Roman Town

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We recently had the chance to host a party from MommyParties & MomSelect and Roman Town, from Dig It Games! They make some great interactive educational games for kids. This is a great archeological dig where you get to stay clean!
It was so much fun!
Ok, so you know I am a history Geek, yes?
So to me, this is super fab. I LOVE it. What is better then having fun while learning?
(And I also saw Roman Town at ChiTAG, before I knew I would be hosting this party! How is that for fun!)
I know we were supposed to host “a” party, but I used it in 3 places.
What can I say, I got excited.
First I brought it to our girl scout troop meeting. The girls had so much fun with it! I love to show the girls new things, and I also feel it is important to give them new ideas about future occupations. As girl scouts, they are always working with thier hands and learning. And as you know- knowledge is power!
We got to use our computer skills, learn history, and learn about archaeology.

I gave it to the leader of another scout troop to try, a friend of mine’s boy scout troop. I went over everything with her, gave her the game, and viola!
I attended the boy scout meeting as a guest, and the boys had as much fun as the girls did!
Not only were some of the boys very into it just based on the “computer” or “game” aspect of it, but I saw a few of them truly interested. It was nice to see kids paying attention to something that didn’t involve a text message or some TV show or bathroom humor, LOL.

Of course, I brought it to the Pre-k. Some of the kids are too young, but we have some 5 and 6 year olds who “got it” and had fun with some “one on one” time. It’s never too eary to instill a love of learning and a love of history, or to get them interested in the past.

I also have intentions of brining it with me to a Youth Group activity at my church, but I am waiting on the “say so” of the “higher-ups” on that one, LOL. I can’t imagine they will say no, but I always like to be sure!
This is a really cool game, and I want to expose all the kids I can to it.

(I also want to share an apology. Bloggy Buddies, I have no photos and video to share with you for this party. You know that I am a shutter-bug, so I am quite sorry about this! As you know, in early December my computer crashed. Because I back up every 15 days, I was able to recover most of my files and photos, but this happened right after we hosted the party. I had not backed up yet, and as I could not re-host the same party, there was not much I could do about that. These were among the things I lost when my computer crashed. I also want to thank the sponsors for understanding. )

A bit about the game-
“Play Roman Town and discover the answers for yourself – like a professional archaeologist.

Roll up your sleeves, dig in, and excavate Fossura, a Roman town destroyed in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Unearth buildings, find ancient artifacts, dig up priceless treasures and, just maybe, uncover the remains of Roman villagers.

Play Roman Town and learn about the important Roman contributions to art, architecture, language, and more. Solve mysterious secrets about Roman life and discover how kids like you lived centuries ago.

Play Roman Town and explore real Roman life, experience their day-to-day activities and cultural richness, in realistic 3D graphics. Excavate buildings, removing the dirt layer by layer, and reconstruct rare artifacts piece by piece.

Roman Town is the premier archaeology computer game – it’s fun, amazingly fun!
Buy Roman Town and dig in!”

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DISCLOSURE: A product sample was provided for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed in this post are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. I reviewed this as part of MommyParties & MomSelect