simulations miscellany, 27 May 2012

I’ve been a bit slow posting in recent weeks, in part because I was away hanging around in Alabama bars while trying to overthrow the corrupt and dictatorial regime of “Florabama.” Under the wise leadership of opposition leader David Ortega—and with a little help from our friends—I’m pleased to say that we succeeded. As might [...]

simulations miscellany (4/5/2012)

Some recent items that might be of interest to PAXsims readers: * * * There’s been yet another public wargame of a possible Israeli strike on Iran, this time conducted by the national-religious Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon. According to one account of the game: The simulation was carried out with the participation of former Government Secretary Yisrael [...]

simulations miscellany, 28 April 2012

A few recent items that might be of interest to PAXsims readers: Drew Hamilton has reviewd Phil Sabin’s recent book Simulating War at Times Higher Education. It is good to see the book getting notice outside the wargaming community, since it has much to offer to both teachers and historians. Robert Hossal—a student in Phil’s [...]

simulations miscellany, 6 March 2012

Some recent gaming news that caught our eye here at PAXsims… * * * At Foreign Policy Magazine, Michael Peck offers five reasons why video games are lousy propaganda. His piece spins off from the ongoing saga of American ex-Marine/ex-game designer Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, whose espionage conviction (and death sentence) in Iran has now been sent [...]

simulations miscellany, 21 February 2012

Some recent items that may be of interest to PAXsims readers: Wargaming Connection has featured several interesting posts of late by Paul Vebber regarding the  NUWC (US Naval Undersea Warfare Center) Strategy and Innovation Gaming Group. Check out the blog for his thoughts on using Eurogames as a hook to build interest in more complex wargames, [...]

simulations miscellany: 10 January 2012

Some recent simulation and gaming items of interest: * * * In his regular gaming column at Foreign Policy Magazine this week, Michael Peck invades Syria. Milgeek note to Michael: the Turks have several hundred Leopard 1s and 2A4s, so perhaps using a modern German Army wasn’t entirely unrealistic after all. * * * At [...]

simulations miscellany, New Year 2012 edition

A few recent items that may be of interest to PAXsims readers (or older items that we missed at the time): * * * Back in early December, Michael Peck had a column in the Training & Simulation Journal asking “Tools or toys? Training games are popular, but no one knows how well they work.” Important [...]