Wargaming

Wargames are widely used for military training and education. They provide an important avenue for collaboration, problem-solving, and testing plans and capabilities against an adversary. The Australian Defence College is exploring the use of games as part of Professional Military Education to enhance the training and education of the ADF.

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Wargaming

The Student as Sponsor: Understanding Wargaming Initiatives From the Student Perspective

As an educational tool, wargames promise to educate the civilian decision-maker and the warfighter in how to think about war before a conflict ever starts.

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Wargames as an Educational Tool

While games are a powerful teaching tool, not all games can serve all these purposes.

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Establishing a Wargaming Insurgency at the University

Educational wargaming is experiencing a remarkable resurgence, reflected in the growth of wargaming Fight Clubs and the embrace of wargames as pedagogical tools in the classroom.

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Gaming and Professional Military Education

The importance of play has been recognised in all cultures; it has been widely studied and endorsed in the human sciences and demonstrated in practice in enlightened schools throughout the world.

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