Flashpoint

Guide a nation through a tense interwar decade — and see how your decisions stack up against the soundest option and the real history.

How to play

Each year presents a real interwar dilemma in diplomacy and production. You weigh the nation's gauges and choose a response. You aren't scored on 'winning' — you're scored on picking the soundest option for the time and on recognising what the real power actually did, with the engine replaying the real decade beside yours.

• Each decision shifts the nation's gauges
• Scoring rewards sound judgment and historical awareness, not conquest
• The real decade plays out alongside your version for comparison

Controls

• Desktop: click to choose an option at each decision point
• Phone & tablet: tap your choices — fully touch-friendly

Game modes

• Difficulty: Easy, Medium or Hard
• Daily shared decade or endless Practice

Tips & strategy

• Read the gauges before deciding — they hint at what the nation can sustain
• The popular choice and the sound choice aren't always the same
• Learn the era's pressures so you can anticipate what really happened

What you'll learn

Flashpoint is about judgment under pressure in the interwar years, comparing your decisions to the real historical record.

• Skills: 20th-century history, the interwar period, historical decision-making, judgment
• Best for: roughly grades 8–12 (ages 13+)
• For parents & teachers: weigh real interwar decisions against the record.

About Flashpoint

Flashpoint is an original interwar-history game about judgment under pressure, comparing your decisions to the real record. It's free to play in your browser.

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