Educational Wargaming Part Three (Strategic level): The War in North West Europe 1944
The debt owed to those who liberated Western Europe from Nazi oppression will underpin the D-Day 80 Commemorations. Although D-Day was essential to victory in...
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Education Wargaming Part Two (Operational Level): The Campaign for Normandy
The focus for D-Day 80 is likely to be on the beaches where the amphibious landings took place. Yet the landings were only the start...
Educational Wargaming Part One (Tactical): D-Day and Omaha Beach
As D-Day 80 approaches, commemoration will be the central theme. For the military professional there is also an opportunity to learn about high intensity warfighting,...
Review: Take That Hill
“I hate board games. Monopoly is my idea of hell. But I get why we’re doing this, and actually, it was pretty good” Problems organising...
Wargaming in the Reserve
Wargaming has significant utility to enhance training within the Army Reserve. It offers professionally engaging and conceptually challenging training with low resource costs. Additionally, it...
Wargaming has a Diversity Problem
Executive Summary Wargaming has a diversity problem: 98% white and male. I propose there are two ways that people engage with wargames: To dominate, to...
UK Fight Club: Iron Sharpens Iron
Using simulations for military training is as old as war itself. Romans drilled with wooden weapons. The Prussians led the world on the use of...
The Utility of War Gaming
War games create a training environment in which we can test ourselves against the frictions and frustrations of combat. It allows us to model the...