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Ploughing in the COIN Field:. Recent Developments in Commercial Insurgency Wargames MORS 81.1 Virtual Symposium 15 June 2013. Civilian Game Designers and Modern Era Operational/Strategic-level IW/COIN Games. Mike Anderson: Marine Expeditionary Unit Simulator - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ploughing in the COIN Field:
Recent Developments in Commercial
Insurgency Wargames
MORS 81.1Virtual Symposium
15 June 2013
Civilian Game Designers and Modern Era Operational/Strategic-level IW/COIN Games
• Mike Anderson: Marine Expeditionary Unit Simulator• Rich Davis: Chad - The Toyota Wars• James Dunnigan: Minuteman: the Second American Revolution• Karsten Engelmann: Colombia• Irad Hardy: South Africa• Lawrence Harris: National Liberation Front• Kim Kanger: Ici, C’est La France!, Tonkin• Nick Karp: Vietnam 1965-75• Ben Madison: Liberia – Descent Into Hell• Joseph Miranda: BCT Kandahar, Battle for Baghdad, Decision: Iraq, Greenline: Chechnya, Holy War:
Afghanistan, Indochina, In Country, Nicaragua, Sealords, Somali Pirates, Tet ‘68, Winged Horse• Philip Orbanes: Viet Nam• John Poniske: Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-75• Javier Romero: Partizan• Volko Ruhnke: A Distant Plain, Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre, Labyrinth• Dick Rustin: Tito• Blake Smith: Insurgency• Brian Train: A Distant Plain, Algeria, BCT Kandahar, District Commander, EOKA, Greek Civil War, Green
Beret, Kandahar, Next War in Lebanon, Operation Whirlwind, Red Guard, Shining Path, Somalia: Interventions, Tupamaro
COIN games – the road not taken
Unpopular, morally ambiguous and unglamorous subject
Game variables difficult to quantify Asymmetric situation with unfamiliar mechanics Abstracted play of a nebulous conflict with no
clear endpoint
A Good COIN Game Design: Shows the relative importance of factors Has asymmetry of means, methods, objectives
and information Has transparent assumptions and mechanisms Is not meant to be strongly definitive or
predictive Is mutable Stimulates discussion!
Green Beret
KANDAHAR
Historical Antecedents AGILE-COIN game - http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/647051.pdf Tacspiel - http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=AD0811508 Tactical Games Boots on the Ground - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68876/boots-on-the-ground Lock n’ Load: A Day of Heroes - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25727/lock-n-load-a-day-of-heroes Operation Anaconda - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/107027/operation-anaconda Phantom Fury - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91010/phantom-fury Operational Games Battle for Baghdad - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29848/battle-for-baghdad BCT Kandahar - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126708/bct-kandahar Green Beret – forthcoming http://modernwarmagazine.com/ Kandahar – forthcoming http://modernwarmagazine.com/ SeaLords - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25994/sealords-the-vietnam-war-in-the-mekong-delta Urbansim - http://ict.usc.edu/prototypes/urbansim/ Strategic Games Algeria - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11293/algeria-the-war-of-independence-1954-1962 Andean Abyss - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91080/andean-abyss A Distant Plain - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127518/a-distant-plain Cuba Libre - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111799/cuba-libre Decision Iraq - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116739/decision-iraq Greek Civil War – forthcoming http://shop.strategyandtacticspress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MW011 In Country - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/130042/in-country-vietnam-1965-75 Labyrinth - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62227/labyrinth-the-war-on-terror-2001
(list available at http://brtrain.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/mors811-links-page.docx )
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