"Wargames are to modeling and simulation what anthropology is to mathematics. If wargames had a patron saint, it would be Jane Goodall, not James Clerk Maxwell" - @markherman54.bsky.social youtu.be/TkesRZTyIr0?...

"One thing I have noticed about @sebastianbae.bsky.social’s wargame design style is that he doesn’t hold back on using a lot of dice as compact, removable tracks in his games." 🔗 Read the full newsletter here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/the-beachh...

"The new US Space Force strategy for international partnership calls for partners to engage in missions and wargaming, and joint planning "across requirements, budgets, programming and execution"." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Why are Russians in thermal insulating ponchos still failing to hide from Ukrainian FPV drones? 🧵 (1/15)

Will you dominate the skies and secure your victory? Take command of the aerial battlefield! Pre-order Battlegroup Clash: Baltics today www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr and prepare to deploy your drones against your opponents in the deadly dance of modern warfare! (15/15)

"It's not the kind of fun-first activity you might expect from an investment firm, nor is its value to Lux immediately clear. The games are free to join, and the kits are published online so anyone can host their own." africa.businessinsider.com/news/i-playe...

"The company actually does do crisis management exercises. It’s not a beautiful playbook on a piece of paper. It’s practical. It’s tested. It’s tried." www.afr.com/technology/t...

"Littoral Commander resembles a game of hide-and-seek. Both sides use ground troops and reconnaissance assets to detect and identify enemy forces, while trying to screen friendly forces from enemy detection." www.marinecorpstimes.com/global/europ...

I'm happy to see @armchairdragoons.bsky.social feature my latest "Are we ready for AI-powered wargaming?" in this week's #TuesdayNewsday 📜 🔗 Read my full round-up here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/are-we-rea... 🤖 🔗 Read the full #TuesdayNewsday here: armchairdragoons.com/tn-091625/ 🗞️

Changes at GAMA, The War Room, and More ~ #TuesdayNewsday Whether you command battalions or just the snack table on game night, #TuesdayNewsday is your weekly sitrep ➡️ wp.me/pae4WL-chx#TuesdayNewsday#TuesdayNewsday

@jsbuckley.bsky.social's Sapper Studio is now on Bluesky! Share, follow, and pre-order your copy of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics today!

What's up Bluesky! Sapper Studio now has a dedicated account. Some special news to accompany this first post - Battlegroup Clash: Baltics is at the printers! Delivery in about 12 weeks. Pre-order at a 20% discount while you still can: www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr And stay tuned for more from us!

"The key to winning “Littoral Commander” can be summed as: “What can be seen can be destroyed, so don’t be seen.”"

About to try "Mindanao Mire" by Nick Wernert 🎲 Designed to introduce the challenges of counter-insurgency against dispersed terrorist gangs in the southern Philippines 🇵🇭 🔗: From @sebastianbae.bsky.social's Indo-Pacific Micro Games series: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

"Australia must do more to prepare for crises. Clear-eyed, robust, nation-level simulation exercises using the latest tech & best-practice methodologies will help achieve this."

"Operationally, the center should help move away from wargames hosted by industry & research organizations, in the spirit of National Security Presidential Memorandum 33, which aimed “to strengthen protections of US Government-supported R&D against foreign government interference and exploitation.”"

These are the top 10 stories at the intersection of AI and wargaming that have popped up on my radar since "Are we ready for AI-powered wargaming? (Part 3)" along with snippets of what stood out to me. 🔗 Read my full Substack newsletter here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/are-we-rea...

"Wargames allow Airmen to learn the good decisions from the bad in a 0-G environment. If we can't get it done in a safe environment, how are we ever going to go out there and do it in a war?" - Lisle Babcock, Air Force Wargaming Institute Director www.dvidshub.net/video/974495...

WARGAMING JOB ALERT 🔔 Command Post Technologies is hiring a Cyber Tabletop Analyst 🔗 See more details here: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

"Most importantly, analytical processes — from deliberate planning to campaign analysis and wargaming — should be based on doctrine and domain-specific datasets the military can use to refine AI models. Foundational models are generalists by design, so they need refinement."

"Twilight Struggle" by @gmtgames.bsky.social 🎲 1st time winning as the USSR with the AI opponent set at +9 influence handicap 🤖 The US led at first but I managed to slowly turn things around 💪🏾 Once again, securing Europe early in the game with a coup in Italy paid off big time down the road! 🏆

“The unique aspect of this wargame is its singular focus on logistics. Other exercises often emphasize fires or maneuver. Here we’re working directly with Logistics Command to focus on sustainment and operational-level logistics and how we support operations across the Indo-Pacific."

I'm honored to see @armchairdragoons.bsky.social feature my review of Rachel McVicker's "Battle for the Ballot - Taiwan 2027" in their latest #TuesdayNewsday! 🇹🇼 Read my review here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/battle-for... 🎲 Read the full #TuesdayNewsday here: armchairdragoons.com/tn-090925/ 🗞️

Holy Crap That’s A Lot of Releases! New Games on Steam, GMT’s Next Wave, and More! ~ #TuesdayNewsday Quote Today’s mission: Catch up on the latest intel briefing. Welcome to #TuesdayNewsday! ↘️ wp.me/pae4WL-chw

"Despite being fictional scenarios, the wargames used real-world information that, while unclassified, could reveal sensitive patterns in U.S. cognitive approaches. To mitigate this risk, the military requires a robust LLM operating on a closed network." warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/bac...

Palantir and Hadean have announced a partnership which will see Hadean’s leading edge wargaming, command & control and battlefield training products deployed on Palantir’s Foundry software.

