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Why, and Why Not to use Simulations in Learning
The earliest learning simulations were wargames. Modern simulations grew out of combatants’ need to understand past strategies, and to develop and test new ones […]
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The Personal Benefits of Wargaming
I get a “night before Christmas” feeling the day before I go wargaming. My mind will race about the games I am going to play, obsessing about army building, where my strengths and weaknesses are, […]
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The missing introduction to wargaming experiences
When my first book about wargaming came out (Ludogogy review) I received an urgent remark from my Father. He told me I have started with a guide on an advanced experimentation, but I have missed […]
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Focus on… Wargaming and Wargames
comes from Decision Games; which says “a wargame is a model of a military situation which players can control” (Decision Games, 2020) […]
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The Re-popularization of Commercial Wargames
From their commercial birth in the 1950s, board wargames became immensely popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Annual sales in 1980 were 2.2 million units. But then they became less popular. In 1991 annual sales […]
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Gamification of Strategic Thinking with a COTS boardgame
Editor’s note – while Ludogogy is most definitely a magazine and not a journal, and we normally publish relatively short articles, I thought that this more academically written article, submitted by Thorsten Kodalle, had a […]
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EdUTeam Wargames – Table-top wargames to train business school students
The work presented in this article is part of the EdUTeam educational and research project to assess the relevance of leisure games in higher education (https://eduteam.fr/). Our text is particularly interested in table-top wargames that […]
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Start on Day 3: Liminality in High-Stress Wargames
“Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the first day of the crisis response wargame! Please note that the crisis actually started three days ago. Half of your computers are down, a third of your employees […]
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Wargaming: The Challenges of Preconceptions
Imagine that inevitable moment, usually with a mug or a glass in hand, that someone I’ve just met asks me what I do for a living. It used to be so simple. “Oh, I’m in […]
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Business Wargaming….for an uncertain world
Against the dramatic backdrop of the COVID-19 virus outbreak around the world, how can businesses develop a better understanding of their risks and uncertainties moving forward and stress-test their future opportunities? Wargaming can help organisations […]
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From Battlefield to Boardroom….. and back again!
Wargaming, red teaming……. these terms can often seem misleading. Much of it stems from the fact that the military heritage behind them gives them a credence all of their own. Having served in the Royal […]
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Review – Wargaming Experiences – Soldiers, Scientists and Civilians
Wargaming Experience”is recommended to read, especially for those in the defence and security environment who want to start applying game-based methodologies […]