Doors opening: Recalling a 1990s board game about Metrorail
Such a game did exist, but it probably isn’t the one you’re remembering. The timing isn’t quite right. The only educational Metro-based game that the folks at WMATA can remember came out in the 1990s.Grace M. Sammon
The project started at Anacostia High and included connecting students with mentors in the adults’ workplaces. Sammon soon found that many students were uncomfortable leaving their neighborhoods. Sammon hired a graphic designer, found a printer and assembled the games in her Silver Spring basement. The Metro Mania board displayed the five Metro lines and their stations, along with illustrations of different area sights, such as Union Station, RFK Stadium, the Washington Monument and the Pentagon.
Metro Mania was in use from 1992 to 1996, played by students in 16 District schools, Sammon said. It didn’t stretch to Prince William County. writing fiction and hosting internet radio shows“I had a total fantasy that this was going to become the best thing in the entire world for everybody,” she said. “It did turn out to be one the best things for kids.”
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