Far Side of History

📢 We’re moving!

Far Side of History is becoming Dueling History — a place where teachers can turn games into activities for any subject.

Visit duelinghistory.com →

Football Quiz Game cover art: Run = 10 yards multiple choice, Pass = 20 yards fill in the blank
First game: Football — answer questions to move the ball. Works for any subject.

First Game: Football — Works for Any Subject

Football is the first game coming to Dueling History, and it works with any subject you teach — health, math, literature, government, biology, anything.

A football field game board with the ball on the 25, the scoreboard above it, and a fill-in-the-blank question worth 20 yards below.
Two teams face off on the field — every correct answer moves the ball toward the end zone.

How it plays

Two teams line up on opposite ends of the field and the scoreboard starts at 0–0. Answer a question correctly and your team advances toward the end zone. Before each question, students choose how much they want to risk:

  • Safe Play — 10 yards. A multiple-choice question. Smaller gain, but the answer choices are right there.
  • Risky Play — 20 yards. A fill-in-the-blank question. Double the yardage, with nothing to guess from.

Any subject, same field

The screenshots here show a question bank on Arthurian legend, but nothing on the board is tied to that topic. You type your own questions and answers into the setup screen and rename the two teams, and the same field becomes a vocabulary review, a unit on the Constitution, a fractions drill, or a lab-safety quiz.

The setup screen, with team names and colors on the left and a loaded question bank on the right.
Name the two teams, pick their colors, then load a question bank or write your own.
The Add a Question panel, with question type, question text, correct answer, and an also-accept field.
Add questions one at a time. Spelling, capitals and small words are ignored when grading, and you can list extra answers you will accept.

Follow along at duelinghistory.com as the platform comes together.

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