Dwell
A game simulating poverty’s effect on one’s health and healthcare access
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Audio recording credit: Dr. Jill Sanko
Questions?��Contact Lien Tran at lien.tran@depaul.edu
Agenda
Objectives
By the end of the activity participants will be able to:
Welcome to Dwellville!
You are an individual household or head of the household trying to make ends meet.
Spend the next 4 weeks navigating your way around town in hopes of achieving your goals for the month.
Getting Started
Each player should select a Household Planner, labeled with their in-game character name.
Find out about your game character by reading the Household Profile section of the planner.
Your goal is to achieve all your Game Objectives by the end of the month.
Setup your household according to the �Player Setup section of your planner.
Tracking Sheet
Each household should take the Tracking Sheet with your character’s name on it.
Mark this sheet with the following household events:
Game Start
On Your Turn
On Your Turn
On Your Turn
On Your Turn
At any time, feel free to discuss and decide how to handle ambiguous situations
There may be certain global events or player scenarios for which it is not clear what to do.
Discuss with your group (or facilitator) to interpret what that means for player/s and then determine the best course of action.
If you are living in the same location or going to school or working at the same location as another player:
You can try and help each other out (as makes logical sense in the real-world). This might include sharing money, bus tokens, or car rides.
Player Movement
Player Movement > �By Foot
How far you can move each day depends on your character. See Player Movement section in planner. (This is your daily allotted distance unless otherwise specified by a global or household event, etc.)
Moving onto or leaving the road (leaving/entering a location) does not cost a move. ��Example: Bells River Mall to Swanee Motel equals 4 moves by foot.
Player Movement �> By Bus
There is an orange and a green bus line. Spaces with colored rings are municipal bus stops. Players must begin and end a single bus ride at stops of the same color. Below is an example of an orange line bus stop.
Example: Dunns Creek VA to Okeechobee University = 1 bus token (traveling along the orange line) plus 2 moves by foot. Note: Entering and exiting the road does not cost a move.
Player Movement �> By Bus
Each adult must use 1 bus token per ride on the municipal bus.
Children riding with an adult travel for free on the muncipal bus.
If living along the orange transit line: �Children can travel to and from school via a public school bus at no expense. Otherwise, they must get to school via municipal bus or car.
Bus tokens can be purchased anytime and �cost 5 for $10.
If you purchase tokens at the Bells River Mall or Snell Convenience Center, you get an extra one for free, so 6 tokens costs $10.
Player Movement �> By Car
You must pay car expenses to maintain access to a working car. (See Possessions/Bills section of booklet.)
If so: you have access to a car, and all household members can move freely around town via car.
Employment
Employment >
Time Card
Employment section of planner
Time cards are used to track when you worked assigned shifts or not and how much money you earn on Pay Day.
Employment >
On Pay Day
For each job:
Employment section of planner
Possessions/Bills Due
Place all current possessions or bills in the Possessions/Bills Due section of your planner.
On Bills Due Day: �Cards marked with On Bills Due Day require some kind of payment
Some require payment in order to keep the possession or keep active (such as cell phone)
On Grocery Day
Visit one of the following store locations, and pay the corresponding cost (listed in the Grocery Day section of your planner) for groceries at this location.
Be sure to adjust the amount you owe for groceries accordingly - including possibly from the current Global Event card or any cards attached to this section.
On Global Health Day
Everyone in your household must visit a health care provider on a Global Health Day.
For each household member who does not, mark it on your Tracking Sheet.
Collection Day
Certain cards only have effect on Collection Day and are marked as such.
On Collection Day:�Do what it says on any active cards that are marked with Collection Day icon.
Pawn Shop
At any time you can go to Shark River Pawn Shop to pawn items.
Pawn an item by discarding this possession card and collecting the amount marked “Pawn Value” on that card.
Once you pawn an item, you can’t buy it back.
Day of Reflection
Each Saturday, reflect on how your week went. Below are some reflective props you might consider.
Beginning a New Week
Did You Know
A Poverty Fact/Statistic is shared on each Sunday��A few examples are here (or use QR code for full deck)
One person from each group can scan this code and navigate the deck to find a DYK fact to share with the group on each in-game Sunday
Did You Know
On average supplemental nutrition beneficiaries live 1.8 miles away from a grocery store (Mukherjee, 2013).
Patten, E. & Krogstad, J.M. (2015). Black child poverty rate holds steady, even as other groups see decline. Pew Research. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/14/black-child-poverty-rate-holds-steady-even-as-other-groups-see-declines/
Did You Know
On average supplemental nutrition beneficiaries live 1.8 miles away from a grocery store (Mukherjee, 2013).
Patten, E. & Krogstad, J.M. (2015). Black child poverty rate holds steady, even as other groups see decline. Pew Research. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/14/black-child-poverty-rate-holds-steady-even-as-other-groups-see-declines/
Did You Know
Did You Know
It is estimated that worldwide there are 1 billion people living on $1.25 income per day level.
Dwell Debrief
Briefly describe your family and family dynamics
What feelings did you experience during your month in poverty?
Where in your priorities was meeting yours and your families’ healthcare needs?
Why?
What were your greatest challenges?
Were they interpersonal or intrapersonal?
How many and which community resources did you use?
Which ’Did You Know’ facts struck a chord with you? Why?
In what ways might you alter the way you work or interact with people/families after having played Dwell?