I lost a lot of time before and during college to the Sid Meier game Civilization. I played it extensively in German during my time in Germany. I assumed, based on the creator’s name, that it was a German game. My vocabulary grew as I played. I always cite this as an example of the pedagogical value of games.

A few weeks ago, I stumbled on the OpenTTD project. This is an open source port of Transport Tycoon. I don’t yet know if there is any pedagogical value to this game, but Jay and I are going to play it until we find out. If you want to join us, shoot me a smoke signal.