OIKOS. Administrator

The administrator starts the game, adds players, and manages the phases of each session.

Starting a Game

The administrator will log in to the platform;
On the page that opens, they will click on "Create new room";
On the next page, they will enter a name and password for the room, and the administrator console will open;
Multiple rooms can be opened to run several games simultaneously.

- In the "Player Management" section of the console, the administrator must add the players:

Either by adding them one by one, with their name, password, and the wheat and iron they will have at the start of the game;
Or from a spreadsheet that contains the following fields in the first row: name, password, wheat, iron.

Once the players are added, the administrator will inform them of the room name, their username, and their password (by email, WhatsApp, or any other means), and they will be able to participate in the game.

- When a room is created, the game will have the delivery phase open;
- The administrator can determine the transition to the next phase with the "Close Deliveries and Open Production" button;
- This button will change to "Close Production and New Session" to allow the player to move to the next phase;
- It will then change to "Open Deliveries" so the administrator can continue with a new session when desired;

- The other buttons inform the administrator of other aspects of the game, such as the amounts of wheat and iron for each player or the deliveries that have been made.
- They also allow the information to be downloaded for analysis.

The administrator will inform the players of the procedure for validating contracts.

We recommend playing Capital first with the default variants. However, the administrator can:

Define different starting resources for each player (by default, everyone starts with 1000 wheat and 1000 iron).
Modify the information available to players (by default, all deliveries and quantities are known, but not the last session, nor the a and b values in Capital).
Determine the maximum number of deliveries (by default, 5 or fewer).
Modify contract terms to allow for compensation for lost profits (by default, whoever breaches the contract loses).
Modify company conditions (by default, companies must have 4 or fewer members).
Establish a redistribution of a percentage of wheat and iron to be shared among all players (by default, no redistribution).