History, Games, and Gamification

There is a long and rich tradition of historically themed games and using games to teach history. Games can also open the door to design and systems thinking. In recent iterations of History 206: Introduction to Public History students have been building historical games based on research in the SBU archives Civil War collection.

General Game and Design Resources

• Board Game Geek (Resource and online community around board games. Not necessarily educational but it is fun.)

• The Game Design Roundtable

• The Dice Tower

• Cardboard Edison

• Tabletopia

• Board Game Design Lab

• Inverse Genius (Includes Games in Schools and Libraries)

• Scott Nicholson's YouTube channel

• Gameblox

History and Games

• Reacting the Past

• Play the Past

• Board Game Geek List of Historical Games sorted by Time Period