Redefining Preparedness for Global Threats
The Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation develops next-generation games and exercises that prepare decision-makers to face future threats with confidence.
Practicing Today for Tomorrow's Threats
Our research-based games are designed to be deeply engaging and build intuition by combining cognitive, strategic, operational, and tactical learning.
Unlike traditional exercises, these serious games leverage the natural appeal of gameplay – competition, exploration, and decision-making – to create immersive, goal-oriented experiences.
By learning through doing, players can safely test assumptions, explore reasoning, and refine their actions in a compelling, low-risk environment.
CAPTRS games are designed for the decision-makers who don't get a second chance to practice.
Practice resource allocation, cascading effect response, and multi-jurisdiction coordination in high-pressure simulations built for your real-world constraints.
Build situational awareness and cross-agency alignment your department needs — before the next outbreak or emergency hits.
Understand what your agencies need from you during a crisis. Experience the decisions that matter most before you face them for real.
Practice activating protocols and building cross-departmental response capacity under uncertainty.
Surface assumptions, compare competing priorities, and explore how today's strategic choices might play out over time.
Not sure which game fits your team?
Talk to usThree Research-driven games about global preparedness for complex threats.
Step into fast-moving crisis scenarios where every decision counts. EMCE challenges players to balance preparedness and response, allocate limited resources, and adapt as conditions rapidly change, all under real-world time pressure. It is dynamic, high-stakes training for complex emergencies.
Learn more about EMCE: City Blackout
Strong response starts with strong coordination. C3C brings multiple agencies together in realistic crisis simulations that expose gaps, align plans, and strengthen activation understanding. This gaming exercise turns written protocols into practiced, collaborative action.
Learn more about C3C Game
When uncertainty rises, clarity matters most. A3P sharpens situational awareness and decision-making by revealing how individuals and teams interpret risk, align perspectives, and activate response plans. This gaming exercise builds shared understanding before it is needed most.
Learn more about A3P Game
Where Innovation Meets Expertise
“CAPTRS pandemic wargames help us prevent what we normally do, which is stress test plans based solely on past experiences. A simulation exercise like this allows us to discuss threats which may arise in the future in order to create plans and clearly understand the roles of all decision-makers and agencies.”
Dr. Mark Escott, Chief Medical Officer and EMS System Medical Director for the City of Austin and Travis County
“The CAPTRS Situational Awareness game helped me think about my blind spots and hone my skills. It prompted thoughts on drivers of decision-making for public health. Decision-making based on a risk assessment is what you do in public health your whole career, and the game helped me analyze how I think about sources and reliability of a source when I make my risk assessment.”
Dr. Oliver Morgan, Director, WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
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