The game’s popularity at the school was unexpected. Players win by reaching the end of the trail with travelers still alive. They then lead a party of migrants along the Oregon Trail, overcoming obstacles, deciding when to travel and rest, and keeping track of food rations. Players begin the game by selecting an occupation for their traveler out of three choices: banker, carpenter, or farmer. One game lasted the entire class time allotted for the subject, so other students gathered around to watch. Students played the game in groups of five with only one machine, the groups had to take turns. On December 3, 1971, Oregon Trail debuted in Rawitsch’s class. At the time, each school in Minnesota had a teletype machine but no other computing hardware. His roommates, Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger, suggested making a computer game out of what was then a rudimentary board game. While searching for a way to get his students to participate in history, Don Rawitsch decided to create a game to teach students about Euro-American westward migration in the mid-1800s. In 1971, three Carleton College student teachers in Minneapolis created the first version of what would become Oregon Trail. As of 2017, more than 65 million copies have been sold worldwide, and the game that began on a teletype machine remains popular in a version designed for smartphones. First imagined in 1971 by Minnesota student teachers, Oregon Trail went on to become the longest-published and most successful educational game of all time.
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