Georgetown University Wargaming Society The Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) was founded in 2020 to provide a fun environment for hobby gamers, professional wargamers, and those new to wargaming with opportunities to play game...

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Wargame map depicting land, town and river with counters set up. There's a rulebook placed on top of the map. The title says Battlegroup Clash: Baltics.

First learning session of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by James Buckley and Sapper Studio. I really like this new trend in professional games turning to commercial ones. Sync matrices, hexless maps, EW - they're all here in BCB.

Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social talk with @spenserstarke.bsky.social about bringing @daggerheartrpg.bsky.social, one of the new generation of tabletop role-playing games, to life.

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Game board for the prototype of Spindletop. A map of Texas made up of smaller Texas shaped tiles. A scoring track around the edge, with an income track nestled inside of it. And an action selection track in the top left.

I haven’t talked about it in a while but Spindletop is very much still in development, Texagons and all. In the most recent iteration, the poker has taken a back seat to the economic Euro part of the game, although you can still win useful rewards from having the best hand each round. 🎲✂️

Today, I had the opportunity to playtest "Red Arrow, Blue Arrow," a prototype in-the-box French Army #wargame focused on company level combat. The game has tremendous potential with its level of accessibility and flexibility. #wargaming 🪖 🎲 💥

Do not miss out on this much anticipated webinar!

Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer's Bookshelf

We're joined by James Sterrett & Jan Heinemann to revisit & update our S2 discussion on The Essential Wargaming Library since there's been an explosion of full-length serious books about wargaming in the past 5-6yrs

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As a game designer, I always love learning other people's games. It is an opportunity to learn something new -- a different way to see a problem, how a clever mechanic is employed, or a contrasting design approach. A designer needs to constantly evolve to stay proficient. #wargaming

In addition to @bafriedman.bsky.social’s excellent thread yesterday on fundamentals of the MEU, let me offer a starter pack of readings on amphibious warfare in general and #USMC ops in particular. And as I have told others on this site: do the reading. There is no substitute.

It's good to be back on campus. Today, I led an intro #wargaming workshop for SSP graduate students. It's always a joy to introduce students to gaming for the first time. We played my CALLSIGN microgame. ✈️ 💥 🎲

PME Game Design Multi-Domain Brigade Operations with Frederic Jakobi and Thomas Altmann This PME Game episode focuses on the adaptation of an existing PME Game (Littoral Commander) to suit the requirements of a mechanized brigade. The designers were still faced with design dilemmas and…

Join us for our second PME webinar this week! On Thursday at 1500 CET (Berlin time), catch the debut of Multi-Domain Brigade Operations. This exciting game transforms Seb Bae's Littoral Commander for intense land-based Close Combat. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Q9...

Absolutely cracking session of Littoral Commander: Baltic today for M.A. Wargaming & Simulation Module. Played Baltic Siren scenario.

Mission clarity underpinned our JCC selection. Maintenance of aim & integration of joint effects allowed our U.S. forces destroy RUS naval TF to win.

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Realizing a Vision of Wargaming as an Academic Discipline by Ivanka Barzashka YouTube video by Georgetown University Wargaming Society

"Wargaming methods and techniques shouldn't be treated as trade secrets. Publish more. Opposing ideas in a public setting is what will drive the advancement of knowledge in the field."

- Ivanka Barzashka in her webinar for @guws.bsky.social

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Things are heating up! #2 on the hotness. Launches tomorrow, and I can't wait! What a treat to be able to collaborate with @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social, Brett J. Gilbert, and @mightyboards.bsky.social

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Lasers. Drones. Cyber attacks. Missiles.

My "Littoral Commander" #wargame series explores future multi-domain operations against Russia & the PRC. So don't miss out on grabbing a game in the series - such as Indo-Pacific, Baltics, and Australia - before they sell out. 🎲 💥

Bonus Fight Club Friday!! at CGSC playing @sebastianbae.bsky.social Littoral Commander

Well. He’s a list of actually credible defense people to follow I suppose.

What Games Expose That Traditional Exercises Rarely Do Traditional emergency management exercises are good at many things. They build familiarity with plans, reinforce coordination pathways, and create shared understanding across organizations.

A good article on how gaming can inform emergency management and response.
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I really hope people are inspired by my "Littoral Commander" series to design and develop their own official expansions. #wargaming

So this arrived this morning.

Delighted to have my copy Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by @sapperstudio.bsky.social land and am looking forward to getting stuck into it!

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GUWS Takes Wing with IADS: The Game! 🪿 Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) Plays IADS: The GameRic and I have become regulars at the GUWS (pronounced like the bird, goose) board game sessions, and we’ve had such a fun time at ...

"During one of our first times attending a @guws.bsky.social event, Brad commented on how the two-player draft forces your team to consider defense and offense equally, which is different from other wargames that tend to focus on one or the other at a time."

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February 15th GUWS General Game Day Join the Georgetown University Wargaming Society on Sunday, February 15th from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM in the Healey Family Student Center (HFSC) Herman Meeting Room for a general game day! We will provid...

Join us at Georgetown University Wargaming Society for our social game session on Feb 15th!!!! All levels of gamers are welcomed. Bring your own game or learn a new one. Register below. 👇 🎲 💥 🗺️
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DODGING THREE BULLETS The limit of our imagination is being tested Four years ago, in early February 2022, the Russian preparations for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine were widely documented, and most foreign affairs and ...

Dodging 3 Bullets - reflections about the impact of current geopolitical threats on European businesses.

#geopolitics #wargaming

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The Australian Defense Force is designing some of the best educational boxed #wargaming -- producing their own custom games for different echelons.

Read more below.
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.

"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."

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A powerpoint slide with a title Wargaming and Game Theory, date, university affiliation, ISM university logo and author's name.

Wargame design can benefit a lot from learning from other social science modelling approaches, especially from game theory. Today, I had a pleasure to talk about wargaming and game theory at wargaming course at Alti Studi Difesa.

February 1st GUWS General Game Day Join the Georgetown University Wargaming Society on Sunday, February 1st from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM in the Healey Family Student Center (HFSC) Herman Room for a general game day! We will provide and teac...

Join us at the Georgetown University Wargaming Society for our social game session on Feb 1st!!! All levels of gamers are welcomed. Bring your own game or learn a new one. Register below. 👇 🎲 💥 🗺️
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What if Russia invades the Baltic? A tabletop game offers answers “Littoral Commander: The Baltic” depicts a Russian invasion of the Baltic region around 2030.

My "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargame is featured in Defense News!
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