HistoriCanada - Playing Games with History

Do you teach Canadian History or want to learn more about it? If so you’ll want to have a look at HistoriCanada, a new serious game based on the award-winning, best-seller Sid Meier’s Civilization III.

Gamers can play as either the English, French, Ojibwe, Huron, Mohawk, Algonquin, Montagnais, Mi’kmaq or Abenaki. The first episode focuses on the years between 1525 and 1763 and two more episodes are expected to be released in the coming months, taking players to the year 1896, through Confederation and the expansion to the West.

While players will have the option to rewrite history and take the country in a new direction, the game developers say that understanding the real history will enable players to be more successful. Historical resources including the Canadian Encyclopedia are built into the software. For more information click here.