History Heroes: WOMEN card game

The aim of the game is to try and win the cards by guessing who the characters are from the facts read out from the cards. Players can play the games as a gentle voyage of discovery or a competitive game by choosing easy, hard or quirky facts from each card. Win the cards by guessing correctly who the character is from the facts read out on their cards. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game, just the same as card games like Top Trumps. Ideal for 2-6 players.

Or, if you fancy, you can start by reading, enjoying and absorbing the facts in the History Heroes games – it doesn’t have to be a battle of wits from the get-go!

History Heroes: WOMEN in history quiz games contains individual, beautifully illustrated cards of forty of the greatest women throughout history to the present day from Cleopatra to Angela Merkel.

Each card is illustrated to represent the individual Woman in history and shows her dates, her flag of birthplace and seven gripping facts about her, including a joker fact about each character to surprise and/or entertain. The History Heroes: WOMEN in history quiz game represents a fantastic, diverse range of amazing women.

Many characters will be familiar to all – from Cleopatra to our present-day Elizabeth II; from Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher. There are female monarchs, political leaders, scientists, artists, writers and performers. There are explorers and campaigners too, many who have risked their lives for their causes. All are inspirational and all have contributed significantly to the shape of our world today.