"It's not a question of 'if', it's just a question of 'when'" youtu.be/NKtiHi0tlAo?...

About to try "The Beachhead" by @sebastianbae.bsky.social 🎲 Designed to highlight the intersection of the tactical Will to Fight within units and winning the day on the beach - whether as the attacker or the defender 🥊 🔗 From his Indo-Pacific Micro Games series: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

About to try "Production Lines" by @sebastianbae.bsky.social 🎲 Designed to highlight the tensions between defense technology development, defense production and investment, and operational approaches ⚙️ 🔗 From his Indo-Pacific Micro Games series: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

"Taiwan is China’s game to lose. If this micro wargame is to be believed, the best strategy for the US is to let China sabotage itself with unsuccessful grassroots/media campaigns and aggressive military demonstrations or import bans." 🔗 Read more here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/battle-for...

“The AI is always playing Curtis LeMay,” says @jackieschneider.bsky.social, referring to the notoriously nuke-happy Air Force general of the Cold War. “It’s almost like the AI understands escalation, but not de-escalation. We don’t really know why that is.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"Twilight Struggle" by @gmtgames.bsky.social 🎲 1st time winning as the US with the AI opponent set at +8 influence handicap 🤖 I feel extra proud as I used my Africa Scoring Card back to back to seal this win 🏆 Not even the USSR's last ditch effort with 1 VP from the OPEC card could stop me! 💪🏾

“I’ve heard combatant commanders say, ‘Hey, I want someone who can take all the results from a war game and, when I’m in a [crisis] scenario, tell me what the solution is based on what the AI interpretation is,’” - @jackieschneider.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I need some PLAYTESTERS for some micro games! The micro games are designed by a range of designers from the US to AUS, exploring various topics from logistics to kill chains. #wargaming 🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t-JLfyXJPyNSSp7B8DPyTpUnsK3WqRPu

"Aliguya is proud to bring the technical expertise that Valkyrie can provide into the arena of Nigeria's apex military training institution. We have no doubt that our military personnel will benefit from this collaboration." - Prince Adegbite Sijuwade (CEO at Aliguya Limited)

"In providing safe-to-fail arcades to try ideas, wargames allow players to experience the law of unintended consequences and encourage pluralist habits of mind i.e. a disposition towards behaving intelligently when confronted with problems for which immediate answers are unavailable."

About to try "Battle for the Ballot - Taiwan 2027" by Rachel McVicker 🎲 Players play as the US supporting the pro-independence party, the DPP, and the PRC supporting the pro-status quo KMT 🗳️ 🔗: From @sebastianbae.bsky.social's Indo-Pacific Micro Games series: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

I need some PLAYTESTERS for some micro games! The micro games are designed by a range of designers from the US to AUS, exploring various topics from logistics to kill chains. #wargaming 🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t-JLfyXJPyNSSp7B8DPyTpUnsK3WqRPu

A Lot of New Releases, Pre-Orders, and Other Great Articles ~ #TuesdayNewsday Quote The dice have spoken—and so has the newsfeed. Here's your weekly #TuesdayNewsday rundown! ↘️ wp.me/pae4WL-chv

TODAY IN WARGAMING HISTORY ⌛️ On September 3rd & 4th, 2024, Wargaming Initiative for NATO 2024, also known as “WIN24”, took place in Hamburg, Germany 🎲 🔗 Learn more here: www.act.nato.int/article/win-...

WARGAMING JOB ALERT 🔔 The United States Naval Academy School of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for the Kutler Wargaming Fellow, a one-year renewable appointment, commencing as early as spring semester, 2026. 🔗 More details here: www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/...

"We've seen growing wargaming advocacy for the US Army, for the US Navy, for the US Marine Corps, for the US Space Force, for the US space industry and even for the US Coast Guard… it got me thinking, what about wargaming for the SFABs in particular?" 🔗: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/does-warga...

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“At the Army Command and General Staff College, they use Root. I call it Furry Afghanistan. The cat faction is the NATO military occupation force, trying to win by submission. The raccoons are Pakistan, breaking all the rules." - @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA

"The DASH sprints are a new wargame series led by the 805th, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis (ShOC-N), and are designed to test emerging AI capabilities and concepts for battle management."

"Military gaming isn’t just about soldiers playing commercial video games during their free time. It’s about utilizing advanced simulation technologies to create realistic training environments that are too complex or too expensive to reproduce physically." warontherocks.com/2025/08/mili...

"Twilight Struggle" by @gmtgames.bsky.social 🎲 1st time winning as USSR with the AI opp at +8 influence handicap 🤖 Muslim Revolution, Decolonisation, Quagmire & Flower Power got me ahead. OPEC sealed the deal! 🏆 Playing as the USSR is easier ever since I learnt how to quickly lock Europe & Asia 🔒

"Unlike traditional military wargaming — which typically involves structured, turn-based exercises on maps or models to explore campaign plans and strategic concepts — the gaming discussed here draws heavily on digital interactive platforms..."

"The scenario for TT25 is focused on rifle company tactics and warfighting concepts and capabilities. Additionally, the TT25 tournament serves as the first of two qualifier events for the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Cup." 🔗 Read the full announcement here: www.marines.mil/News/Message...

I'm stoked to get yet another hilarious mention from @armchairdragoons.bsky.social in their latest newsletter! 🤣 Read my full review of @iantb.bsky.social's "Popeye in the Goo": wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/pop-eye-in... ⛈️ Read the full #TuesdayNewsday: armchairdragoons.com/tn-082625/ 🗞️