Ten beds. Two wards. Win yours.

You run Ward A. Ward B runs itself. You share ten beds, and patients keep arriving. Four rounds, twelve days each, and the same patients arrive in every round, so the only thing that changes is what you choose.

Day 0 of 12 Ward A (you)Ward Bheld empty

Waiting for Ward A 0

Waiting for Ward B 0

Beds needed = patients arriving per day × days each one stays (Little's Law). Dots on a bed are days left; a hollow dot is a day spent waiting for discharge.

Your move this round

Every round you've played

Gold: patients admitted, both wards together. Hollow: patients who arrived. The red gap is people still waiting on day 12.

Play all four rounds to see what kind of game each one was.

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You run one of two hospital wards that share ten beds, over four rounds of twelve days with the same patients each time. You choose whether to share, grab, hold beds empty or fix the discharge delay, and the game shows which choices only move the shortage around and which one removes it.

All the games

Ten beds. Two wards. Win yours.

Your results

Every round you've played

Which round was the real shortage?

Four rounds. Four kinds of game.