Who Won?
No single criterion is an absolute measure of success in the game. All
teams start the game with different amounts of wealth and with different
goals, and more than one team can end the game with a feeling of success.
Ask the participants which definition of "winning" they had in mind during the game. Some possibilities are:
• Total wealth at the end of the game
• Total increased wealth at the end of the game
• Amount of infrastructure development in the game (For regions only)
• Total number of solution cards distributed (For organizations and corporations only)
• Popularity or goodwill gained from other teams
Total Wealth vs. Gained Wealth
Each team begins the workshop with different amount of wealth. By the end of the game, did the relative distribution of wealth change in the world? Who gained the most wealth? Who lost the most wealth?
Infrastructure Development
For regional teams, the degree of the Infrastructure advancement is an important measure of overall success in the game. Which team advanced the greatest number of levels? Did one team concentrate on amassing liquid wealth but remain at the same Infrastructure Level for the entire game?
Number of Solutions Distributed
Corporations and organizations were given solution strategy cards to trade with regional teams. Each card represents a solution to a problem in the region.
What were the goals of the corproate and organization teams as they traded these cards? Was it to increase their wealth? Was it to try to distribute as many cards as possible to the world? Can these two goals be achieved at the same time? By which criterion should success be measured?
Goodwill and Social Capital
How teams perceive each other can have a significant impact on the financial outcomes of participants. Exploring the inter-relation between wealth, character and integrity can lead to an interesting conversation.
During the course of a Workshop, certain teams will emerge as ethical and fair players in the world. Ask how they made other teams feel this way about them, and how it affected their success in the game. Other teams might be perceived by the world as selfish, unfair or aggressive. Ask what these teams did to make other teams feel this way about them, and how it affected their success in the game.
