Recently I gave one of my McGill University political science classes the option of writing an interactive story (written using Inklewriter) rather than submitting a conventional research paper. Since the course in question examines peacebuilding and civil conflict, not surprisingly all four "adventures" are set amongst civil wars: in the first you must negotiate humanitarian access with armed groups; in the second you have demobilize ex-combatants, in the third you must survive the Syrian civil war, and in the forth you need to maintain the security of a camp for the internally displaced in northern DR Congo.

All four games are described, and can be played, via PAXsims:

http://paxsims.wordpress.com/2013/05...tical-science/

If you have any words of encouragement for the students concerned, feel free to post a comment on the blog