In this article we present results of different experiments with the
Beer Distribution Game focusing on decision patterns and the effect of
varying information on the decision quality. Besides the known decision
patterns such as the ordering heuristic presented by Sterman (1989)
and the well investigated bullwhip effect in the Beer Distribution Game,
we make two other observations. First, as an extension to available
studies, we suggest that decision behavior could be explained by policies
that change over time. Second, a non linear relationship between
the anchor and the decision is presented and contrasted to the linear
heuristic. Information seems to play an important role in the decision
making process, but the effect is not necessarily positive. This
could be explained by coordination problems. Overall, the complexity
of the Beer Distribution Game raises various questions about the
experimental design.