Peter Perla's the Art of Wargaming
Peter Perla's the Art of Wargaming

Author: Peter P. Perla

Publisher: Conran Octopus

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781471033735

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This book provides the most comprehensive and coherent discussion and analysis of wargaming ever written. It starts by looking at the history of wargaming from both the professional and hobby perspectives. It then goes on to discuss how wargaming can and should be used as part of decision making and training by the military. The first edition sold 15,000 copies.

The Art of Wargaming
The Art of Wargaming

Author: Peter P. Perla

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870210501

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The author discusses fundamental principles and techniques governing the design and use of war games.

Matrix Games for Modern Wargames
Matrix Games for Modern Wargames

Author: John Curry (War games historian)

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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In Matrix Games, knowledge, imagination, and persuasiveness dominate. Both the referee and the players find their greatest success by drawing on their storytelling skills.". Peter Perla Invented by Chris Engle, Matrix Games are an innovative way of wargaming situations and conflicts that traditional wargaming methods find hard to model. This book was written as a manual to help develop and run matrix games about modern conflicts. This book includes: An introduction to Matrix Games S.C.R.U.D. Simple Combat Resolution Using Dice The five scenarios are: The Falklands War (1982) Chaoslavia- Former Yugoslavia (1993) Crisis in Crimea: A Counter Revolution (March 2014) The Red Line- The Civil War in Syria (August 2013) Lasgah Pol- Peace keeping in Afghanistan (2008) The book is published by the History of Wargaming Project as part of a series to make key developments in wargaming available to the professional wargamers, as well as those from a hobby background.

An Introduction to Wargaming and Its Uses
An Introduction to Wargaming and Its Uses

Author: Peter P. Perla

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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This paper discusses the nature of wargaming and its uses in exploring defense issues. It is the first in a series of papers written to help wargame designers, players, analysts, and decision makers at all levels to better understand and exploit wargaming. (Author).

Successful Professional Wargames: A Practitioner's Handbook
Successful Professional Wargames: A Practitioner's Handbook

Author: John Curry

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-10-23

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9780244803643

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You will benefit from this book if you are a practitioner of the art of serious wargaming. Done well, the simple act of putting players in an immersive environment, asking them to make decisions and then face the consequences of those in a dynamically evolving narrative generates astounding insights and internalises learning objectives. Yet, as Clausewitz said of war, everything in wargaming is simple, but doing the simplest thing is difficult. This book explains the seemingly simple. It is a detailed guide to designing and delivering successful wargames, whether you apply the technique to Defence, other government departments, business, the emergency services, academia or humanitarian operations. This is important because good wargames save money but, first and foremost, they save lives.

Fundamentals of War Gaming
Fundamentals of War Gaming

Author: Francis J. McHugh

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780160931550

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From the Dust Jacket: The Fundamentals of War Gaming, by Francis J. McHugh, provides an in-depth introduction to the basics of military gaming, and offers historical insights into the development of war gaming methodologies. It covers the evolution of gaming tools such as ancient adaptations of chess and the development of Kriegspiel to teach military tactics to Prussian officers. The employment of gaming by various military powers, before and during the World Wars, is explored and culminates with the introduction of computer support and simulations in the U.S. Navy. The book also presents a comprehensive treatment of the various forms of war gaming, from manual games to computer-assisted games; from one-sided to multi-sided games; and from free-play games to rigid style games, Mr. McHugh addresses every aspect of gaming imaginable, including data requirements, design, execution, and analysis. Even the use of probabilistic tables to emulate stochastic processing, and the use of flow diagrams for decisions are provided. The author was a member of the Naval War College staff when that institution became the forerunner of all U.S. military services for applying gaming technology to educate officers and to evaluate tactical situations, operations, and strategy. Mr. McHugh traces the history of gaming at the College from LT William McCarty Little in the late 1800"s to the employment of the NEWS (Naval Electronic Warfare Simulator) in the late 1950's to the mid 1960's. At the time of initial publication in 1960, the author was internationally known for his expertise and The Fundamental of War Gaming was regarded as a seminal treatise on the subject. In his book, the Art of War Gaming, Peter Perla said of Mr. McHugh: "(his) influence on War College gaming and the War Gaming Department (at the College) was probably second only to that legendary figure (McCarty Little)." Mr. McHugh's work continues to be a valuable source of information, insight and education for commercial, as well as, professional military war gamers.

Matrix Games for Modern Wargaming Developments in Professional and Educational Wargames Innovations in Wargaming Volume 2
Matrix Games for Modern Wargaming Developments in Professional and Educational Wargames Innovations in Wargaming Volume 2

Author: John Curry

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781291979657

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This book includes: A foreword by Peter Perla, author of the classic Art of Wargaming. An introduction to Matrix Games, S.C.R.U.D. Simple Combat Resolution Using Dice The five scenarios are: The Falklands War (1982) ; Chaoslavia- Former Yugoslavia (1993) ; Crisis in Crimea: A Counter Revolution (March 2014) ; The Red Line- The Civil War in Syria (August 2013) ; Lasgah Pol- Peace keeping in Afghanistan (2008).