The Matrix Games Handbook now available

The History of Wargaming Project has just published The Matrix Games Handbook: Professional Applications from Education to Analysis and Wargaming. Edited by John Curry, Chris Engle, and Peter Perla, the 303 page volume is packed with matrix gaming goodness:

Section 1: The History of Matrix Games.

• The Early Days of Matrix Games in the UK by Bob Cordery
• The American History of Matrix Games by Chris Engle.
• The Rise of Professional Matrix Games by Tim Price.

Section 2: Practical Advice

• Running Matrix Games by Tim Price
• Checklist by Tim Price
• Sample Game: Baltic Challenge: NATO and Russian posturing in the Baltic Sea
• The Australian Perspective by Todd Mason

Section 3: The Theory of Matrix Games

• Walking in the Dark: An Allegory of Knowledge by Chris Engle
• The Intellectual Underpinnings of Matrix Games by Chris Engle
• Verbal Algorithms and the Human Machine by Chris Engle
• Emerging Themes from the Matrix Game Based Narrative Methodology by John Curry

Section 4: Matrix Games and Education

• Gaming Multi-Agency Responses by Helen Mitchard
• Using Matrix Games in the Classroom by Dorian Love.
• Effective Learning at the Swedish Defence University by Johan Elg
• Language Training by Neal Durando
• Reflections on Military Language Training by Jose Anibal Ortiz Manrique

Section 5: The Professional Application of Matrix Games

• Gaming the Wars of the Future by Chris Engle
• Operations Research Tools by Ben Taylor
• Building Boyd Snowmobiles: Matrix Games as a Creative Catalyst for Developing Innovative Technology by Paul Vebber.
• ISIS Crisis: Using a Matrix Game to Explore Contemporary Conflict by Rex Brynen

The Matrix Game handbook sells for £14.95, and is available from the History of Wargaming Project website.