Educational Value

[lex]

MTW, a fantastic game, but with the extra benefit of educational value.
Both my kids 13 yr old girl and 5 yr old boy enjoy watching me play, take sides and have favorite factions etc.
They have both learnt and continue to learn a great deal about medieval history...........it really does bring the subject to life (and should be a compulsary part of the history curriculum &#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif.
They have now both started their own games, although the five yr old has some difficulty since he can't read yet. My wife is pestered with questions such as "whats excommunicated mean". Teehee
Anyway, my admiration increased no end, when last night I accused Hugh (5yrs) of being naughty. "No" he said, "I'm not naughty, I'm perfidious"
Fantastic
However, my

[Daveybaby]

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[LadyAnn]

Train them on the way of the warriors early... Way to go http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Joke apart, if this make them remotely interested in History, then you got all the cost of the game back already.

Annie

[Daveybaby]

"Daddy, what does 'secret perversion' mean?"

[hoom]

Taught me where the heck the HRE is.
I'd been puzzling over that for years.

Taught me that there was a lot more going on in Medieval Europe than just wars between England and France/Scots/Welsh/Irish/England...

Gave me a clearer understanding of the Muslim foundations of certain aspects of modern western civilisation.

[Lord of the Isles]

Quote[/b] (Daveybaby @ Dec. 04 2002,10:25)]"Daddy, what does 'secret perversion' mean?"
Yes, I've found MTW to have a high educational value for my 10 year old, but mostly because of the Vices and Virtues. The sexual ones are her favourites but we've also had discussion of genetics after "Odd number of Toes" and societal attitudes towards illness and disability after "Crack Brained".

But MTW hasn't yet beaten the warm glow I got when she had to do a project at school on Ancient Egypt last year. She amazed her teacher by explaining all about the annual innundation of the Nile and its key role in Egyptian agriculture. Chalk one up to the Sierra game, Pharaoh

Mind you, I'm not sure all the above is worth the arguments I get when I try to marry a Princess off to the wrong General.

"But he's *far* too ugly for her".

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[Kraxis]

Quote[/b] (Lord of the Isles @ Dec. 04 2002,08:56)]"But he's *far* too ugly for her".

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Ohh that is a good one... I have even heard that one myself from my girlfriend http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I countered with something she has often said to a friend of mine who is a little bit of a womanizer:
"It is not all about looks. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif "

You should have seen her expression... hahahaha http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Daevyll]

"He may be ugly, but he's also the Duke of Normandy"

My girlfriend saw the sense in that. Should I be worried?

[MacGregor]

I get the most historical info from the pop ups that occur during the course of the game that annouce historical events such as the murder of Thomas Beckett or the Children's Crusade and all that stuff. It really helps with your timeframe of events in the medieval world.

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[Foreign Devil]

Back in the day, Panzer General gave me an intesnse interest in WWII. Shogun did the same for japanese history. Unlike Medival is doing much the same- and I like that- games like this make me want to go out and learn about the things in them. (on a semi-related note, I got a 4 on my AP European History exam. I'm smart http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif ...sorry, just felt like letting all you in on that http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif )

[GilJaysmith]

Thank you for the kind words... I reported them to the game designer and he's currently sitting in his office radiating a warm glow (I accidentally set fire to him on the way out).

Agree about Pharaoh too. What a wonderful game.

Gil ~ CA

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (Daevyll @ Dec. 04 2002,16:47)]"He may be ugly, but he's also the Duke of Normandy"

My girlfriend saw the sense in that. Should I be worried?
Not if YOU are the Duke of Normandy... Are you?

Silent Service once made me very interested in Submarine Warfare. I even read Das Boot (at first even tried it in German Aaaaaah&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Sad Tomato]

My cousin went on a backpacking tour of europe earlier this year. it's wasn't until playing mtw that he actualy figured out where he had been geographicaly eg: that's where bavaria is, that's where lorraine is, etc.
this indicates two things, mtw has a geographical education value and my cousin is a very geographicaly ignorant person.
there is a hell of a lot of historical information in this game (yes there has been some simplifcation but that will always occur), many people will benefit from it with out even knowing.

[Alrowan]

nice to see.. and who was here explaining to us how historically inacurate it was... people always overlook what they know, or think they know too much