Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group
“The basis of air power is its exploitation of height, speed, and reach within the air environment, which facilitates the four core roles of air power: control of the air; attack; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); and air mobility. Control of the air underpins all air operations because it secures freedom of action in the […]
This starts with setting yourself up for a game in two months, having to start it from scratch. I had a list of 5 books I needed to get through to base the game on. So it was all a bit rushed and I could only decide pretty late into the reading stage what game […]
This was a thought experiment of a sort – given a loose an invented Sci-Fi based scenario, we were asked to come up with the kind of tactics that an outnumbered and outgunned militia would come up with, facing a technologically advanced opponent. Just a few brief thoughts on this: It was great to have […]
Natan’s simple yet effective game on the EU Council responding to an external crisis provided a very interesting experience. Nick L, Thomas D. and I played EU council members. It didn’t really matter much which, because our hidden roles, respectively ‘Dove’, ‘Rat’ and ‘Hawk’ were to determine our stance. Sophie on the other hand would […]
These are a few thoughts on one of Evan’s sessions at the January meeting. I’ll link to more details about the game if they’re made public. In the meantime, as a very brief summary, this was a committee game set if a very soviet-like state, with the players acting as members of a Politburo – […]
Two Brush Strokes ( ) Two Brush Strokes was my Megagame of the Nanking decade in China. I started the game at the end of 1928 and ran 1 hour turns representing a year of real time, so we got to 1934 in the game. The title derives from a speech by J F Kennedy: […]
See the other on- and offside reports by Jaap and Nick Drage for background. I think the briefings were enough to work with for a 1.5 hour session, of which part was used to get up to speed. As the member of government responsible for Finance, I set my short term aims to maintain law […]
As I slowly Germanise myself (there are those who have argued that, since my naturalisation papers were issued by the government of Upper Bavaria, I am now a Bavarian, but that’s still a bridge too far in terms of self-identification as far as I’m concerned…) I’ve been getting to grips with German history, and this […]
A Very German Revolution ( AVGR ) is a committee game designed by Jaap Boender. There should be an onside report from the designer around here – but as a brief summary, the game covers the decisions of the MSPD and USPD on 10th November 1918, deciding how to manage the rapidly developing situation in […]
The December 2024 session featured two interesting and thought provoking procurement games… (by Nick Drage) Future Procurement Game James brought an interesting science fiction procurement game for us to playtest. Jim Wallman has already written up an excellent description of the game: https://milmud.clwg.org/2024/12/future-procurement-game/ , as has James the designer: https://milmud.clwg.org/2024/12/december-hybrid-session-procurement-bonanza-on-side-and-off-side-reports-by-james-halstead/ . I liked the world-building and […]