Comments for Gaming the Past http://gamingthepast.net historical simulation games in the classroom Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on World History Tabletop Sims by David Reinke http://gamingthepast.net/tabletop/world-history-tabletop-sims/#comment-11116 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:49:25 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.org/#comment-11116 Aloha Dr. McCall,

Have you looked at the board game offerings from GMT Games of California?

In particular the Commands & Colors Ancients, a series of games focused on the ancient Greeks and Romans. The game mechanics themselves are relatively simple, allowing one to both enjoy the games in and of themselves and to use them as a jumping off point forf more detailed study of the battles and personalities involved.

You might find these games useful in your classroom projects.

http://www.gmtgames.com/c-6-commands-colors-ancients.aspx

http://www.ccancients.net/

The games have certainly spurred my own research:

http://narukamisthunderbolts.blogspot.com/2010/08/playing-at-war.html

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]]> Comment on Inform 7 (Interactive Fiction Design Tool) by Improving Reading Skills with Text-Based Adventure Games | Ed Stuck in the Cloud Improving Reading Skills with Text-Based Adventure Games | taking education to the cloud and setting it free http://gamingthepast.net/simulation-design/inform-7/#comment-5659 Wed, 02 May 2012 16:43:54 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.wordpress.com/?page_id=88#comment-5659 [...] If you’re interested in learning more, I would highly suggest Jeremiah McCall’s site Gaming the Past, where he uses IF to explore historical events. I also have an IF game (my first) that I wrote as a [...]

]]> Comment on Inform 7 (Interactive Fiction Design Tool) by Engaging GTA Kids with Zork (non)Graphics | Ed Stuck in the Cloud Engaging GTA Kids with Zork (non)Graphics | taking education to the cloud and setting it free http://gamingthepast.net/simulation-design/inform-7/#comment-5309 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:25:40 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.wordpress.com/?page_id=88#comment-5309 [...] haven’t gotten to the teaching portion yet, though I am pouring over the resources at Gaming the Past in preparation. I have, however, programmed my own game in Inform to get ready. Not just a game, [...]

]]> Comment on Simulation Design Guide by Gleb Tsipursky http://gamingthepast.net/simulation-design/simulation-design-guide/#comment-5190 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:38:35 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.wordpress.com/?page_id=85#comment-5190 Jeremiah, the outline you provided was quite helpful in designing a game on Soviet history, provisionally entitled “Soviet Factory Manager.” It was useful to think of a historical simulation as a rule-based framework that aimed to model one aspect of the past: this helped me focus on the rules and goals of the simulation without being distracted too much by elements of the historical context that I would have wanted to bring in. The idea that this historical video game constituted what you termed a “Tactical Simulation” also helped me to consider the best way of conveying the historical information to students while engaging their attention on what was truly important. Also, the idea that this category of a historical video game presented a problem for students to solve also helped guide my thinking. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Simulation Games and the Study of the Past: Classroom Guidelines by Problem Spaces, Part 2: The History Class | Play The Past http://gamingthepast.net/theory-practice/my-work/simulation-games-and-the-study-of-the-past-classroom-guidelines/#comment-5144 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:01:07 +0000 http://gamingthepast.net/?page_id=581#comment-5144 [...]  Simulation Games and the Study of the Past: Classroom Guidelines [...]

]]> Comment on Games About Current Events (Serious Games) by Jeremiah McCall http://gamingthepast.net/serious-games/games-about-current-events-serious-games/#comment-2524 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:28:00 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.wordpress.com/games-about-current-events-serious-games/#comment-2524 Thanks for the note — they should be fixed now

]]> Comment on Games About Current Events (Serious Games) by Tristano Ajmone http://gamingthepast.net/serious-games/games-about-current-events-serious-games/#comment-2523 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:20:01 +0000 http://historicalsimulations.wordpress.com/games-about-current-events-serious-games/#comment-2523 All these links point to an inactive domain!

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