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

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.

Time to break out the big maps again! Preparation for this term's PdB starts at HSU Hamburg.

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

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 ...

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...

A brief article on a typical Meckel Kriegsspiel as run by @CoSimG: linkedin.com/pulse/when-john… via @LinkedIn

A brief introduction to @CoSimG's "Augusta", a naval-themed mini-Kriegsspiel has been published here: linkedin.com/pulse/finding-n… via @LinkedIn

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.

This week, a US colleague visited the wargames design course at @AlteGJMU; we played both Mini-Kriegsspiele by @CoSimG. Here are some impressions of Invasion 1883; the French side won in round 6 by capturing London.

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.

Yesterday, in my wargames design course, students of @AlteGJMU experimented with one of @CoSimG's simple facilitation-training games, in this case "Augusta" which is based on the naval war of 1870/71.

Students of @AlteGJMU play @CoSimG's Invasion 1883 for the first time, experiencing both the uncertainty of fog-of-war and the responsibility of facilitators.

Ernst natürlich, aber trotzdem mußte ich bei der Schlagzeile schmunzeln. In den operativen wargames, die @CoSimG seit Jahren durchführt, kreuzt ein "belgischer Pilzsammler" immer wieder den Weg der Teilnehmer - die dann entscheiden müssen, ob er wirklich nur Pilze sammelt.

@CoSimG ran a Kriegsspiel at the University of Regensburg. For a brief report of what happened, see here: linkedin.com/pulse/cosimg-le…

Ten years (or so...) of Running Kriegsspiele - Some Reflections linkedin.com/pulse/ten-years… via @LinkedIn

Today in class: @CoSimG's Mini-Kriegsspiel "PVNICA", designed to let participants experience some of the difficulties of Hellenistic naval warfare on an operational level, and to provide an introduction to facilitating,