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Welcome to gamelab (version @VERSION@), the on-line game theory laboratory. To deploy an experiment, complete the form below. Use the on-line manual for help. Good luck!

1. Change Password

Set your password (at least one character) here. You should do this when you first use the system, as the default is too easy. It's up to you to make sure your password is secure. You will be logged out after doing so.
An unexpected error occurred.
Invalid new or existing password.

2. Change E-mail

You should set the e-mail address to your address, as the system (or system administrator) will mail you if it has issues. You will be logged out after doing so.
An unexpected error occurred.
Invalid new or existing e-mail address.

3. Change SMTP

In order to send e-mails to players, you need to configure a valid e-mail sending service. If you mess up, you can always fix this information after the game starts and re-try e-mails that failed to send.
The following are your SMTP parameters. Click Send Test to send a test message to the administrator account (not the from address!).
A test e-mail has been sent to . If you do not receive it in a little while, please fix your mail settings.
The e-mail address will appear as the from address on all e-mails the system sends out. Make sure this is a real address so participants can write to you! The server is your SMTP server. It must be encrypted (SSL/TLS), and be in the form smtp://the.server.name:port, where the port is usually 25, 465, or 587. (It can be anything, though.) The username and password are used to log into your server. Your password is stored on the gamelab server: make sure it's something random and not used elsewhere!
An unexpected error occurred.
Invalid new or existing parameters.

4. Games

The following are your games. To delete a game, click the symbol alongside.
You may add games by specifying a name and payoffs. The name is never shown to players. Payoffs must follow the usual top-left to bottom-right order, one payoff per player (row player first).
An unexpected system error occurred.
Invalid game payoffs, name, or strategy count.
Experiment already started!

5. Players

Players in your experiment. To delete a player, just click the symbol alongisde. Players marked with are captive.
Add players to the game using this form. Players consist of e-mail addresses separated by white-space (newlines, tabs, spaces, whatever). If you set the Allow Captive Players toggle, then players may add themselves. Captive players will not be e-mailed when the experiment is started, nor will they be remembered when the experiment is wiped.
An unexpected system error occurred.
Experiment already started!
Allow Captive Players

6. Experiment Parameters

Commit your experiment parameters and start here. Once you start your experiment, you can't reconfigure.
You'll need to enter the address for logging in (sent in players' welcome email — you probably don't want to change this), the start date and time in GMT , the number of rounds, and the minutes per round. You can also change the instructions (in HTML5 markup) that will be shown to players.
An unexpected error occurred.
Can't start: start date in the past, not enough days, no e-mail setup, or no no participants or games.
Experiment already started!
Current GMT date:
Current GMT time:
...or start in one minute, ten minutes, one hour, or one day from now.