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Hi Rex,
Thanks for the ongoing updates and sharing your work with us all. I always look forward to the next installment. In particular, I really enjoy your discussions on using Matrix games. Thank you.
Thanks for the account of the symposium Rex. The last one I attended in person was in 2008, at the US Coast Guard Academy, and I didn’t even get as far as a Green Badge of Death.
But it looks as if we will be working together in WG 8 at the Special Meeting, which is unclassified and open to foreigners. Looking forward to that!
We really need to print up some “dangerous foreigner” t-shirts.
Rex,
Thanks for the Matrix Game presentation – most helpful – the point about “Facilitator” vs “Umpire” is particularly well made. I have just run a game on the Cyber Operational Awareness Course at the DA, so I hope to be able to provide a write-up as soon as I have had the feedback returned. Your observation about player perceptions (map/military counters vs map/DIME/PMESEI) are backed up here and deliberately exploited to bring out educational points.
As for “dangerous foreigner” t-shirts: how about “YESFORN” (as oppose to NOFORN)?
I like that Tom, I like that a lot!