Mentioned in Dispatches Season 10 Ep 7 ~ Wargaming China

24 March 2023

Brant and Rocky are joined by special guest Sebastian Bae to talk about how the hobby wargaming world has approached contemporary / near-future conflicts with China and in the modern PTO.

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Whether you’re flipping the map on its head, or trying to project near-future weapons capabilities, it’s a unique set of challenges.  How might political shakeups change the “start condition” of the conflict?  What role is played by strategic logistics?  How would you put a multi-player model in place without relegating some players to being tag-along siblings?  What assumptions are you bringing to your design, and maybe shouldn’t?

We’ve got some links for you!

• Rocky’s Bibliography
• CSIS presentation of their wargame report (PDF)
• CNAS wargame on NBC News
• Go order Littoral Commander!
• Warfighter 101: Movement to Contact (Ft Irwin wargame mentioned in the show)

Preview of a new wall map in work. Adapting a perspective I have used before but going for high-resolution, large-format, and a lot more detail. Struggling to find the right colors and balance for topography, population density, and lots of labels. pic.twitter.com/Orz7Nkohd8

— Rhodes Cartography (@RhodesCartogra1) February 18, 2023

 

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