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On Assignment with National Geographic (1990)

Answer geography questions and fill portfolios with pictures from around the world.

Designer: Margaret McKelway

Artist: Alison Wilbur Eskildsen , Mary Elizabeth Molloy

Publisher: National Geographic Society

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• Traveling to your assigned destinations on the Map Board
• Being the first to fill your portfolio with the 6 photo cards in your portfolio
• Getting rid of photo cards that don't fit your portfolio list, as they count against you at the end of the game
• Demonstrating your knowledge of geography by answering continent card questions for tokens
• Getting lucky breaks (drawing even chance cards)

This is basically an educational game of trivia about geography, which includes a great number of cards depicting nice NatGeo photos of every country around the world. The use of clues make it suitable for most ages. However, the clues are not easy and young children will struggle to answer the majority of the questions.

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“Geografacts” was a great game based on the “Trivial Pursuit” model.

Wow, I’ve never heard of On Assignment before, and I’ve been working at National Geographic for more than 4 years. Thanks for the comment, Sandy, glad you like the game! Sarah Jane

Around 1991 I purchased this now-outdated but really wonderful NatGeo game called On Assignment with National Geographic. In this game you are a photographer for National Geographic and you travel around the world. The board is a world map. There is a deck of cards with photos and the card you draw determines your assignment (if I remember correctly). You have to go to that location, take that picture, and add it to your portfolio. There is also a deck of geography questions. It’s recommended for ages 8 and up.

Great suggestion Catholicguaze. We were thinking of doing a post on creating entirely new games, but retrofitting well-known games is a great idea. I’ll see if I can get some of the interns to join me for a game of “Geography Chess.” Also, check out Chinese Chess, Xianqi, which has a bit of a city plan built. -Cedar

Chess can actually be a very geographical game. In Iraq a few people and myself modified the rules to create rivers and fords (block off a middle row and only allow to squares to be accessible). This forced strategic thinking on chock points. We also played a version of chess where there was an “oasis” (a square that one side had to control or start losing pieces due to the unit dying in the desert heat).

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