Recounts personal experiences in the design of simulations/gaming for city development and planning. Notes early games and describes the development of three land use and city growth games. Discusses revisions, conference demonstrations of the games, and collaborative efforts. (AEF)

Describes the design of a decision support system (DSS) for a management game called MAGNUS (Management Game for National University of Singapore). Built-in models for performance analysis and decision making are explained; database query and model building are described; and future work is discussed. (11 references) (LRW)

Computer-based strategic management games yield learning outcomes superior to case-based teaching. This article discusses factors reducing the number of commercially produced management games available to strategic management instructors (elimination of game publishers, long shelf life of popular games, lack of game currency) and reviews the…