Games are extraordinary educational tools that allow players to learn new concepts and explore new cultures and histories visually, audibly, and kinesthetically. In our opinion there are some concepts that are better taught through games than any other medium. Damon goes over his favorite educational games, and how designers can take advantage of the opportunity to teach through their games.
Games we played this week:
Dead Men Tell No Tales https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/141423/dead-men-tell-no-tales
Trains https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121408/trains
Back to the Future: Back in Time https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302388/back-future-back-time
Cutthroat Caverns https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28259/cutthroat-caverns
Games mentioned:
Evolution https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155703/evolution
Twilight Struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle
Freedom:The Underground Railroad https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119506/freedom-underground-railroad
Terraforming Mars https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars
Targi https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118048/targi
Lisboa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa
A Few Acres of Snow https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/79828/few-acres-snow
Stockpile https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161614/stockpile
Commands and Colors: Napoleonics https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62222/commands-colors-napoleonics
Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25021/sekigahara-unification-japan
Wingspan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
Moa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214123/moa
The Grizzled https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171668/grizzled
Timeline https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline
Chrononauts https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/815/chrononauts
Genius Games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/27068/genius-games