Materials
To play with the app, one computer or tablet per table is enough; if phones are allowed at your school, students can also use their own, with a projector. These sheets, free and ready for A4, help you prepare the class and keep everything to hand.
What to print
So that nobody gets lost: each player has their own sheet in hand, each table a summary for questions, and the teacher their guide.
- For each player handed out at the start
- The player sheet: a single-sided A4 with the round, the taxes, the services, Tension and how scoring works.
- Their role card, in large print and tarot size (70 × 120 mm), which fits tarot sleeves. Print them per table (3 sheets) and cut them out; with the app, each player takes the card for the role shown on screen.
- With the hidden layer and suspicions, their suspicions sheet (half an A4) to note which ideology they think each player has.
- For each table for any questions
- The rules summary (2 pages) and the roles sheet.
- With the hidden layer, the hidden layer sheet for reference. On paper, also the ideology and power cards, dealt face down; with the app you do not need them, as each player sees theirs on screen.
- Optional: the board (sheets 2 and 3 of the table kit) with five markers: the three services, the round and Tension.
- For the teacher
- The teacher's guide (2 pages) and, if you like, the full rulebook.
- Without screens
- The complete table kit, one per table, and the player sheet for each player.
For playing with the app
Nine PDF documents. You can view them on screen before downloading them.
Full rulebook
The complete rules, with each round's events: the same as the How to play page, ready to print.
Download PDFRules summary
The whole game on two pages: the round, the taxes, the 3-2-1 split, Tension, the events, the Midlife Crossroads and how to win. View on screen
Download PDFPlayer sheet
One for each player: a single-sided A4 with the round, the taxes, the services, Tension and how scoring works. View on screen
Download PDFRole cards
The eleven cards, in large print, to cut out and give each player their own. Tarot size (70 × 120 mm), for tarot sleeves. Three sheets per table, best on card. View on screen
Download PDFRoles
The eight roles and the three spares, with their Income, Cost of Living and goals, on one reference page for each table. View on screen
Download PDFTeacher's guide
How to prepare the session, timings, what to say in each phase, questions for the debate and for the final discussion, and how to connect it with the theory. View on screen
Download PDFHidden layer
Optional: the nine ideologies with their objectives and the eight powers. View on screen
Download PDFHidden layer cards
To play it on paper: the nine ideologies, with their secret goal, and the eight powers, tarot size. Not needed with the app. View on screen
Download PDFSuspicions sheet
Half an A4 per player (two per sheet) to note which ideology they think each player has and guess at the end. View on screen
Download PDF
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. You may copy, print, adapt and translate the materials to use them in class, as long as you credit the author, do not use them for commercial purposes and share your versions under the same licence.
How to cite it: Martín Rodríguez, José Miguel (2026). Un Estado en clase · ¿Hacienda somos todos? Juego educativo sobre fiscalidad: reglamento y materiales para el docente. [A State in Class · Who Pays for Us All? An educational game about taxation: rulebook and materials for the teacher.] Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23933606
The materials are archived in Zenodo, the open repository of CERN and the European Commission, with a permanent DOI. The archived materials are in Spanish; the English versions will be added.
The game's code is available on request for teaching or research use. If you're interested, write to us from the contact page.
For playing without screens
The game can also be played as a board game, with coins and cards. Print the table kit, get what is on this list, and you are ready.
The shopping list
Tick what you already have. The quantities adjust to the number of tables you are going to set up at the same time.
Money and tokens
Table
For printing
The board game, ready to print
Thirteen sheets: print one kit per table. It also gives each table its own board when it plays with the app.
Complete table kit
How to set up and how to play a round on paper, plus all the pieces below. Use it together with the Rules summary. View on screen
Download PDFBoard
Two sheets: the Social Tension track, the three services with their levels and funds, the rounds, the public purse, the taxes and the opening pact.
Cards
The eight roles and the three spares, the twelve Midlife Crossroads cards and the eight events, ready to cut out. Eight sheets, tarot size (70 × 120 mm).
Voting tokens
Eight sets of tax tokens (A, B, C, D) and eight sets of budget tokens.
Score sheet and log
For adding up the points at the end and noting, round by round, what happened at the table.