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A Christmas Miracle: The Truce in the Trenches History Heroes isn’t just about the individuals who make history – and our WORLD WAR ONE pack is a great example of that! The History Heroes WORLD WAR ONE card game features 40 fantastic cards about who made history at this time, from Kitchener to John McCrae […]
Children in World War Two: It is hard to imagine that there were any children in World War Two, whose lives did not change as a result of it. Even if you managed to stay in your own home during the war and your family survived intact, you would have to carry a gas mask […]
Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and the Crimean War: We often learn about all three together. The Crimean War ‘made’ both Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole famous in their own time and in history. We see them both as great nurses. They worked at the same time and we often discuss, who was more important. Florence […]
Who are the greatest artists in history? If you’re creating a game about them how do you choose who to include and who to leave out? That was History Heroes’ dilemma with our new, award winning game: ARTISTS – read how we made ‘the cut’. Who’s in, who’s out?
We loved seeing History Heroes’ Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison spar in Dr Who’s episode, “Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror”. History come alive! Dr Who has often used history and real historical figures as a backdrop to its drama. Many of those characters over the years are also History Heroes in our various games. EXPLORERS, […]
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot: Who in Britain has not watched a stuffed Guy Fawkes go up in flames on top of a bonfire on 5th November at some point in their lives? We all love the excitement, the fireworks, the toffee apples and hot chocolate that goes with the annual event. But why […]
On the 4th October 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into Space. Sputnik 1 was the first ever, man-made satellite launched successfully into Space. The Soviet Union’s achievement surprised the rest of the world completely. No one had managed to do launch anything into Space successfully before. The Soviet Union had worked in secret […]
Germ Day! Why is the 28th September not called International Germ Day? It’s a BIG day in Germ history! On the 28th September 1895 Louis Pasteur died. His germ theory changed completely the way people understood what germs were and how they worked. 33 years later on 28th September 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the […]
The Royal Westminster Quiz Suffragette Movement Force feeding (Emmeline and her protesters were on hunger strikes) Queen Victoria My first cousin, Albert. I had to propose to him because I was Head of State Margaret Thatcher Because I lead the UK in the war against Argentina there in 1982 William Caxton Geoffrey Chaucer Boudica Top […]
3-2-1…blast off: History Heroes is proud to launch their first, brand new Science Museum licensed card games: SPACE and LONDON. Both SPACE and LONDON are games that encourage all from 8 – 80+ to play together and learn more about their respective themes. Like all other award-winning History Heroes games, these new games include […]
