The Urban Game

1. The Urban Game An exercise in urbanization and industrialization

2. Let’s Begin ‡The year is 1700 and the nation is the United States of America. The scene is a rural village. • Your village should contain the following items at this point: • A river that runs from one end of the map to the opposite end (your river should not be more than 3 squares wide) • Two roads (1 square wide) that intersect near the middle of your map and extend off the map in each cardinal direction. • Two wooden bridges (1 square wide) • 10 houses • 1 church • 1 cemetery • 1 store • 1 restaurant • 1 coalmine • 1 park • And of course, you need to give your village a name!

3. Preparing for the Game • Draw: • A river across your paper connecting east to west, the river should be about 1 inch wide • Draw a simple wooden bridge across the river • Draw two roads (one north/south which goes across the bridge, one east/west) • Mark off a portion of your lands for the commons (land that can be used by all in the village) • Draw 10 houses. • Draw 1 church, 1 cemetery, 1 store, 1 restaurant, 1 coal mine, and at least 50 trees!!!

4. COMMONS RIP STORE

5. It’s 1700 and we are in the USA… • Listen carefully as we read background to our game. • Think about: • What people do for a living • How people live • The different classes in our village • Over the next 100 years, we are going to experience a major revolution!!!

6. Round One– 1745 • Since you invested your money, thereby making a tidy profit, build yourself 1 nice home anywhere on the map • Build the canal (it must run parallel to the water)

7. Round Two– 1750 • Add 5 houses (total 15)

8. Round Three– 1760 • Take away ½ your commons • Add 1 more nice house

9. Round Four– 1773 • Add 1 factory • Factory must be on the river bank • Canal water does NOT move fast enough to power the factory machines • Do NOT add smoke to this factory!

10. Round Five– 1774 • Add 5 houses (total 20) • 1 church • 1 restaurant • 1 store • You may draw additional roads and 1 more bridge

11. Round Six– 1774 (still) • Add 5 new factories

12. Round Seven– 1780 • Add 5 tenements

13. Round 8– 1781 • Add 1 store • 1 restaurant • 1 church • 1 school (for boys of families wealthy enough to send kids to school) • Workers work 6 days a week and Sundays are the only day of rest. People flock to churches– make them convenient for the tired feet of the workers

14. Round 9– 1782 • Add 2 more restaurants

15. Round 10– 1783 • Add 2 special homes • Add 1 more factory • Add 15 houses for management personnel (35 total)

16. Round 11– 1785 • Add 10 factories with smoke • Add smoke to all pre-existing factories • Add 5 houses (40 total) • Add 1 tenement • Also, add 1 more nice house

17. Round 12– 1800 • Add 1 new coal mine • Add 1 new iron bridge to replace the old wooden one • Add 5 more house (45 total)

18. Round 13– 1815 • Draw 1 cemetery

19. Round 14– 1820 • Add 1 major railroad connecting your factories to your coal mines • The railroad should be one continuous line • Draw one railroad station on the railroad line • You may draw additional bridges if necessary (no more than 2) • Add 5 more houses for railroad workers (50 total)

20. Round 15– 1827 • Add 1 jail • Add 2 restaurants • Add 2 tenements

21. Round 16– 1835 • Add 20 street lamps

22. Round 17– 1838 • Add 2 hospitals • 1 more cemetery

23. Round 18– 1840 • Add 1 more railroad line passing east to west through your town • Add 1 more railroad station

24. Round 19– 1842 • Add 2 theaters/museums • Add 2 private schools (put a “P” on the school) • Add 1 restaurant

25. Round 20– 1845 • Add 1 cemetery • Add 1 jail • 1 hospital to accommodate the victims of urban life

26. Round 21– 1850 • Add 20 houses (70 total) • 5 tenements • 2 stores • 1 church • 5 factories • 1 restaurant • 1 more nice house