Dig-It! Games - Roman Town
info@dig-itgames.com, or 1-877-21DIGIT (1-877-213-4448)
For 5th to 8th graders, kids from 8 to 88
ROMAN TOWN: THE PREMIERE ARCHAEOLOGY INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAME FOR KIDS (CD) Price $39.95
ROMAN TOWN TEACHERS EDITION (CD)
A multiple-use version of Roman Town for the classroom setting. Pricing is on a per-license basis.
Price $299
ROMAN TOWN EDUCATOR'S MANUAL (Download)
Price $19.95
The Educator's Manual is available for download, and the game is on CD.
***For a Limited Time Only***
****Until February 21, 2011, TOS Crew Readers can get 20% off the 2010 price of $24.95. If you use the coupon code TOS2011 you get $15 off the 2011 price PLUS an additional 20%...so price is $19.96!
This winner of the National Parenting Center’s 2010 Seal of Approval and Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Products Award was created by an archaeologist and former middle school educator. Her blog is linked to the game website for further information.
Have you ever thought about sending your kids looking for buried treasure? Have you ever wished your kids could play in dirt without getting dirty? If you answered yes to either of these questions you should check out this fun game we've been playing.
Roman Town is a historically accurate archaeological simulation game which allows kids to learn about Fossura, a Roman town destroyed in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted. In this interactive game players excavate buildings, find ancient artifacts, and dig up treasures. Roman culture, society, and history become real to your kids during “hands-on” discovery, analysis, and problem solving.
At this authentic dig site players send out their team and participate in a complete excavation. Players get to dig, analyze, sort and reconstruct the site while learning about Roman art, architecture, language and artifacts.
There are six levels to the complete excavation, but they may be played at different times and can be saved for later. In addition, players find something different every time they play. The game contains realistic 3D graphics of artifacts.
Kids actually get to remove dirt layer by layer, and reconstruct rare artifacts piece by piece.
Roman Town is fun for any age, with no violence or inappropriate material. You can’t play the game without learning something. Kids learn new vocabulary, think through puzzles and get a taste of what archaeology is really about. My 5 year old loved "digging" with the computer mouse to find the artifacts/treasures . He was getting up in the morning saying he wanted to "dig". He was going to bed saying he wanted to "dig". This boy is really "digging" this game. My 13 year old liked the game, but she figured out I was getting her to learn something too so had to act like she was really "helping" her brother.
Roman Town is currently only available in a Windows version. The MAC version of Roman Town is coming soon according to the website.The game has a really interesting feature. The L.E.A.R.N., Locate Engrossing And Remarkable Knowledge, interactive, in-game encyclopedia, lets kids learn at their own pace. Kids can choose to LEARN more from related articles in the encyclopedia. Throughout the game are quizzes on LEARN to test players’ knowledge.
We really like this game. We found out you really do find something different each time too! It was fun to find out more about archaeology and a real ancient Roman town. This game is definitely a fun way to learn some ancient history. For my little pirate lover the "digging for treasure" concept was wonderful. Now, if I could use something like this for all those other topics ... hmmm. This game got "thumbs up" all the way around at our house. Definitely worth the price for fun learning. If you're even slightly interested, you really should get this game - especially now while it's so cheap with the TOS coupon code!
To see what other TOS Crew reviewers thought of Roman Town click here
As a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew I received a free download of Roman Town to try in return for a fair and honest review. The observations and opinions stated here are my own. I received no further compensation.
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