Connections Online

Connections Online 2026 — Wargaming Soft Factors — will be held
20-25 April, 2026

Soft factors in wargaming — moving beyond the kinetics Wargames have traditionally focused on “hard factors” — movement rates, firepower scores, penetration values. But all wargamers — especially professional wargamers — understand that there is more than just the kinetics. Command and control, morale, even cognitive factors are tremendously important — yet are often given short shrift. Connections Online 2026 will explore soft factors in wargaming.

Want to get involved?  We’ll have a volunteer forum 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.

	Connections Online 2021 The archive page is here. The AAR is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist of the sessions that were streamed
	Connections Online 2022 The archive page is here. The AAR is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist of the sessions that were streamed
	Connections Online Showcase 2022 The archive page is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist of the sessions that were streamed
	Connections Online 2023 The archive page is here. The AAR is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist of the sessions that were streamed
	Connections Online 2024 The AAR & archive page is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist of the sessions that were streamed
	Connections Online 2025 The AAR & archive page is here. The forum thread is here. The YouTube playlist is here
	Connections Online 2026 The AAR & archive page will be here. The forum thread will be here. The YouTube playlist be here

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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.