Player Instructions
Welcome to Opportunity Cost or Lost
You are the strategic advisor to Teyakan First Nation, guiding them through critical decisions about the Wawenash Community Expansion. Your mission is to maximize economic and fiscal benefits while minimizing delays, legal risks, and switching costs – all before time runs out.
Your goals for the game
Maximize present value of benefits for the Nation.
Minimize transaction and switching costs.
Complete your decision-making efficiently and accurately.
Game clock
Total time: 20 minutes (real-time) - game over.
Target: 10 minutes or less for a performance bonus (5% added to overall score).
Strategic Decisions
You will answer 19 questions.
Each decision has a time limit reflecting real-world complexity:
35 seconds (Low)
55 seconds (Medium)
70 seconds (High)
80 seconds (Very High)
If you run out of time on any one question, the game will automatically come to an end.
Scoring
Start at 100% of potential benefits
Choices for each question are ranked:
Rank 1 - Best (No reduction)
Rank 2 – 2% reduction
Rank 3 – 5% reduction
Rank 4 – 17% reduction
Rank 5 – 25% reduction
Rank 6 – Automatic Game Over
Game over conditions (loss of investor confidence and insurmountable project delay)
Game not completed within 20 minutes
Run out of time on a question
One (1) Rank 6 decision selected
One (2) Rank 5 decisions selected
One (3) Rank 4 decisions selected
Score drops below 50% before decisions completed
To complete the game
Complete all 19 decisions within 20 minutes.
Retain 50% or more of potential benefits.
To win the game:
Retain the most potential benefits in the shortest amount of time amongst your peer group.
Questions Descriptions
Final Scoring
90-100% - Congratulations!! You know how to build a competitive investment climate fast and well. You also know how to keep political switching costs low. Thanks to you, the community should convert most of their potential economic benefits into jobs and income for members, better public services and infrastructure, and protect and manage the environment effectively.
80-89% - Well done! You know a lot about building a stronger investment climate and lowering political switching costs. Perhaps, try your hand at the game one more time to see if you can convert even more potential economic benefits into more jobs and income for members and better public services and infrastructure, and protect and manage the environment effectively.
70-79% - This is pretty good. You made some good choices to improve the investment climate and lower political switching costs. You could benefit from playing a few more times to learn how to increase potential economic benefits into more jobs and income for members and better public services and infrastructure, and protect and manage the environment effectively.
60-69% - Good start. Not bad, but not great either. Unfortunately, you have left considerable potential economic benefits on the table. The community has much higher potential than you’ve realized! Perhaps you can review some Tulo material and then play the game again to increase potential economic benefits into more jobs and income for members and better public services and infrastructure, and protect and manage the environment effectively.
50-59% - Hmmmmmm. Not too great. You achieved the minimal amount of potential benefits without losing the opportunity completely. Please review Tulo materials and films and play the game again to increase potential economic benefits into more jobs and income for members and better public services and infrastructure, and protect and manage the environment effectively.