All decisions and moves taken by the teams during the game must be reported to the director at the specially assigned time periods. The director is responsible for interpreting game rules, evaluating and determining whether proposed, non- routine moves by various nations may be permitted, judging outcomes, and generally assuring that the game runs smoothly. Each team should try to enact successfully the foreign policy goals presented by the heads of state in their term papers. These policies must be realistic representations of those held by the actual nations being simulated. The simulation is scheduled for several class days, with each day representing one week in real time.
Students meet with their teams and negotiate with other teams outside of class .
They meet as a team at the university coffee shop, during lunch or dinner, online in the negotiation's conference room or at any other time and place designated by the head of state. During these meeting, the team will devise a strategy and assign individual team members to negotiate with representatives from other teams. Students may do this negotiating by telephone or email, or by arranging a personal contact outside of class . A list of class members will be provided with their country teams, roles, telephone numbers, and email addresses. The country team meets at a time and place designated by the head of state to decide the problems to be addressed, discuss the strategies that will be employed and make negotiating assignments.