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It's useful to learn how 18th century battle ships worked or the effectiveness of long swords vs. armored cavalry or even to watch ppl blow stuff using a ww2 88 cannon and that sortta stuff

I much rather play the game 'Monkey Island', to get a sense of that ( are you familiar with that? )

Nooup, what's that?

A great adventure puzzle game about pirates, starting in the early 90s:

Enjoy!