History Heroes: INVENTORS 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.

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! Ideal for 2-6 players.

History Heroes INVENTORS fun history games include individual cards of 40 inventors, who have changed our world with inventions we see and use every day. Each card is fantastically illustrated to represent the specific Inventor and shows their dates, their flag of birthplace and seven memorable and often moving facts about them.

Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, received his well-known middle name as an 11th birthday gift from his father? And, whilst most might know that Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing, how many realise that she is also credited as the inventor of the mathematical pie chart? Test yourself with these facts and many more in the game.