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A plague tale

istorical games can be educational, whether or not they’re designed to be, but rarely are they this relatable. As the opening of puts it, “You’ve read the stories of kings, queens, knights and bishops. You’ve heard tales of the battles they fought, the schemes they spun and the castles they built and defended. But this is not one of stories.” It is, in fact, taken from Aberdeen’s ‘common book’, a record kept for hundreds of years that documents the lives of ordinary people and the impact of events

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