"In the future, wargaming will..." Topic

So, fill in the blank. In the future, wargaming will be, will have, or will what? Use your imagination.

Be required in History classes.

Take place more often at my house. Hopefully.

Will involve a holodeck

Much like it is today, but with even more variation.

Will still be confused with First Person Shooters.

I can't imagine someone inventing miniature wargaming today. As a command simulator, I think the concensus is that it's a very poor one.

As it is it will never grow adherents in any bigger way than it already has. Out generation will keep it alive for the next and maybe through the century but change is a comin' and folks are not prepared for it.

Have completely different "popular" rulesets and ideals.

…address the REAL factors in warfare. (Like command and control being a process and not a radius….No two persons, units, etc. are ever exactly alike….that it's the effects of being shot at count more than numbers of casualties inflicted….that taking/holding ground imposes a will upon the enemy more than mere casualties…..the concept that casulties produced from the vast quantities of ammunition expended actually means something (like all is lost if you cannot sustain battle worthiness of remaining organizations..and ..that casualties are a poor indicator of unit effectiveness)…

and…Wargaming will produce a class of highly sought after persons that can and have invented new tactics and strategems to defeat an enemy.

….Well, one can hope….

Take place more often at my house. Hopefully.

+1

+1 Stryderg.
Otherwise--
--Most wargaming will be computer-driven, with or without VR features.
--Young officers will be requested/required to play science fiction games. (What do you think they'll be commanding by the time they make Colonel or General? Forces equipped with science fiction weapons.)
--Miniature wargaming will be the hobby of a special breed--competitive, but more concerned with individuality and aesthetics than most--sometimes custom-designing whole armies for 3D printing.
--A few "consensus" rules will dominate each period and scale, and there will be formal structures for revising them.

Either holographic projector or home 3d printed armies and terrain or both

In the future wargaming will basically look like it does now, as it has always been an anachronistic hobby, however the way our figures and books are produced will be a lot more advanced and stream-lined.

Out generation will keep it alive for the next and maybe through the century but change is a comin' and folks are not prepared for it.

As a purely selfish response I find that all I want to say is – the future of wargaming in the 22nd century? Not really my problem, or something I will spend anytime worrying about. I won't be there, and if the people of that time have better things to do with their lives (how could that be possible ? ) then they have my blessing to get on and do whatever that might be. Not that the great unborn generations to come need my blessing….

But on the OP

In the future wargaming will take up a lot less space in homes, and pack away neater. With a few improvements in 3D printing you'll probably be able to print out all the figures & terrain, play the game, then recycle the playing pieces.

Which sounds nice.

… cost more.

A smaller hobby, as the older generation passes on and is not replenished by as many newcomers.

… be used to settle real world differences.

a bigger hobby as people live longer and more young people realise you can play wargames and still be interested in beer and girls…

… be used to settle real world differences.

Please line up for dematerialization.

Nah, wargaming will cease to exist as a hobby because the chronic warfare over the climate changed planet and the dramatically changed resource situation will take up everyone's time. The suits will have real bodies and weapons to direct.