Review: The Pentagon’s Urban COIN Wargame (1966)
John Curry, ed., The Pentagon’s Urban COIN Wargame (1966) (History of Wargaming Project, 2018). 100pp. £12.95pb. In this volume John Curry has republished the rules of URB-COIN, an urban...
View ArticleBelt and Road matrix game
PAXsims is pleased to present a “Belt and Road” matrix game examining Chinese grand strategy, by the ever-prolific Tim Price. The file (which you can download from here) includes a map;...
View ArticleAFTERSHOCK “Deal of the Day” at The Game Crafter
AFTERSHOCK: A Humanitarian Crisis Game is currently the “Deal of the Day” at The Game Crafter. You have only a few more hours to get it at 12% off the regular price!
View ArticleTrouble in Paradise: a Micronesia matrix game
COL Jerry Hall has been kind enough to pass on to PAXsims his latest matrix game design, Trouble in Paradise (pdf). [Trouble in Paradise] is a Matrix Game designed to introduce players to the...
View ArticleOn Thin Ice: An Arctic matrix game
PAXsims is pleased to make available On Thin Ice, a print-and-play matrix game of geopolitical and economic rivalry and cooperation in the Arctic. The game was developed by COL Jerry Hall and Dr. Dawn...
View ArticleTrouble in Paradise II: Melanesia
Col. Jerry Hall (US Army, Pacific) has passed on to PAXsims his latest South Pacific matrix game, Trouble in Paradise II: Melanesia. Melanesia is a Matrix Game designed to introduce players to the...
View ArticleTrade War matrix game
From the ever-productive and ever-mysterious mind of Tim Price, PAXsims is pleased to present another matrix game plucked from the media headlines: Trade War. Since January 22, 2018, China and the...
View ArticleA “horrible, one-sided deal”: A US-Iran matrix game
While I’m not at liberty to divulge anything about him, I recently connected up with the ever-elusive Banksy of matrix game design, “Tim Price,” to put together a quick matrix game scenario addressing...
View ArticleForced to Fight
Forced to Fight is a browser game developed by the Canadian Red Cross (with the support of the ICRC and Global Affairs Canada) to educate youth about international humanitarian law, child soldiers,...
View ArticleThis War of Mine free at Epic Games
This War of Mine, the game of civilian survival during civil war, is available free from Epic Games until August 2. James Sterrett reviewed the game for PAXsims back in November 2014, calling it...
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BEAR RISING matrix game
I would like to thank Dani Fenning of NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation for making the BEAR RISING briefing materials available to PAXsims readers. The full description of the...
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Basic Law: a Hong Kong protests matrix game
From the ever-prolific and always-mysterious Tim Price comes yet another matrix game, this time exploring the current civil protests in Hong King: Basic Law. The game allows for 6 players: the Hong...
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Engle: COVID-19 hospital matrix gaming ideas
Chris Engle, the inventor of matrix gaming, has passed on some ideas for a COVID 19 general hospital simulation. We are pleased to post them below. The world is facing a pandemic. It is testing our...
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WHO COVID-19 training exercise
The World Health Organization has made available a simulation exercise on COVID-19. To support countries’ preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, WHO`s Department of Health Security and...
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Aplatir la courbe
Antoine Bourguilleau has developed a French translation and adaptation of Tim Price’s Flattening the Curve COVID-19 matrix game. In this revised version of the game, the UK and US actors are replaced...
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Review: Intervention!
Review of: Intervention! Stone Paper Scissors, 2020. £15.99 Intervention! is a game of fictional great power intervention in the modern era, designed for 17-28 players (with a control team of four). It...
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Afghanistan gaming assets
Although many people face lockdown due to COVID-19, there is still a requirement to carry out low-level wargaming training for the military. As a result I have made some contemporary Afghanistan...
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Wargaming from home
The following piece was contributed to PAXsims by Dr. Jeremy Sepinsky, Lead Wargame Designer at CNA. The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent the official policy or position of...
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Two recent wargaming podcasts
A couple of recent podcasts may be of interest to PAXsims readers. At Controversy and Clarity (the official podcast of the Warfighting Society), Eric Walters discusses the value of wargaming: •...
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Virtual AFTERSHOCK on TTS
Thanks to Nicholas Gray, AFTERSHOCK: A Humanitarian Crisis Game can now be played virtually using Table-Top Simulator‚ which means you and your fellow players can assist the earthquake-affected people...
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