1. An exercise in urbanization and industrialization
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