Working in three teams, masterclass students will be placed in a public affairs scenario based on a real, current piece of proposed legislation at the early Bill or pre-legislative consultation stage of the Whitehall/Westminster process.

The game’s narrative will be driven and its challenges established through the use of fake communications and role-play scenarios created by ComKnow staff and other invited experts, e.g. news releases, telephone inquiries, press conferences.

Teams can be 2 to 6 members strong, up to a maximum of 18 overall players, evenly distributed.

• Team 1: opposes key measures in the proposed legislation and is seeking to have them amended or removed.
• Team 2: is in favour of the legislation and is seeking to support its passage, intact, through the parliamentary process.
• Team 3: is a potential third-party advocate for either team 1 or team 2 and must decide why and in which ways it will campaign alongside either of those teams.