Simulating Saratoga: How Saratoga-Themed Board Games Function as Experiential Historiography
17 dic 2020
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Pubblicato online: 17 dic 2020
Pagine: 83 - 108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2020-0005
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© 2020 Maurice Suckling, published by Sciendo
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Games deeply informed by history are not merely games. They may not be detailed simulations, but, nevertheless, they are conscious or otherwise expressions of historiographical viewpoints. This paper examines the historiographical perspectives of nine board games, published between 1974 and 2019, all on one or more aspect of the Saratoga Campaign (1777).