A strategy game in which the player builds a civilization from scratch, starting in the Ancient Era.
| Duration: 20+ min Number of players: 1 Material: PC / Consoles Link: https://civilization.com/ |
Short description
Civilization is an economic turn-based strategy game (and/or resource management game) in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Wage war, conduct diplomacy, advance your culture, and go head-to-head with history’s greatest leaders as you attempt to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known.
Educational Value
Develop and practice:
- conceptual and strategic knowledge around how civilizations develop
- resource management in the urban planning
- geography while reading maps and developing conceptual understanding of space
- history and the corresponding relevant vocabulary or snippets like people, places and events
- macroeconomics and personal finance
- national defense
- politics and diplomacy
- environmental science and climate change (expansion pack)
Recommendation for use
- Bear in mind that this can be a difficult game where there is a lot of reading required (Civilopedia).
- Transfer of knowledge needs to be guided by the educator.
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