Connections Online 2027 will be held 5-9 April 2027
The theme is Scenario Design & Worldbuilding
Fundamentally, games aren’t about rules and orders of battle — they are about player decisions. Those decisions take place in a context. That context is defined by a scenario designed to facilitate the need for meaningful player decisions. And that scenario, in turn, is embedded in a specific context — a world.The further you get from the present day, the more the world must be built, as opposed to merely being documented.In 2027, Connections Online will look at Scenario Design and Worldbuilding — requirements, mechanisms, best practices, and more.
Want to get involved? We’ll have a volunteer form here soon.
CONNECTIONS ONLINE (CNX ONL) is the premier online/distributed conference for the wargaming practitioner community, running for half a decade (so far!)
The conference is structured around 3 days of core events, covering 6 hours each. Outside of these core event hours, extended events may include additional seminars, game sessions, or social events.
Connections Online has upgraded our social media presence and will be sharing a variety of links and information throughout the year, including information about our 2026 conference as we get closer to it. You can follow us on your social platform of choice, and find all those links on our Linktree here.
Connections Online is an online conference dedicated to advancing and preserving the art, science, and application of wargaming (including business and non-war topics) by bringing together wargaming professionals and dedicated hobbyists interested in the theory and practice of wargaming for analysis, education, training — and fun.
Connections Online is part of the Connections series of international conferences, which includes regular events in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, as well as occasional events in other parts of the world.
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Connections Online 2021
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Connections Online 2022
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Connections Online Showcase 2022
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Connections Online 2023
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Connections Online 2024
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Connections Online 2025
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Connections Online 2026
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Note that future Connections Online conferences will continue to point to this page, and past conferences will be archived to their own separate entries.