An fascinating piece by @BarrickTim and @TheKrulakCenter on their continuing series of Ukraine #wargames. Highlights potential challenges like dwindling PGMs, ever increasing attrition, and escalation risks. 1/x
mwi.usma.edu/wargaming-a-lo…
mwi.usma.edu/wargaming-a-lo…
The authors are careful (and responsible) to stress that this does NOT PREDICT the war -- but gives an opportunity to explore what MAY happen to inform present discourses. Games can highlight unexpected surprises and explore branches of decisions. 2/x
I love that these #wargames are iterative and evolving to examine different dimensions of the war as more information becomes available. This last game shifted from a tactical POV to a more operational timeline. 3/x
It would be interesting to see how different #wargames play out with varying parameters. What if Ukrainian will strengthens as the war wages on? Or vice versa? This allows you to explore branches of decisions and highlight decision points. 4/x
In the end, it is important to highlight all games have abstractions and assumptions. But this series shows games do not have to be classified to be informative and that having a game system on the shelf that is adaptable is valuable. *Cough more custom educational gaming *cough
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