Gaming | Wargaming
Fun and Wargames at NATO
Wargaming Experiences: Soldiers, Scientists and Civilians by Natalia Wojtowicz
Wargaming Experiences has a lot going on. It’s a book on designing serious games. And it’s a design diary for the author’s scenarios. AND it’s the personal story of the author’s journey to enact useful wargaming within NATO.
The early chapters detail the author’s framework for developing useful wargames. The rest of the book examines the scenarios the author designed and facilitated. The scenarios range from assassination response to getting local leaders to cooperate. Within each wargame case study are lessons learned and personal insights from each experience.
Those are the basics. Here are the important bits.
The Good
A Framework for Serious Wargame Design
Chapter 5, Methodology, is the most valuable part of Wargaming Experiences. It lays out a framework for serious wargame design. The first component is a seven-step protocol to help standardize serious wargames. The author stresses that a designer should determine the following for each wargame before anything else.
- Purpose
- Problem which the wargame…
