Professional historians often dismiss alternative or counterfactual history as nothing more than entertaining—the fodder of fantasy sci-fi...
Wargaming Room
Articles and podcast episodes examining the world of wargaming and its use in the classroom and the real world.
The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) continually adapts its curriculum and methodology to meet rising challenges in...
One of the priorities of U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Randy George is war fighting, particularly...
It's time once again for a visit to the Wargaming Room. In this episode, three recent graduates...
Wargames can be incredible teaching and learning tools when they are built and utilized properly. They come...
Garbage in, garbage out. We all know the idea but it's possible the military has forgotten the...
Last year our WARGAMING ROOM editor, Ken Gilliam, sat down with a soon-to-graduate War College student to...
The U.S. Army War College is a vast repository of experience and expertise. Every day that knowledge...
Although educational wargaming has become increasingly prevalent in professional military education, the employment of game-based learning remains...
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for...
A BETTER PEACE welcomes back Ken Gilliam for another installment of the WARGAMING ROOM. In this episode...
What do a hyper-competitive Monopoly player, an educational methodologist and a U.S. Army War College Faculty member...
Adversaries will deliberately create situations for which U.S. military leaders have not been educated, trained, or equipped...
Before we get too far, let’s address some of the baggage that comes with wargaming. “SHALL WE...
All games can be used to understand how humans make decisions in environments shaped by competition. While...
What do you do when the training your organization requires you to accomplish doesn’t actually prepare you...
Wargames may not predict the future, but a well-designed and well-executed wargame can better equip both analysts...