# Educational game modelling early 20th Century alliances **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 18, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104 "2025-01-18T16:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/1 "2025-01-18T16:04:46Z")
Back in 1979 in middle school, my history class did an activity where the class divided into teams, each representing a fictional nation with a certain amount of military power (army/navy). The teams could form alliances and declare wars, and the results of the war were decided ny the aggregate military power of the alliance. After the war, the victors decided how to divide up the spoils and another round of alliance building occurred. I doubt my teacher invented this game, so I’m wondering if anyone else remembers this and has any further info ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/2 "2025-01-18T16:19:56Z")
I’ve never done it, but it sounds like a Model UN. > **[Model United Nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_United_Nations?useskin=vector)** > > Model United Nations, also known as Model UN (MUN), is an educational simulation of the United Nations to teach students about diplomacy, international relations, and global issues. During an MUN conference, students assume the roles of representatives of countries, organizations, or individuals to collaborate and address global challenges. > MUN fosters skills in research, public speaking, debating, writing, critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership. While MUN is primarily an extracurricular ... ETA, most of my knowledge WRT Model UNs is from [Community](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSX1v5F7jw). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/3 "2025-01-18T16:21:47Z")
A variation on Diplomacy, maybe? > **[Diplomacy (game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game))** > > Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in the United States in 1959. Its main distinctions from most board wargames are its negotiation phases (players spend much of their time forming and betraying alliances with other players and forming beneficial strategies) and the absence of dice and other game elements that produce random effects. Set in Europe in the years leading to the First World War, Diplomacy is played by two to seven Dip... ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/4 "2025-01-18T16:26:53Z")
We didnt have a UN to promote agreement - it was all about war ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/5 "2025-01-18T16:27:21Z")
Rather like that but no board ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/6 "2025-01-18T19:46:13Z")
We had a similar game in Social studies that combined European hostilities and imperialism. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/7 "2025-01-18T19:49:41Z")
Our College had a Alt-Hist wargame of us (Imperial Japan) vs another college- (USA) . Of course we lost. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/8 "2025-01-18T23:50:17Z")
Thanks. I should add that the names of the nations were made-up. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/9 "2025-01-18T23:54:54Z")
Same on the one we played, but it was clear which was which. The UK was Neptunia, Germany was Thuringia, and others I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104/10 "2025-01-19T00:07:06Z")
Thanks. That introduces new search terms