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WarGames. WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film [2] directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to ...
e. 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. Many wargames re-create specific historic battles, and can cover ...
A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games. The modern, commercial wargaming hobby (as distinct from military exercises, or war games ) developed in 1954 following the publication and commercial success of Tactics . [ 1 ]
WarGames is a specialized steel cage match in professional wrestling. The match usually involves two teams of four or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompasses two rings placed side by side. The cage may or may not have a roof, depending on which professional wrestling promotion the match is held in.
This is a list of board wargames by historical genre (and some subgenres) showing their publication history. All games can be presumed to have been published in English unless another language is noted.
Gordian Knot (Agema Publications, 2007) Greek Naval Warfare (London Wargames Section, 1972) Hail Caesar (Warlord Games, 2011) [1] Hex Command Ancients (Imagine Image Multimedia, 2000) Holy Hack First Edition (LMW Works, 1996) [1] Holy Hack Second Edition (LMW Works, 2007) [1] A game in play using the Field of Glory ruleset.
A wargame, generally, is a type of strategy game which realistically simulates warfare. A professional wargame, specifically, is a wargame that is used by military organizations to train officers in tactical and strategic decision-making, to test new tactics and strategies, or to predict trends in future conflicts.
Computer wargames are digital simulations of military conflict descended from, and sometimes based on, board wargames. Subcategories. This category has only the ...