by Armchair Dragoons PAO, 8 April 2024
Badge registration is now open for Connections Online 2024, with event registration to follow within a day or so.
Distributed Wargaming — Recent Lessons Learned
With the onset of COVID, distributed wargaming — always of peripheral interest to the professional wargaming community, but rarely its focus — suddenly took center stage. Thrown into the proverbial deep end of the pool, wargaming institutions adapted. Let’s discuss how it happened, what worked, what didn’t, and what we learned from the experience.
And what we do next time.
Core Events
| Date/Time | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 16 April - 10:00 | Introduction & Distributed Wargaming: Some opening thoughts | 60 |
| 16 April - 11:00 | Distributed Wargaming Best Practices | 120 |
| 16 April - 13:00 | Peter Perla and the Art and Science of Professional Gaming | 120 |
| 16 April - 15:00 | Zenobia Awards Panel Presentation | 60 |
| 17 April - 10:00 | Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Wargaming Division | 60 |
| 17 April - 11:00 | Urban Warfare Wargaming: Past, Present, Future | 120 |
| 17 April - 13:00 | CNN Academy- Building Future Journalists | 120 |
| 17 April - 15:00 | Analytical Wargaming with SWIFT-G | 60 |
| 18 April - 10:00 | Human Factors and Cognitive Ergonomics | 60 |
| 18 April - 11:00 | Challenges with Online Multiplayer Events | 120 |
| 18 April - 13:00 | Using Discord to Provide the Kriegsspiel Experience | 120 |
| 18 April - 15:00 | Your Successful Professional Wargaming Career | 60 |
CONNECTIONS ONLINE (CNX ONL) is the premier online/distributed conference for the wargaming practitioner community. This is our 4th annual conference (held in mid-April each year).
The conference is structured around 3 days of core events, covering 6 hours each. Outside of these core event hours, extended events may include additional seminars, game sessions, or social events.
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