2018 – Looking Back and Looking Ahead, part 2
by Brant Guillory, 1 January 2019 In a tradition carried on from past lives, we’ve reached out to some friends in the gaming world, and asked …
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2018 – Looking Back and Looking Ahead, part 1
Brant Guillory, 31 December 2018 In a tradition carried on from past lives, we’ve reached out to some friends in the gaming world, and asked …
Battle Lab ~ Integrating Tactical Intelligence into Board Wargaming
Brant Guillory, 10 December 2018 What is Intelligence? What is Tactical Intelligence? Intel is critical information needed to make decisions; that information is currently unknown, or …
Battle Lab ~ Civilians on Hexagonal Battlefields
Brant Guillory, 6 November 2018 The following is the set of slides from Brant’s ’06 Origins War College talk about integrating civilians into wargaming. Note …
Battle Lab ~ Fog of War(gaming)
Brant Guillory, 12 July 2018 What is the Fog of War? If ask 10 different people, you’ll get 10 different answers. In fact, I did …
Battle Lab ~ Headquarters in Wargames
Brant Guillory, 10 July 2018 How are headquarters units implemented in wargames, and what functions do they serve? As wargamers, most of us have enough …
Battle Lab ~ Why Logistics Sucks
Why logistics so rarely shows up in wargames ~ Brant Guillory, 1 June 2018 Here’s a logic puzzle for you. You have 4 snakes that …
Battle Lab: Games & Sims for Training & Learning – A Concept Explication
Brant Guillory, 4 April 2018 In this Warfare Affair, I am departing a bit from discussing specific battlefield applications on the tabletop to discuss a …
Battle Lab ~ Games and Sims for Training and Learning, II
Continuing the long-running discussion ~ Dr James Sterrett, 10 July 2018 Previously published back at GrogNews, we have a guest article written by Dr James …
Battle Lab ~ Games and Sims for Training and Learning
Brant Guillory, 5 March 2018 This might be one of my favorite topics (as evidenced by our research bibliography ) and was the subject of …