Sumerian Game - Revision history

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	\|publisher = IBM		\|publisher = IBM
	\|date = 1964		\|date = 1964
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/sumerian-game		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/sumerian-game}}
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	The Sumerian Game was an educational management game created by a group of outside consultants working with IBM in order to teach elementary school students about decision making through play. Played on IBM mainframe computers, a selection of students would be asked to allocate resources through the game's three act structure advancing through agriculture, city development, and warfare in the historical kingdoms of Mesopotamia. The game was influential to early timesharing systems through a reduced port of the game called ''Hamurabi''.		The Sumerian Game was an educational management game created by a group of outside consultants working with IBM in order to teach elementary school students about decision making through play. Played on IBM mainframe computers, a selection of students would be asked to allocate resources through the game's three act structure advancing through agriculture, city development, and warfare in the historical kingdoms of Mesopotamia. The game was influential to early timesharing systems through a reduced port of the game called ''Hamurabi''.

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	\|developer = Bruse Moncrief, Mabel Addis, etc		\|developer = Bruse Moncrief, Mabel Addis, etc
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			The Sumerian Game was an educational management game created by a group of outside consultants working with IBM in order to teach elementary school students about decision making through play. Played on IBM mainframe computers, a selection of students would be asked to allocate resources through the game's three act structure advancing through agriculture, city development, and warfare in the historical kingdoms of Mesopotamia. The game was influential to early timesharing systems through a reduced port of the game called ''Hamurabi''.

	== Promotion ==		== Promotion ==
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	== Papers ==		== Papers ==

	*''\'I beg to report...\' The Sumerian Game 50 Years Later: The Strange and Untold Story of the World's Most Influential Text Simulation Game'' by Devin Monnents. (Unpublished)		*''I beg to report... The Sumerian Game 50 Years Later: The Strange and Untold Story of the World's Most Influential Text Simulation Game'' by Devin Monnents. (Unpublished)

	== Books ==		== Books ==

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{{Infobox
|title = Sumerian Game
|image = ComputerSpaceFlyerFront.jpg
|developer = Bruse Moncrief, Mabel Addis, etc
|publisher = IBM
|date = 1964
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/sumerian-game
}}

== Promotion ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
1966SumerianGamePhotoshoot01.jpg|
1966SumerianGamePhotoshoot02.jpg|
1966SumerianGamePhotoshoot03.jpg|
</gallery>

== Photos On Location ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
1966-11-20 Sunday News pg 119.jpg|Student plays the Sumerian Game. (1966)
1967-12 The Instructor pg 73.png|Teletype and slideshow setup for Sumerian Game. (1967)
</gallery>

== Papers ==

*''\'I beg to report...\' The Sumerian Game 50 Years Later: The Strange and Untold Story of the World's Most Influential Text Simulation Game'' by Devin Monnents. (Unpublished)

== Books ==

* ''They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971-1982'' by Alexander Smith.

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