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Instructions
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In this game, you will manage 10 acres of forest with your home located within this forest. There will be 40 actual rounds and 3 practice rounds for the game. Each round represents 6 years.
The ten acres of forest will make up one unit of forest on a 3 by 3 grid. Each forest unit will be managed by a participant in the game.
See the forest layout below:
Forest 1 |
Forest 4 |
Forest 7 |
Forest 2 |
Forest 5 |
Forest 8 |
Forest 3 |
Forest 6 |
Forest 9 |
In each round you will have the option to:
1. Maintain a defensible space around your home at a cost of $300
2. Implement a prescribed burn at a cost of $400
3. Do nothing at a cost of $0
If you decide to maintain a defensible space, your home will be protected in the event of a fire, but the forest will be destroyed.
If you decide to use a prescribed burn both your home and the forest will be protected in the event of a fire, but the enjoyment you experience from your forest will decrease. A prescribed burn will stop a fire in your forest from spreading to your neighbor's forest.
If you do nothing your home and land will both be destroyed in the event of a fire.
The probability of a fire starting on your land is 1/9. This means that about once every 9 rounds, you should expect to experience a fire.
The probability of a fire starting on your neighbor's land is also 1/9. If a fire starts on or passes to your neighbor's land it will spread to your land if they did not use a prescribed burn.
Depending on your forest's location in the landscape, you will have 2 to 4 neighbors who will each share a border with one edge of your property.
In each round, in the absence of fire or prescribed burn, your enjoyment of your forest is equivalent to receiving $500.
If you undertake a prescribed burn, your enjoyment of your forest is only equivalent to receiving $300.
You receive enjoyment from your home equal to receiving $3000. If it is destroyed by a fire, you receive no enjoyment from your home.
The table below summarizes all possible states of the world:
|
No Fire |
Fire |
Prescribed Burn |
$2900 |
$2900 |
Defensive Space |
$3200 |
$2700 |
No Action |
$3500 |
$0 |
Starting in round 11, you will be given new instructions that explain how circumstances have changed.
At the end of the game, the average value of your enjoyment from your home and forest minus the cost of managing your forest across all rounds will be divided by 100. You will receive payment equal to this amount.
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