Zones of Control Perspectives on Wargaming epub torrent

Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming
by Pat Harrigan (Editor),‎ Matthew G. Kirschenbaum (Editor),‎ James F. Dunnigan (Foreword)

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Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.

Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game history. This volume fills that gap, providing a diverse set of perspectives on wargaming's past, present, and future. In Zones of Control, contributors consider wargames played for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. They consider both digital and especially tabletop games, most of which cover specific historical conflicts or are grounded in recognizable real-world geopolitics. Game designers and players will find the historical and critical contexts often missing from design and hobby literature; military analysts will find connections to game design and the humanities; and academics will find documentation and critique of a sophisticated body of cultural work in which the complexity of military conflict is represented in ludic systems and procedures.

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