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Connections Online 2021

Chris’s AAR at PaxSims https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/connections-online-2021-after-action-review/ Archive page with all YouTube links & event details https://www.armchairdragoons.com/co21/ AAR from the Armchair Dragoons  Continued discussions in the ACD forum https://www.armchairdragoons.com/forum/index.php?topic=3155

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Wargaming Podcasts (redux)

So the last post on here was 2-1/2 years ago, and plenty has happened since then, including the shuttering of The GrogCast.  When I left GrogHeads, there was no one there to keep it going, so even the feed is … Continue reading

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Wargaming and Innovation part II

I ended part I with the slide above showing how various types of games make up the spectrum between Experimentation and Analysis. Where these games are cooperative and have players working together to solve a problem, or what in many … Continue reading

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Wargaming the Centennial of the Battle of Jutland

This was sent out Wednesday on the Society of Daisy yahoo group (bunch of older recreational wargamers more into imagi-nations…).  IIRC, the original tile floor was in the building next to the ENEWS site, was covered with picnic tables and … Continue reading

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Connections North

Connections North, a one day mini-conference on professional wargaming, will be held in Ottawa on Monday, 22 February 2016. Additional details can be found at PAXsims.

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Connections Keynote Speaker Alert!

We have officially confirmed the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Zachery “Zech” Mears will be our lead keynote speaker next week at the Connections Conference. Dr. Zachary Mears is Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor … Continue reading

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Fleet Battle School

The CNO’s Rapid Innovation Cell (CRIC) was interested in creating a wargame which would be accessible to a wide audience and allow for experimentation with new approaches and technologies (and how those affected decisions in the operational naval war).  The … Continue reading

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When is spying on your competition’s customers…

…spying on your competition?  http://www.fastcompany.com/3030772/how-samsung-used-social-media-to-hack-the-iphone?partner  Part of Samsung’s defense against the suit Apple brought against them for patent infringement dealt with how they got the information about certain aspects of the “user-experience” people were having with their iPhones. Apple tried … Continue reading

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Are we in a “Golden Age of Boardgaming”

http://www.globaltoynews.com/2014/05/golden-age-of-games.html An interesting article by an “industry insider” that covers the Chicago Toy and Game Fair – the CES for the Hasbros and Mattels of the world. It has some interesting stats that indeed indicate if we are not in a “Golden … Continue reading

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The Fleet Power Project

  A big part of my absence  – for WAAAY longer than I intended –  has been work on an operational maritime wargame system. OK, AND I’ve played way to much Civ V and Legendary Heroes…  I’ve dabbled with an operational level maritime game since my … Continue reading

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