AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education
KEYWORDS
Board game, history, Interactive history, playing, learning
COUNTRY
Hungary
DESIGNED BY
Gyöngyi Bokor
WEBSITE
https://www.facebook.com/HistheoryBoardGame/
Histheory
Board game to build utopistic and alternative historic stories
How does it work?
It is a board game aiming to model alternative societies, draw conclusions about historical and modern political events while testing our logic, critical thinking and empathy. During the game we try to connect words and phrases on a logical, cause and effect basis by doing so we can gain a better understanding of how ideologies, events and conditions may derive from one and other. ?During the game, we have to discuss important and controversial topics such as the future of green energy and artificial intelligence, equality and totalitarianism, humanitarianism and awareness, and the impact human psychology have on social change. While the rules of the game are simple and easy to understand, the various conversations may arise make it a unique experience. There's several game rules, we can play by competing each other, or to build a story together.
Why is it needed?
It motivates students to think about history as a logical network of politics, sociology and human psychology. It motivates the players to talk, communicate, and debate continuously. It gives a good method to free phrases from fixed, somtimes too simple and populist definitions. It can help players to understand other opinions and see expressions from several points of views.
How does it improve life?
The aim of the game is to build a network of social and political processes, many of which will resemble familiar events in history, by using words and phrases of psychology, politics, and sociology. It helps the player learn to think systematically, draw conclusions and find connections between events.