History of Wargaming – Charles Totten’s Strategos: The Advanced Game
by Research article by Robert Mosher, 5 August 2021 This is the third article in our series examining 19th Century war games designed and published primarily …
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History of Wargaming – William Livermore’s American Kriegsspiel
Research article by Robert Mosher, 1 July 2021 This series of articles examines several 19th Century war games designed primarily for the use of professional …
History of Wargaming – Lieutenant von Reisswitz’s Kriegsspiel
Research article by Robert Mosher, 6 May 2021 The First War Game A look at the history of wargaming. From the beginning. Yes, Kriegspiel. Mock …
Classic Articles ~ A Different Theory of Japan’s Surrender in WW2
by Did the Soviet Union’s actions influence Truman’s decision-making? ~ Brant Guillory, 8 August 2020 On #TBT, we bring you the occasional classic article – an …
Academic Analyses of Hobby Games Players
Brant Guillory, May 2006 This is a presentation that combined 2 different survey-based studies of hobby games players. The first focused on informal learning and …
Entrepreneurship in the Hobby Games Segment of the Publishing Industry
by Brant Guillory, originally written while a student at the University-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named, back in 2007 Note: This paper was written in 2007, and minimally-revised since then. …
Motivations of Hobby Game Players
Experiences of Hobby Game Players: Motivations Behind Playing Digital and Non-Digital Games Based on a large online data collection effort back in 2006, the collaboration …