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A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. [1] Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts.
Most wargames are turn-based, involving movement and combat resolved through arithmetic and dice rolls. The setting of a game determines the type of units used, with popular historical themes including WWII, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War, while Warhammer 40,000 is the leading fantasy setting. Models, historically made from ...
Early wargames were focused on faithfully recreating historical battles with units represented by chips, blocks, and other abstract markers. The modern genre has expanded to include fantasy and science-fiction settings, often using intricately-detailed and painted miniature figures.
The first wargame was invented in Prussia in 1780 by Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig, who was a college professor in Brunswick.Hellwing wanted to design a game by which he could teach some principles of warfare to his students, many of whom were noblemen destined for military service, but he also wanted his game to be fun and accessible to the general public so that he could sell it as a ...
War Games Rules 3000 B.C - 1250 A.D (Wargames Research Group, 1976) War Games Rules 3000 BC to 1485 AD (Wargames Research Group, 1980) [1] Warhammer Ancient Battles (Warhammer Historical Wargames, 1998) [1] Warheads: Medieval Tales (Urban Mammoth, 2010) Warlord II (Partizan Press, 2008) Warmaster Ancients (Warhammer Historical Wargames, 2005) [1]
Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Military simulations are seen as a useful way to develop tactical , strategical and doctrinal solutions, but critics argue that the conclusions drawn from such models are ...
Reprints of wargaming books (often with unpublished material provided by the original authors, or as the result of new research) Military/ professional wargames- rules used by the military e.g. used by the British, American and Canadian military such as the Fred Jane Naval Wargame from 1906 and Dunn Kempf tactical wargame from the Cold War
War at Sea: Jedko Games: 1975: Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 and by L2 Design Group in 2007: War in Europe: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1976: Re-released by Decision Games in 1999: World War II: European Theater of Operations: 1973