By Margaret Duncan, Ed.D.
The Histocrats
support the idea of incorporating board-games into your personal life as well
as in the classroom. As such, we support
and participate in a local board-gaming group.
Any and all board-game enthusiasts are welcome to join the Game Nights that
are held every first and third Friday night of the month. As part of our gaming group initiative, we
also recommend history centric games that are fun to play each week to all of
our followers. The selected games
receive our “Game of the Week” distinction.
Recommended games are a mix of cooperative, card games, as well Euro
style games.
Twilight Squabble, Alderac Entertainment Group
In 1947, the
superpowers of the United States of America and the Soviet Union began a new
sort of conflict, a struggle in the twilight of World War II. This war centered
on the increasing development of nuclear weapons, and as the years passed it
seemed like the war would never end. But no one wants to play a card game for
decades. So you hold in your hands the abridged version of the Cold War—less of
a twilight struggle, and more of a Twilight Squabble.
Which happened
first, the Salem Witch Trials or the foundation of Harvard College? Was
Watergate before Woodstock? Sure, it's easy to know whether the discovery of
America came before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but how well can you
remember everything that happened in between? Players have hands of cards and
take turns attempting to place the cards correctly into the growing timeline.
Easy at first, but rapidly growing more difficult, Timeline: American History
will test your knowledge and help you learn the history of the nation.
Loot N Run, IELLO
Loot cards to
collect treasures. But some treasures come with guardians of the pyramid. Run
out of the pyramid with your treasure before other players awaken the guardians
and rob you of what you have rightfully plundered! Tense choices make this
light game a frighteningly good time!
Each game uses only
a subset of the 78 card deck so no two games are ever the same. The game starts
with a face-down spread of 9 cards. Cards are worth a varying number of points
and players compete to win them by peeking at cards, placing their stones
strategically, and flipping cards. New cards are placed face down into the
spread as cards are won, creating an ever-changing landscape. Some cards have
special effects which occur during play, adding to the overall strategy and creating
additional opportunities to interact with your opponents.
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