![]() ![]() Over time, the complexity of the games increased but even games such as War Chess failed to accurately represent military conflict. Humans have been playing games about war for thousands of years, from the ancient Chinese game of Wei Hai to early versions of modern chess, but these games were primarily for entertainment. Incorporating one of these games into a unit training activity is a deliberate decision that requires some preparation this article will conclude with a suggested format for these training activities. To understand the potential value of this approach it is necessary to define wargaming and in particular dispel the notion that Course of Action – Analysis is wargaming. For a variety of reasons, the idea of playing games as part of a unit training program will seem foreign and perhaps even wrong to many. ![]() This article aims to explore the value of the Professional Gaming List and outline how these games can be incorporated into a unit Professional Military Education program. The Director General Training and Doctrine has just released the Australian Army’s first Professional Gaming List it represents the first of the Army Wargaming: 2021 – 2025 initiatives. Critically though, the directive noted that while wargaming has been revitalised in the United States and United Kingdom within the Australian Army more investment is required. The recent release of the Commander Forces Command Directive, Army Wargaming: 2021 – 2025 acknowledges that wargaming has the potential to enhance our cognitive capacity by providing opportunities to exercise decision-making in safe-to-fail adversarial environments. Both countries recognised that wargaming had the potential to enhance the critical thinking and decision-making skills of their personnel it enables their personnel to think, fight and win in war. In 2020, I wrote an article for The Cove – Reinvigorating Wargaming – which highlighted how commercially available wargames had been employed in the United States and United Kingdom to support their reinvigoration of wargaming. Ultimately, wargaming in all forms, digital or analogue, professional or hobby, contributes to the ability of our people to tackle a broader range of more complex problems it will contribute to our Army’s ability to be Future Ready. ![]()
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