The History of Wargaming Project
The project aims to make the largest possible collection of wargaming books and rules available to the modern reader. Ranging from second editions of wargaming classics, to professional wargaming rules used by the military and innovations in current wargaming.
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Modern Crises Scenarios
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“In Matrix Games, knowledge, imagination, and persuasiveness dominate.
Both the referee and the players find their greatest success by drawing
on their storytelling skills. In many ways, Matrix Games boil down the
art of gaming to its essence”. Peter Perla
Invented by Chris Engle, Matrix Games are an innovative way of wargaming
situations and conflicts that traditional wargaming methods find hard to
model. Since the book Matrix Games for Modern Wargaming was first
published in 2014, they have made a massive impact on professional
military education, operational analysis and training.
This book was written in response to requests for a more comprehensive
account of how the Matrix Game methodology has developed, plus more real
examples of such games from the active edge of their professional
application in the UK.
This book includes six more scenarios to demonstrate different aspects
of the method: Baltic Challenge: NATO / Russian Posturing in the
Baltic Sea
Mare Nostrum: Russian/ NATO Posturing in the Black
Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
The Nine-Dash Line: Incidents in the South China
Sea Election in Centralia DPRK: Conflict on the Korean Peninsula De Valera's War: Irish Neutrality in WW2 by John
Basset OBE This book is published by the History of Wargaming
Project as part of its ongoing work to document current practise in
wargaming. Note: matrix games as noted in this work is a term used to describe the Chris Engle wargaming matrix game methodology and is not connected or related in any way to Matrix Games Limited or their video game products. The book is available from Amazon and other online stores. |
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Supporting Materials for Matrix Games Matrix Game Handouts Baltic Challenge Baltic Challenge Map Mare Nostrum Mare Nostrum Map DPRK Conflict in Korea Korea Map Election in Centralia Centralia map |
Nine Dash Line South China Sea Map Counters set 1 Random Event Cards 1 Random Event Cards 2 Random Event Cards 3 Generic Counters Matrix Game Counters Set 1 Matrix Game Counters Set 2 Matrix Game Counters Set 3 Matrix Game Counters Set 4 Matrix Game Counters Set 5 Matrix Game Counters Set 6 Matrix Game Counters Set 7 Matrix Game Counters Set 8 | |