National Academic Games Project
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The National Academic Games Project is the oldest continuously running program involving the Academic Games
competitions in the United States
. Participating schools include Hancock county, West Virginia's Weir and Oakglen middle and high schools; South Park, Pennsylvania schools; Suncrest Middle School and Morgantown High School, West Virginia schools; and a couple of Michigan teams.
, are the authors of the seven games that are played at the National Academic Games Tournament. Bob Allen is the author of The LinguiSHTIK Game, The Presidents’ Game (originally called “A Man called Mr. President”), World Card (originally called “Americard-Euorocard”), and the principal author of The Propaganda Game, while Layman Allen is the author of WFF 'N PROOF: The Game of Modern Logic, EQUATIONS: The Game of Creative Mathematics, and the principal author of ON-SETS: The Game of Set Theory.
Academic Games
Academic Games is a U.S. competition in which players win by out-thinking each other in mathematics, language arts, and social studies. Formal tournaments are organized by local leagues, and on a national level by the Academic Games Leagues of America...
competitions in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Participating schools include Hancock county, West Virginia's Weir and Oakglen middle and high schools; South Park, Pennsylvania schools; Suncrest Middle School and Morgantown High School, West Virginia schools; and a couple of Michigan teams.
Leaders
Robert (Bob) W. Allen was the founding father of The National Academic Games Project and what has become The National Academic Games Tournament. He and his brother, Professor Layman E. Allen of the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, are the authors of the seven games that are played at the National Academic Games Tournament. Bob Allen is the author of The LinguiSHTIK Game, The Presidents’ Game (originally called “A Man called Mr. President”), World Card (originally called “Americard-Euorocard”), and the principal author of The Propaganda Game, while Layman Allen is the author of WFF 'N PROOF: The Game of Modern Logic, EQUATIONS: The Game of Creative Mathematics, and the principal author of ON-SETS: The Game of Set Theory.