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Some musings on uses for wargaming

http://grogheads.com/featured-posts/9720



(way more at the link)

another list
http://grognews.blogspot.com/p/coin-wargaming.html

and more to be found over at PaxSims

sigh... I'm waiting for the day when I'm in a position to come to Connections again.

If anyone is heading to Columbus OH for Origins, here's the info about the Wargaming program we're putting on there

http://grogheads.com/?p=4208

Also a review of the commercial wargame A Distant Plain from GMT covering Afghanistan (from the aforementioned Volko Ruhnke) over here
http://grogheads.com/?p=3815

GrogHeads.com is looking for papers that folks might have written for varying research projects on games/gaming. I'm sure some of our FA57s in the audience have something floating around somewhere...

and see the links above for the interview with the guys about A Distant Plain :)

Interviews with the designers here
part 1: http://grogheads.com/int-adp1.html
part 2: http://grogheads.com/int-adp2.html

some great background info from the guys on how the game has developed.

discussion of an ongoing project for rapid-prototyping and development of scenarios for current events

warning: a lot of wargame assumptions made of the reader
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Check out the developer diaries over at GrogHeads

http://grogheads.com/dev-longwar1.html

http://grogheads.com/dev-longwar2.html

I've started a page at GrogNews to collect info on COIN wargaming

I've love input from folks on articles / links that should be there.

Thanks!
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just an update, the corrected link is

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120201/TSJ02/302010011/Firmer-Ground

since TSJOnline rearranged all their content

updated link to the article, since TSJ's website has been rearranged

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120201/TSJ02/302010011/Firmer-Ground

http://tsjonline.com/story.php?F=7681050



further down the article...

ah well... I should've known better

Veteran journalist Michael Peck has a new article about wargaming / simulating irregular warfare, including COIN and other small wars.


Firmer ground: How the U.S. Army is teaching...

^ I'll see you there! :)

^ yeah - and I'm going to be Dallas that day! (ugh!)

I was hoping the next one would be further into June instead of before Memorial Day. The nerve of CASL - not coordinating with my personal...

http://www.ambushalleygames.com/

First things first, go find Dr James Sterrett on the sims team down in the basement of the L&C bldg, and have a long conversation with him. He's the wargaming guru down there, and has a great wealth...

Of course, the major challenge with a human arbiter instead of the computer is that the unit who's ass is getting kicked will default to the excuse of "That idiot running the exercise didn't give us...

You might want to include some succes criteria and/or goals for each faction. Are they all after "control of population" or are they after something different? Maybe they're after 'removal of...

I think one of these days I'm going to have to write an article about "Game" v "sim" and their best uses in training/learning - already did a bunch of this for my dissertation... I just need to cut...

Yes... but how do you keep everyone 'in character'?

Sorry - didn't mean to break the rules about posting entire articles... :o