strategy
City Building · Competition · Collaboration
Meet the people behind Pactopolis
Game Design - Sustainability content
Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit
Taru Deva
Game Architecture & Mechanics
Chavi C-Y Fletcher Chen
Consulting Negotiations Expert
Art & Illustration
Maria Trigueros
