Playing World War II. Designing a simulation game on the Resistance in Turin in collaboration with the historical archive.

Abstract

Historically games offer more and more opportunities to immerse oneself in specific contexts and re-enact specific historical events. As a theme for my doctoral project on cultural heritage, I decided to create a simulative board game about the Resistance in Turin between 1943 and 1945. This project serves to illustrate from a playful point of view the historical, political, social and military context of the city. The game is made with materials from the city's main historical archives and structured following a specific historical bibliography and was officially presented in Turin on April 25th, 2025 during some events for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Turin.