A scenario game is used to facilitate many different scenarios in a limited space of time for a large audience. Typically, it can be run in an afternoon for an audience of more than 100 people. It introduces the technique in a grounded way to a broad audience. It provides substantive orientation to the power of the scenario approach even though it will not provide the depth nor the strategic breakthroughs of the full process.

The scenario game can be accompanied by the use of Current State flash cards, developed specifically for the company situation. Designed like playing cards, the Current State pack anchors the scenarios in existing situational context by incorporating industry and global constraints into the discussion. While the scenario game stretches the thinking into new possibilities, the Current State pack grounds the thinking in current reality.