New free online game brings Roman fort back to life

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A new educational resource for budding video gamers and archaeologists, set at the ancient Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland is now available to play.

This online game and exhibition brings to life real-people from the world-famous Vindolanda tablets, Tagomas and Lepidina, with the aim to help children learn more about computer science and the ancient world.

Vindolanda Adventure is the result of a unique collaboration between experts at the UK’s largest games development studio, Creative Assembly, with Newcastle University and the Vindolanda Trust.

Combining the worlds of computer science, gaming and archaeology, players journey back to Hadrian’s Wall at the start of the second century AD and through a series of mini-games and adventures discover how our understanding of life on the Roman frontier is still relevant today.