The Fiscal Ship: status, maker and key facts on file
The Fiscal Ship is a game by Hutchins Center at Brookings and Serious Games Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Status: Playable, checked November 2026.
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The Fiscal Ship is played on its maker's website; this directory lists and checks it and does not host it.
The Fiscal Ship in brief
Players pick tax and spending options in a free browser game to make their own plan to keep projected U.S. federal debt from rising. An advisory committee spanning a broad range of political views advised on the design, and 1st Playable Productions built it. The Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Serious Games Initiative produced it, and it won gold at the 2016 Serious Play Awards.
The Fiscal Ship is a game by Hutchins Center at Brookings and Serious Games Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The Fiscal Ship is filed under History and civics, sector Civic. Platform on file: Web. Cost on file: Free. The maker's page offered The Fiscal Ship in November 2026; this was verified by reading the page.
2 articles on this site name The Fiscal Ship: The Fiscal Ship: the federal budget game from Brookings and 2016 International Serious Play Awards: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The award data holds 1 row with the title The Fiscal Ship. More entries are in the games directory.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | Hutchins Center at Brookings and Serious Games Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson Center |
| Topic | History and civics |
| Sector | Civic |
| Platform | Web |
| Also credited | 1st Playable Productions |
| Cost | Free |
| Status | Playable |
| Checked | November 2026 |
| Official address | fiscalship.org |
Recorded awards
| Program | Year | Category | Result | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Serious Play Awards | 2016 | Nonprofit | Gold | 1st Playable Productions |