trialcat/race
A Real Cat AI Labs Simulation

Race to Approval

A spin-and-climb board game where you're the sponsor and the contagion is your own clinical program. Draw a card, spin the wheel, and shepherd a real FDA-regulated product up the snake from first-in-human to a $9B exit — before the money, the clock, or the competition buries it. Can you run your trials fast enough?

The Strategy Game (for Regulatory Affairs) — the game board: drive your product's value from $100k to a $9B exit

🎲 Real data, real stakes

Every game deals you an actual trial from ClinicalTrials.gov. A drug routes you through IND → phases → NDA/BLA. A device forks to 510(k) or PMA. The board knows the difference.

🎡 Draw, spin, climb

Each turn: draw a card from one of four decks (R&D, Enroll, FDA, Funding), then spin to climb the snake. Every square burns capital you'll miss later. Land on the right squares; dodge the gauntlet.

🗂️ Face the reviewer

At the top of the board, make your case to Dr. Eleanor Vance of the Division of Regulatory Reckoning. She has read everything. She is not impressed. Her highest praise is "this is adequate." Convince her anyway.

The web rebirth of The Strategy Game (for Regulatory Affairs), a finished board game by Angela N. Johnson, PhD — SVP of Regulatory Affairs, 25+ years across FDA and EMA, the person who has actually received these letters so you can simply pretend to. A TRCL 501(c)(3) project, with support from Biotech Mentor LLC. Built on the same ClinicalTrials.gov pipeline as the trialcat map. For delight, not regulatory advice.

Name your sponsor

For the leaderboard. No password, no verification, no spam — your email is just a handle so we can tell two Angies apart. We never show it publicly (you'll appear as "First L."). This is a board game, not a clinical registry; we collect accordingly.

Leaderboard handle only. Never shown, never sold.
Choose your founder

Who's running this company?

Six archetypes from the original board. Each one bends the climb. Pick the one whose delusion matches yours.

🏁 Competitor — racing you to file0%
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🎴 Your turn. Draw a card from one of the four decks:

Program log

EVENT

FDA Submission

Division of Regulatory Reckoning

Make your case. In a sentence or three: why should this product be approved? (The reviewer reads for rigor, not enthusiasm.)

⚖ A decision lands on your desk

📖 Learn more

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The Strategy Game (for Regulatory Affairs) — a satire by The Real Cat AI Labs, a 501(c)(3), with support from Biotech Mentor LLC, on real ClinicalTrials.gov data. Not regulatory, clinical, or investment advice. The FDA is, in real life, staffed by people far more reasonable than Dr. Vance. Mostly.