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Educational games are games; board and card games, including video games that are designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand an historical event or culture, or assist them in learning a skill as they play. more...
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Board Games
A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game).
Examples
Acquire;
Axis and Allies;
Boggle;
Scrabble;
Upwords;
Card Games
An educational card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. Generally these games expand concepts, such as the food chain, set matching, etc.
Examples
Set;
Video and PC games
Some people call these types of games edutainment because they combine education and entertainment. Closely related to the use of educational games is the use of what is known as Serious games.
Examples
There are many educational games. Games that parents and teachers play with children usually have some kind of educational value. Some examples include:
GCompris;
eduProfix;
Zoombinis;
Pelmanism;
Urban Jungle;
Storybook Weaver;
Gizmos & Gadgets;
Most of these types of games target young user from the ages of about three years to mid-teens; past the mid-teens, subjects become so complex (e.g. calculus) that teaching via a game is impractical. Numerous subgenres exist, each for a different field (math games, typing games and so on).
Notable games in the genre include the Carmen Sandiego series, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, and the Oregon Trail series.
Programming games like Robocode and Core War may also be put in the educational category.
A somewhat less serious approach to the genre is typified by the typing tutor The Typing of the Dead.
Misc. Games
Games that are neither card, board or video games.
Examples
Boggle;
Yahtzee;
Magazines
Often gaming and education magazines devote a yearly issue to the topic.
Education World;
Games Quarterly;
Home Education Magazine;
Research
Education Arcade;
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