Hindenburg Research & Development
Learningthat asks fordecisions.
We are an education organisation and an online learning platform. From kindergarten to grade 12, our students learn English or German while they run a village, govern a country, build a business of their own or settle a crisis between nations – and live with the consequences of their decisions. Around the platform we write books and coursebooks, research how people learn and hold competitions.
Poland 1936–1945
Britain 1936–1945
France 1936–1945
Türkiye 1936–1945
Spain 1936–1945
Italy 1936–1945
Soviet Union 1936–1945
Greece 1936–1945
Romania 1936–1945
Hungary 1936–1945
Austria-Hungary 1914–1918Romania 1914–1918
Ottoman Empire 1914–1918
Russia 1914–1918Italy 1914–1918France 1914–1918Britain 1914–1918Greece 1914–1918
Spain 1914–1918
Diplomacy and Crisis Management Simulation
The simulation behind The Great Wars
Every class becomes a parliament.
In BRINK, a class governs a country in the First or Second World War, with ministries, votes, alliances and battles. The game begins with real history – and every decision can change it.
History you play
One to five days, one country: BRINK combines a parliamentary Planspiel with a modern Kriegsspiel on the map.
Planspiel
One parliament per class
Ministries, deputies and a Chair as Speaker. Laws and answers to crises need a majority.
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Kriegsspiel
Battles on the map
Divisions as blocks, real rivers and heights, two generals with doctrines of their own – and sight only as far as one’s own troops can see.
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Finale
Winners and certificates
The country that holds the most land wins. Every student receives a certificate, and every parliament names its Best MP and two Inspiring MPs.
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On the map since 1824.
The Prussian Kriegsspiel turned maps, blocks and an umpire into a school of decision. BRINK carries that tradition on: every battle is fought from dawn to dusk on a real sector of front, led by two generals who see only what their troops can see.
Kriegsspiel and PlanspielProjects
We are an online education platform. Its four worlds teach a year of 34 weeks, in English or German, each ending in a finale for the best of its students; around them we build a library, a language game, research, competitions and teaching materials made to measure.
Kindergarten to grade 4
BRINK: Animal Kingdom
A village to run, its animals’ problems to solve – and English or German on the way.
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BRINK: The Great Wars
The 21st century’s skills, learnt where they were tested: in the two World Wars.
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Grades 5 to 12
BRINK: Entrepreneurship
A business project of one’s own, built week by week and pitched to a panel.
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Grades 5 to 12
BRINK: International Relations
The world since 1945, diplomacy in depth and a crisis to settle every week.
MoreAnd: BRINK Library · Dungeons and Dialogues · BRINK Research · Hindenburg Competitions · Tailored Education Materials
BRINK asks not only who wins, but what a decision costs – and who pays the price.Our principle
On our name
We bear the name of Paul von Hindenburg, one of the most inspiring figures of the First World War.
We hold him in great respect. That the same man, at the end of his life, opened the way to a dictatorship is one of the most remarkable lessons of history.
Why Hindenburg?