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Wargaming => Professional Wargaming => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on May 11, 2023, 11:47:23 AM
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Enhanced DoD Wargaming According to GAO and Relevance to Hobby Wargaming
In late-April 2023, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report to the House Armed Services Committee titled “Defense Analysis: Additional Actions Could Enhance DOD’s Wargaming Efforts” (GAO-23-105351). The timing of the report release is a bit interesting, coming in the same week the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party participated in a highly publicized wargame on the Taiwan Straits run by the Center for New American Security (CNAS). [The CNAS read-out is available here.] While the GAO report is certainly aimed at wargame practitioners, a study of the common quality principles identified can also be useful for hobby wargame designers, developers, publishers, and even players to consider.
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/analysis/gao2dodwargaming/