Battle Lab ~ Gatekeeping vs Inclusivity in Wargaming
by Brant Guillory, 24 December 2025 How open is your gaming table, really? And how active are you about bringing players to your table?
Category: Practitioners
For those using wargames for NatSec, business, NGOs, and/or education
Wargaming with Serious People ~ A Conference Report
by Ian T. Brown, 9 November 2025 In late August, 2025, I received a message notification on LinkedIn. It was from Major Łukasz Wójciak, the head …
Connections UK After Action Report
Pijus Krūminas, 5 October 2025 Earlier in September, I had the privilege to attend Connections UK, a professional wargaming conference held in the UK since …
An ACE Wargame – Air Force Wargame Indo-Pacific by Air Force Wargame Institute
by RockyMountainNavy, 4 September 2025 Air Force Wargame Indo-Pacific is a very different wargame. First, it is a wargame designed by wargame practitioners for service members …
Sponsors and Defeat – Wargame practitioners in pre-WW2 Japan
RockyMountainNavy, 25 August 2025 For students of World War II in the Pacific, the month of August is always a time for reflection. The question …
Connections 2025! (Part II) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming
by Aaron Danis, 22 August 2025 “Best Connections to date. Our JHU/APL hosts could not have been more helpful. We live in an increasingly dangerous world …
Connections 2025! (Part I) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming
Aaron Danis, 18 August 2025 “The basic premise of Connections is that whatever purpose or context you apply wargaming in, you can have a useful, …
Amateur Catches Fire – Emergency Operations Center: Wildfire Mayhem
RockyMountainNavy, 30 July 2025 “Immerse yourself in the high-stakes world of emergency management with Emergency Operations Center. Step into the shoes of critical roles like …
Battle Lab ~ Hobby & Practitioner Wargaming Overlaps & Divergences
Brant Guillory, 25 July 2025 Here at the Armchair Dragoons, we make it a point to address middle of the wargaming Venn Diagram where hobbyists …
Connections Online 2025 After Action Report
Armchair Dragoons PAO, 25 April 2025 Connections Online 2025 was held from 7-11 April, co-hosted by the Armchair Dragoons. As with all of our online/distributed …