A group dedicated to research on and the design of conflict simulations, currently based at the University of Würzburg
Germany
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CoSimG is currently displaying four different types of Kriegsspiel-type wargames and "Muß!", its ironclad-era naval wargame at the big wargaming conference @AWL_Wroc. Thanks to the organizers for having us!
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Sometimes looking for something very specific results in one finding - something else that is quite different, but also quite fascinating, see below.
Laying Siege to Verdun - a very brief note on Kriegsspiel history linkedin.com/pulse/laying-si… via @LinkedIn
PdB was first run in winter 2011/2012; it has been in continuous use at Julius-Maximilians-Universität and since 2018 at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität as well.
A brief introduction can be found here:
linkedin.com/pulse/pluie-de-…
@CoSimG's gamefied Kriegsspiel Pluie de Balles has been around for a bit. Below are the 2016, 2018, 2019 illustrated, 2019 standard and 2020 editions (all produced for private circulation only) as well as the 2023 published one. Not pictured are the 2012 and 2014 editions.
This used "Sussex Sorrows" as a ruleset.
A brief report on a Kriegsspiel demonstration recently run by @CoSimG
linkedin.com/pulse/across-st…
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Today a demonstration of the Meckel Kriegsspiel using @CoSimG 's "Sussex Sorrows" took place.
Pictures show the setup of the facilitating table and the unit cards used for tracking losses etc.
A closer look at our Pluie de Balles which was developed nearly 15 years ago:
linkedin.com/pulse/pluie-de-… via @LinkedIn
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30 April 1915 | A Czech Jewish woman, Anna Schönová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Time to break out the big maps again! Preparation for this term's PdB starts at HSU Hamburg.
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Some thoughts on the fundamental difference between Kriegsspiel-type wargames and "normal" wargames - in, one should add, educational contexts.
linkedin.com/pulse/kriegsspi… via @LinkedIn
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A few impressions of a recent game of "Muß!", the Conflict Simulation Group's naval wargame set in the age of sail and steam. In this case, assuming an outbreak of a major conflict as a result of the Russo-Turkish war in 1878, a small Royal Navy squadron on reconnaissance ...
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The family includes "Invasion 1883" (linkedin.com/pulse/invasion-…), "Augusta" (linkedin.com/pulse/finding-n…) and "PVNICA" about naval operations in the First Punic War.
More to follow...
@CoSimG's family of Mini-Kriegsspiele is growing - "Torpillage!", a Kriegsspiel about a French torpedo boat attack on Royal Navy ironclads in the Solent, set in 1883, is currently getting playtested.
@CoSimG's family of Mini-Kriegsspiele is growing - "Torpillage!", a Kriegsspiel about a French torpedo boat attack on Royal Navy ironclads in the Solent, set in 1883, is currently getting playtested.
The new issue of Mars & Clio, the newsletter of @BCMH_news has an article on an important yet often overlooked Prussian Kriegsspiel designer, Thilo von Trotha, by CoSimG's Pia Hofmann in it:
bcmh.org.uk/mars-and-clio/
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A brief article on a typical Meckel Kriegsspiel as run by @CoSimG:
linkedin.com/pulse/when-john… via @LinkedIn
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A brief introduction to @CoSimG's "Augusta", a naval-themed mini-Kriegsspiel has been published here:
linkedin.com/pulse/finding-n… via @LinkedIn
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Students of @AlteGJMU playing @CoSimG's "The Med", a Micro-Wargame about naval combat in the Mediterranean in the 1880s.
Its main purpose is explaining how the French could manage to launch an invasion - which is the subject of "Invasion 1883", @CoSimG's Mini-Kriegsspiel.
The end on the Wirral Peninsula appears to be in sight - heavy fighting for New Brighton, French forces desperately trying to beat back British attacks.
The British have recaptured Birkenhead!
At @HSUHamburg, this term's big game of @CoSimG's Pluie de Balles is underway.
With 40 participants, the wargaming course is currently among the largest wargaming courses regularly run at a Bundeswehr institution.
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The British have recaptured Birkenhead!
At @HSUHamburg, this term's big game of @CoSimG's Pluie de Balles is underway.
With 40 participants, the wargaming course is currently among the largest wargaming courses regularly run at a Bundeswehr institution.