Pompeii Total War

Conquer and protect flag of/from every team (other players). Your devices assist you: You can see buildings and NPCs through it. It also features a dynamic map of your camp flags and conquered flags. NPCs will give you hints and help you to solve puzzles and enigmas through a dialog interface. Beware, you will often need to gather several clues to solve puzzle in the same time in different places. So split the team and use the simplified com system to stay in touch

You must protect and conuer flags by answering puzzles: - a foreign flag can be caputerd when resolving the puzzle that an NPC guard gave to the team. - you can recapture your own captured flags by answering a new enigma to the NPC guardian - you can recapture a lost flag by answering again to the guard (another enigma of course).

You have 2 hours for the contest

Tablets/smartphones with GPS (location), camera (augmented reality) dynamic map of Pompeii with list of team flags (conquered) network connection to a ?? (Real time changes on the world

- RTS, capture the flags - several located enigmas - time challenge (capture the most flags) - collaborative resolution (ubiquitous problems for teams) - building strategies with several roles in the team - communication with legendary known NPCs (gods, generals, famous)

[Some enigmas: on the same flags there are several possible enigmas. They are asked in a progressive way: the easier first, the harder last. Puzzle: the mosaic with Alexander and find the place where the mosaic is.

A non playing character asks the players to find a picture in the pool. But to see the pic, the pool must be full. So they have to split into 2 groups. One must stay near the pool, the other has to find the valve. Once the valve is found, they open it and tell the others to look at the pool. Attention, the valve must be shut down whether the other teams can find it. Then all players have to go back to the NPC and explain who is on the pic and his role in the mythology (Dionysos, god of wine). If they are wrong, the NPC explains them but they loose the flag ]

- competition and pressure - discovery of amazing [places|people(NPCs)] - self efficacy improvement when a cooperative problem is solved - fun! - μάθηση a lot about past Pompeei