[Vigilanteman]

Of course, being a young 20 something, I had no idea of knowing my American opponent’s strategy would actually knock Germany out of the war more than a year early, so I took what I could while the getting was good.

[Rockingham]

One of the benefits of learning and playing a good board based wargame is the way that the details of geography and the dynamics of combat power are revealed as compelling factors in military conflict. Once one sees how those work, it becomes possible to understand the course of a battle or war. That is how FDR was able to follow and run the US side of World War II out of the White House Map Room.

Computer based war games are now one of the primary means of educating young officers and preparing for and predicting the outcomes of battles and wars. Advanced and highly realistic computer wargames and simulations have become essential to modern military training and to weapon and force design. The extraordinarily successful Israeli and US air attack on Iran was no doubt gamed out in detail hundreds of times in advance.