Play History - Programme

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“Playing the Liberation” is a series of 15 game-based events designed to offer an interactive and engaging reflection on the 80th anniversary of the Italian Liberation. These games will be presented to the public as part of the Play History programme—Play - The Games Festival’s thematic area dedicated to games and history, organised in collaboration with the Italian Association for Public History (AIPH), the Game Research Centre - UniGe (CeRG), and the Game Science Research Center (GSRC), with the support of the associations Clionet and Diacronie.

“Through the Darkest of Times” (2020)

by HandyGames The game will be available for free play during breaks in the Digital Area throughout Play. Through the Darkest of Times is ...

Hall 15 E1 from 04 Friday to 06 Sunday
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Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: “Through the Darkest of Times” (2020)

“Venti Mesi” (2015)

by WeAreMuesli The game will be available for free play during breaks in the Digital Area throughout Play. Venti Mesi is a narrative docu-game ...

Hall 15 E1 from 04 Friday to 06 Sunday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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Book Presentation: EuroWarGames

Published just a few months ago by French publisher Nuts! Publishing, the anthology EuroWarGames: The History and Future of Wargaming in Europe ...

Hall 20 - AMM S4 04 Friday
hours 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

Tipology: Talk

Target: Adults

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immagine evento: Book Presentation: EuroWarGames

La Battaglia di Castel Bolognese

This year, the Bologna-based wargaming association Fossalta brings to Play a series of incredible scenarios, including La battaglia di Castel ...

Hall 15 E17 from 04 Friday to 06 Sunday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: La Battaglia di Castel Bolognese

La Battaglia di Ponte Samoggia

The Bologna-based wargame association Fossalta brings incredible scenarios to Play this year, including the Battle of Ponte Samoggia. The diorama-completely ...

Hall 15 E17 from 04 Friday to 06 Sunday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: La Battaglia di Ponte Samoggia

Milano 45

Milano 45 is a branching-path adventure that blends different analogue game styles to immerse players in the experience of the Italian Resistance ...

Hall 15 H17 04 Friday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Adults

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Radio Victory

Radio Victory is a multi-table role-playing gamebook for 1–30 players, immersing participants in the everyday lives of partisans escorting the ...

Hall 15 E17 04 Friday
hours 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Tipology: Multi-table event

Target: Everyone

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Repubblica Ribelle

REPUBBLICA RIBELLE is a multi-table role-playing event where about 150 high school students from Bologna will play as partisans of the Republic ...

04 Friday
hours 09:00 AM - 01:30 PM

Tipology: Multi-table event

Target: Everyone

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Resistenza!

On Friday afternoon, you’ll have the chance to play Resistenza!, a cooperative game for one to six players in which you take on the role of ...

Hall 15 E17 04 Friday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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Trincea 1917 – Reimagined

Trincea 1917 is a collaborative role-playing game that originally immersed players in the atmosphere of the Great War. Now reimagined, its mechanics ...

Hall 15 H17 04 Friday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Adults

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immagine evento: Trincea 1917 – Reimagined

Warfighter: Italian Partisans

Try one of the Warfighter expansions dedicated to the Italian Resistance: Friday 2–6pm Saturday 10am–1pm Warfighter is a cooperative ...

Hall 15 E17 04 Friday
hours 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: Warfighter: Italian Partisans

Black Orchestra

Black Orchestra is a cooperative board game in which players take on the roles of real-life conspirators attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler ...

Hall 15 E17 05 Saturday
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Tipology: Demo

Target: Adults

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Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome

On Saturday afternoon, play Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome, a cooperative board game set in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Players act ...

Hall 15 E17 05 Saturday
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Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome

From Strikes to Uprising

Join us on Saturday and Sunday from 4pm to play From Strikes to Uprising, a multiplayer simulation board game centred on the Resistance in Torino ...

Hall 15 E17 05 Saturday
hours 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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immagine evento: From Strikes to Uprising

Liberation, Media and Public History

In this panel, guests from diverse backgrounds will explore how the theme of the Italian Resistance is approached today across various fields. From ...

05 Saturday
hours 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Tipology: Talk

Target: Adults

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immagine evento: Liberation, Media and Public History

Maquis

Maquis is a solo board game that puts you in the shoes of French Resistance fighters working to sabotage the Nazi occupation in 1940s Paris. Using ...

Hall 15 E17 05 Saturday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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Repubblica Ribelle

On Saturday morning, try Repubblica Ribelle, a semi-cooperative board game for 1–6 players. As rebel commanders, you must defend the Free Zone ...

Hall 15 E17 05 Saturday
hours 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Tipology: Demo

Target: Adults

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Round table on history and sources

In this meeting, several game designers will discuss the relationship between gaming and history, in particular by talking and reasoning together ...

05 Saturday
always

Tipology: Talk

Target: Adults

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immagine evento: Round table on history and sources

Roundtable: "Games and the University"

In this roundtable, three university professors will share their experiences and perspectives on how the world of academia—and education more ...

Hall 15 E1 05 Saturday
hours 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Tipology: Talk

Target: Adults

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Banditi !

On Sunday, try Banditi!, a narrative role-playing game designed as a serious game to explore the values and events of the Italian Resistance ...

Hall 15 E17 06 Sunday
hours 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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Benedello – Memoir '44

On 5 November 1944, from dawn to dusk, the area of Benedello in the Modena Apennines was engulfed in fierce fighting between German forces and ...

Hall 15 E17 06 Sunday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Adults

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Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome

On Sunday morning, play Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome, a cooperative board game set in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Players act as members ...

Hall 15 E17 06 Sunday
always

Tipology: Demo

Target: Everyone

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