What is the Krillion History pack?
It is the main game with the prompt pool narrowed to history. Seven open prompts, one typed answer each, 25 seconds per prompt, and points by rarity. History is taught as a highlight reel, which makes it unusually good for this format: the famous names are shared by everyone, and the middle of every list is wide open.
The deep end is not trick trivia. It is the real material a history course skips once it has mentioned the famous example: the emperor after the famous one, the explorer who sailed east before the Europeans sailed west, the president between the two everyone remembers.
What you'll be asked
The 7 prompts cover seven reliable shapes:
- Rulers and dynasties — Roman emperors and Egyptian pharaohs, where the list is long and the famous names are few.
- Civilizations — Egypt and Rome first, the Indus Valley and Akkad later.
- States and unions — Soviet republics, a list that is longer than most players remember.
- Wars — the two world wars first, the Chaco and Winter wars last.
- Explorers and presidents — two lists with famous starts and very quiet middles.
| Prompt | Easy answer | Deep answer |
|---|---|---|
| Name a Roman emperor | Augustus · 10 | Majorian · 100 |
| Name an explorer | Columbus · 10 | Zhang Qian · 100 |
| Name a US president | Washington · 10 | Millard Fillmore · 100 |
How a history dive runs
Seven prompts are dealt from the history pool. Each accepts one typed answer and grades it against a hand built list. Matching ignores case, accents and punctuation, and each answer carries aliases for the names people actually type: “JFK” and “Kennedy”, “Ramses” and “Ramesses II”, “Swaziland” and “Eswatini”. A match earns the tier's points; a miss is marked on the results screen.
Prompt repetition is deliberate. A name you blanked on once becomes a name you can prepare for. The pack is a revision session disguised as a game.
Why the famous name scores least
History education compresses centuries into a handful of names, and those names become the shared first answer for almost everyone. Augustus, Columbus and Washington are correct, and they are also the three answers the room types in the first two seconds. That is exactly why they sit at ten points.
The deep answer is not obscure for its own sake. It is usually a real, documented figure who sits one layer below the highlight reel: a competent emperor, a traveller from the other side of the world, a president whose term is a paragraph in the textbook.
One prompt, three centuries
| Prompt: “Name a Roman emperor” | Tier | Points | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus — correct, and the shared first answer | Plankton | 10 | 100 m |
| Vespasian — correct, and a real step sideways | Rare | 60 | 600 m |
| Majorian — correct, and almost nobody reaches it | Deepest | 100 | 1,000 m |
All three ruled. The only difference is how far the name sits from the first chapter of the textbook.
Going deeper: the middle of the list
Three habits produce most of the deep answers. Think in sequence rather than in highlights: when a ruler prompt appears, walk the list forward from the famous name. Think outside the western canon: Zhang Qian, Ibn Battuta and Zheng He are as real as the European explorers and far less typed. And think in the quiet middle: the president between two famous ones, the war between two world wars, the republic that is no longer a country.
None of this requires a degree. It requires the willingness to spend the second half of the clock looking for a second answer, which is the same skill the main game teaches.
The history pack in the bigger game
History is one of six themed packs, alongside geography, movies, sports, music and food. The mixed game is the better test of range; the pack is the better test of depth in one subject.
History pack: frequently asked questions
Is Krillion History free to play?
Yes. The pack is free and unlimited, with no account and no daily cap. Every dive deals seven history prompts from the bank, using the same six rarity tiers as the main game.
Which periods does the pack cover?
Ancient civilizations, Rome, Egypt, the Soviet Union, twentieth century wars, exploration and American presidents. A dive usually moves across several periods rather than staying in one.
Why did Augustus score so little?
Because he is the first Roman emperor most players name. Augustus is correct and famous, which is exactly what puts him in the Plankton tier. The deep answers are real emperors from the middle and end of the list, not trick names.
Do I need exact dates in my answer?
No. The prompts ask for names, not dates. Answers are matched against a list of accepted people, places and events, and spelling variants are handled by aliases. A correct name with a different accent or article still counts.
Is this the official Krillion history pack?
No. This is an independent, fan made game with its own prompt bank and hand graded answers. It is not affiliated with krillion.io or any museum, archive or publisher.
Rewrite the highlight reel
Seven history prompts, 25 seconds each. The famous name is the shallow one.
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