I started this post in early 2021 and simply abandoned it – binned the lot.
Here goes again.
In summary it is this………
- playing games about war and through aspects of warfare
Thats it except of course that is not “it”.
Wargaming can involve any or all the following
- ballistics
- estimating
- probability
- statistics
- art
- abstraction
- arguments
- laughing
- hilarity
- geography
- writing
- mathematics
- arithmetic
- memory
- history
- science
- persuasion
- decisions
- craftwork
- competition
- painting
- geometry
- religion
- fieldcraft
- impressionism
- metalwork
- research
- fashion
- design
- imagination
- woodwork
- music
- reasoning
- rules
- reflection
- observation
- guidance
- opinion
- measuring
- scaling
- proportionality
- modelling
- technology
- language
- FUN
plus anything else you can think of (apologies if you find a duplication in the list)
I might have set this out as per a certain 1970’s drinks add and finished with “ever fizzin…..” but I might have stumbled into copyright and licensing problems. Oh, so you can add
- social media,
- image rights and
- IPR as well.
Take your pick – my abiding fascination for wargaming is its sheer variety.
So the next time your accused of causing aggression or violence point out that many sports are well ahead in that queue and quite a few other apparently “peaceful” activities as well!
Enjoy your wargaming peacefully.
The Wargaming Erratic 