"Wargaming: Leave your 8 sided dice at home ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Aug 2023 4:22 p.m. PST |
… this isn't D&D
" Wargaming is often discussed as a necessary step in the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) for Army units, but it is an often misunderstood, or poorly executed due to time constraints. FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, outlines the process and outcomes, but it doesn't provide practical examples of useful tools or tactics, techniques, and procedures to reach the desired outcomes. "War-gaming results in refined COAs, a completed synchronization matrix, and decision support templates and matrices for each COA. A synchronization matrix records the results of a war game. It depicts how friendly forces for a particular COA are synchronized in time, space, and purpose in relation to an enemy COA or other decisive action tasks. The decision support template and matrix portray key decisions and potential actions that are likely to occur during the execution of each COA."…"
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 KimRYoung | 04 Aug 2023 7:12 p.m. PST |
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| Zephyr1 | 04 Aug 2023 9:17 p.m. PST |
I wouldn't play any games that guy wrote, too wordy; He needs to learn brevity… |
| nickinsomerset | 04 Aug 2023 11:48 p.m. PST |
In HQ 7 Armd Bde we used some 1:300 micro models for the wargaming process during Telic 1. Kept neatly in a video case, Tally Ho! |
| Tango01 | 05 Aug 2023 3:11 p.m. PST |
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GildasFacit  | 06 Aug 2023 6:18 a.m. PST |
Wrong type of wargames being compared. Those described are 'learning' wargames for those who do it for real not recreational wargaming that us plebs do. |
| Cavcmdr | 09 Aug 2023 7:40 p.m. PST |
No, I won't !!! I need my d8 for playing King of the Battlefield. and now for playing Emperor of the Battlefield. Huzzah, hussar. |
| Tango01 | 10 Aug 2023 4:07 p.m. PST |
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