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A wargame does not involve the use of actual troops and armaments. This definition is used by the US Naval War College. [3] Some writers use the term "live wargames" to refer to games that use actual troops in the field, [4] but this article shall instead refer to these as field exercises. A wargame is about tactical or strategic decision-making.
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.
In 1980, as wargame publishers turned to computer-based games, Dunnigan wrote The Complete Wargames Handbook, a book about wargaming, including information about how to play, design, and find copies of wargames. [2] The book is divided into nine chapters, preceded by an introduction and followed by appendices and a bibliography. The chapters cover:
Most miniature wargames do not have a fixed time scale (i.e. how many seconds a turn represents). Most wargame rulebooks instead prefer to define how far a unit can move in a turn, and this movement range is proportioned to the size of a typical game table. For example, Bolt Action sets a movement range of six inches in a turn for most units.
Although starting with small to medium size wargames, SPI found an insatiable market, with subscribers clamoring for an ever-wider range of wargames, including historical simulations that were daunting in their scope and complexity, such as War in the East, War in the Pacific, The Next War, Terrible Swift Sword and Campaign for North Africa ...
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War Games Rules 1950–2000: Wargames Rules for All Arms Land Warfare from Platoon to Battalion Level A computer-moderated adaptation of the 1988 edition was created by WargameSystems. [ 3 ] This is claimed to preserve the WRG rules structure and key data while the software automates the mechanics of playing by these rules, hence saving time ...