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in which four environmental scientists play Oilsprings of Catan, destroy world

Posted on November 7, 2011December 9, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 2 Comments on in which four environmental scientists play Oilsprings of Catan, destroy world
Conservation, Popular Culture

Catan: Oilsprings. image by Andrew Thaler
Catan: Oilsprings. image by Andrew Thaler

This weekend I assembled a small team of marine and environmental scientists, including a molecular ecologist, a human geographer with experience in environmental justice, a political ecologist with experience in common-pool resource theory, and a veteran of the US Commission on Ocean Policy with extensive experience in marine spatial planning, to test out the new expansion for Settlers of Catan, Catan: Oilsprings. Settlers of Catan is a popular and expansive board game that focuses on resource management, development, and trading. Oilsprings is designed to add an element of “Tragedy of the Commons” to the game by introducing a new resource, oil, which allows rapid development, but at a cost that affects all players.

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