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Does this game exist in a easily accessible board-game format? If not, is there some PDF or something that can help a "board game enthusiast" like myself set it

Does this game exist in a easily accessible board-game format? If not, is there some PDF or something that can help a "board game enthusiast" like myself set it up and play it? I see that this article discusses a "deck of cards", as well as various records that must be managed, and a "Stack of pennies" representing something. So there's some game that really exists out there.

pclmulqdq 5y ago
There is a board game, in the form of a roll-out playmat and some decks of cards. I don't know if you need to email John Sterman to get it, but it does exist. You also need poker chips or a lot of pennies to represent inventories, and a pen and paper to log how you do. This is a co-op game made for business school classes, and you won't be able to get the full experience of it unless you enforce the "no talking" rule between each player, and have some other people to compare against.
pessimizer 5y ago
As a game with a punchline, it's 1) not worth playing twice and 2) the owner/proctor of the game already knows the punchline. There's probably some good way to make a bullwhip effect game, maybe with each player playing all stages, but each stage in a different supply chain (and maybe with the retail availability of the product of one supply chain generating the demand on another.) For games in the same ballpark, Schoko & Co., Container, and Energie Poker are good ones.
pjot 5y ago
Something similar can be found in the book “The Goal” but with a six sided die and matchsticks. The premise is explained here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2149283/math-behind-the-match-stick-game-in-the-goal https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2149283/math-behind...
dgabriel 5y ago
Forio has a digital version https://forio.com/app/showcase/near-beer-game/ https://forio.com/app/showcase/near-beer-game/ I was on a team that wrote a beer game app for HBS, and the rules are really simple. It's not really worth playing more than once, though.

pclmulqdq 5y ago

There is a board game, in the form of a roll-out playmat and some decks of cards. I don't know if you need to email John Sterman to get it, but it does exist. You also need poker chips or a lot of pennies to represent inventories, and a pen and paper to log how you do. This is a co-op game made for business school classes, and you won't be able to get the full experience of it unless you enforce the "no talking" rule between each player, and have some other people to compare against.

pessimizer 5y ago

As a game with a punchline, it's 1) not worth playing twice and 2) the owner/proctor of the game already knows the punchline. There's probably some good way to make a bullwhip effect game, maybe with each player playing all stages, but each stage in a different supply chain (and maybe with the retail availability of the product of one supply chain generating the demand on another.) For games in the same ballpark, Schoko & Co., Container, and Energie Poker are good ones.

pjot 5y ago

Something similar can be found in the book “The Goal” but with a six sided die and matchsticks. The premise is explained here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2149283/math-behind-the-match-stick-game-in-the-goal https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2149283/math-behind...

dgabriel 5y ago

Forio has a digital version https://forio.com/app/showcase/near-beer-game/ https://forio.com/app/showcase/near-beer-game/ I was on a team that wrote a beer game app for HBS, and the rules are really simple. It's not really worth playing more than once, though.