A somewhat random collection of readings for wargames practitioners that I accumulated over the recent past.
Papers and Reports
Akutsu, Hiroyasu (2025) “Institutionalisation and Consequences of Wargaming in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and Government, 1868-1945.” War in History 1-22. DOI: 10.1177/09683445251344514.
Brannigan, Luke (2024) “Wargaming at HMCS Venture: Enhancing Naval Officer Training.” Journal of the Peruvian Naval War College – 2024, Vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 138-156. DOI: 10.35628/resup.v1612.142.
Bundeswehr (2024) Wargaming Handbook.
Campion, Martin and Steven Patrick (1972) “The History of Wargaming”, Strategy & Tactics No. 33.
Cancion, Mark with Matthew Cancian and Eric Heginbotham. (December 2024) Confronting Armageddon: Wargaming Nuclear Deterrence and Its Failures in a U.S.-China Conflict over Taiwan. Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
Cancion, Mark F. with Matthew F. Cancian, and Eric Heginbotham (July 2025) Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan. Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
Garlauskas, Markus with Lauren Gilbert and Kyoko Imai (May 2025) A rising nuclear double-threat in East Asia: Insights from our Guardian Tiger I and II tabletop exercises. Atlantic Council, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Gao, Kai with Dong Li, Jiang Zhang, and Yanlin Wu (2022) “Design of Information and Communication Wargaming System,” International Core Journal of Engineering, Vol. 8, Issue 11. DOI: 10.6919/ICJE.202211_8(11).0002.
Sabin, Philip (UNK) The Stigma of Wargames. Connections UK
Conferences
Connections UK 2025 (9-11 Sep 2025)
(Index) Connections US Conference Archive (Googledocs file)
The Dupuy Institute – Third Historical Analysis Annual Conference (8 – 10 October 2024) (links to presentations on YouTube)
Feature image courtesy wargamedevelopments.org
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Great post- some useful links there thanks.
BTW- I played in that game in your photo.
Cheers,
Pete.