"Bruce, this is terrific! I hope your Marines spring-board this approach into their units! I am hopeful that this generation that has wider exposure and acceptance of games as a way to learn will propagate this technique throughout.…"
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"In the winter and spring of 2018, I employed the "Days of Villainy" module from the "Lock and Load Tactical System" to introduce active-duty Marines to the use of the maps, playing pieces, and scenarios from commercial board war…"
"A belated "thank you" for posting this Eric.
In the spirit of "better late than never," I will, in a few moments, post my report about the use of this method at the Innovative Instructor workshop in Quantico."
"Bruce, am quite glad to see this series of use in educating Marines!"
Playing "Pub Battles: Brandywine" with US Marines
Over the past few weeks, I enjoyed three opportunities to watch small groups of people who were new to board wargaming play Brandywine, a game from the Pub Battles series.The first of these took place in a workshop designed to improve the teaching skills of US Marines assigned as instructors. The other two were meetings of the…See More
"Here is an old article about Steve Deflethsen's use of Advanced Squad Leader Code of Bushido to train his Marines prior to the ground war in OPERATION DESERT STORM. This was originally printed in Heat of Battle's Recon...by Fire!…"
"Bruce, think we'd all want to hear about how this works out! Looking forward to it!"
"I am about to begin experimenting with the use of games using with present-day (post 2001) scenarios as "free war games."
I will report on this on this site, and on "The Military Instructor" as well."
"This is splendid. Thank you so much for the post, as well as for the article."
"Brian, you'll be gratified to know that the ASL Starter Kit #1 featured in the article was the game I demonstrated to four Marines at the "Rejuvenating Maneuver Warfare" workshop. For such an inexpensive package it provides a…"
"LCOL Ivor Gardiner, CO 1 Royal Irish, had an article in an issue of British Army Review where he discussed his use of Advanced Squad Leader as a tool for training the junior officers in his battalion in making combat estimates, planning operations…"
Squad Leader (and similar games) as a tool for creating tactical decision games (TDGs) and free wargames
In the early 1980s, when I was serving on active duty and a great enthusiast for the Squad Leader franchise, I used the scenarios, boards, and playing pieces from that game system to simple create tactical decision games (TDGs) for the Marines of my section and free war games to play with my brother officers. I found this worked very well and, in particular, allowed the players to overcome one of the great obstacles to playing board war games, that of formal rules.I am wondering if anyone has…See More
"Bruce, consider writing a discussion based on your wargaming demonstration--"How To Create An Educational Wargame." --Eric"
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- I played SPI games when I was a lad. If memory serves, the first was "Bloody Ridge."
- Your favorite game(s):
- Squad Leader: Crescendo of Doom
Squad Leader: Cross of Iron
World at War: Stalingrad
World at War: Operation Crusader
- What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
- Alas, I am not at present playing a game. :O(
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- In December of 2016, I designed, organized, and umpired a free Kriegspiel inspired by a wargame run by the British Army in 1907. The scenario called for the dispatch of a "striking force" to assist the Belgian defenders of Antwerp against a "Continental Power."
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- Far too little.
- How big is your game collection?
- Far too small.
- Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
- We don't have a game club here in Quantico, but we do have a Case Method Club.
- About Me
- I am a military historian who, for the past ten years, has occupied the Case Method Chair at the Marine Corps University.
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- My great passion is the promotion of interactive learning methods within military organizations and, in particular, the US Marine Corps.
- Website:
- http://casemethodusmc.blogspot.com/
Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson's Blog
Playing "Pub Battles: Brandywine" with US Marines
Over the past few weeks, I enjoyed three opportunities to watch small groups of people who were new to board wargaming play Brandywine, a game from the Pub Battles series.
The first of these took place in a workshop designed to improve the teaching skills of US Marines assigned as instructors. The other two were meetings of the…
ContinuePosted on May 4, 2018 at 2:30am — 1 Comment
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- At 6:37am on July 11, 2017,
Eric Walters said…
Bruce, consider writing a discussion based on your wargaming demonstration--"How To Create An Educational Wargame." --Eric
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