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Topic: Simulating War Studying Conflict Through Simulation Games
21 JUL 2012 at 3:45pm JPFalcon Centurion Posts : 285 Joined: 28 SEP 2011 Location: US, New Jersey Status : Offline I have it as it was written by the creator of the LOST BATTLES game which I have enjoyed playing. I have not read the book cover to cover as I treat it as a reference book and so jump around to sections that interest me at the moment. It also comes with some templates for mini games (maps and units) which you can either remove or copy (Korsun Pocket 1944 is the main game). These games are rather simple in order to use as examples for what is described in the book, but he uses some unique ideas in his rules as well. For a grog, there is much here that you'll already know but it is a good volume if you want to get into wargame design.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/people/professors/sabin/simwar.aspx
Here is the BGG link for the game he designed and there is a good review in the video section from Marco...
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/83325/lost-battles
VIDEO
Last edited by JPFalcon : 21 JUL 2012 3:52pm
22 JUL 2012 at 2:01pm Hartford688 Commander Posts : 1246 Joined: 20 JUN 2004 Location: NL Status : Offline Thank you, interesting again!
23 JUL 2012 at 3:21pm mastercommander
Banned for 15208 days Posts : 192 Joined: 21 JUL 2012 Location: US Status : Offline I ordered this book when it first came out. Haven't had the time to look at it. Hoping to get around to it.
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