Historical Conquest™ was created in 2003 as a concept product for a college English class assignment. The assignment was to create a product that would change the world, but it had to be doable in a dorm setting. After that class, founder Zack Edwards took the idea and merged the market research and product development into other class assignments. At that point, Zack began to see more purpose in his classes and the lessons he was learning had more meaning to them. These cards were released soon afterwards.

 

One year later he was married, and soon after that his wife wisely told him to put the game away and get a real job. Even though there was a great deal of interest in the game, he saw the wisdom in her request and sought other employment. The intervening years yielded many life-changing experiences and brought many key people into Zack’s life. These are the cards that started it all.