Silk Road Simulation

Hi,

I want to try this activity too, but I'm very confused about a couple of particulars:

1) Are the students competing individually or by region?

2)  How are the goods divided within the groups in the beginning of the game.  I understand that they are getting the cards with their regions letter on them, but who gets what?  When I read some of the teachers comments in the posts on the forum, there seemed to be a lot of difference in what people say.

I would appreciate help from anyone who has been successful running this game. 

They are competing individually -- not as a region, because notably some of the regions will start with way more (e.g., China, India) 

The goods are divided by region at the beginning -- so in round one it will tell them that each person should specialize in one type of good (e.g., one person gets all of the silk, one person gets all of the glass, etc.) 

Thank you!

Thank you!