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  1. Wargaming | RAND

    Apr 18, 2025 · Wargaming: The Surprisingly Effective Tool That Can Help Us Prepare for Modern Crises By revealing gaps, stress points, and unexpected outcomes, wargaming can help decisionmakers …

  2. Gaming and Simulation and the Will to Fight | RAND

    Military decisionmakers use war games and simulations—approximations of combat on tabletops, computer screens, topographical projections, and other media—to help understand complex military …

  3. Conflict Of Nations - Forum

    Jan 9, 2026 · Join the Conflict of Nations forum to discuss strategies, share experiences, and connect with other players of this military-themed strategy game.

  4. Now You Can Play RAND Games at Home | RAND

    Nov 10, 2020 · RAND is famous for its Pentagon wargames. Now the public can play defense analyst, too. In RAND's new game, Hedgemony, players create a military strategy to allocate troops and …

  5. Artificial Intelligence for Wargaming and Modeling | RAND

    Feb 15, 2022 · In this paper, we discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in political-military modeling, simulation, and wargaming of conflicts with nations having weapons of mass destruction …

  6. Wargames Can't Tell Us How to Deter a Chinese Attack on Taiwan — …

    May 5, 2023 · Wargames that simulate combat between the United States and China near Taiwan can provide useful insight about potential military challenges. But analysts should be wary of repurposing …

  7. Abstract In this paper, we discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in political-military modeling, simulation, and war-gaming of conflicts with nations having weapons of mass destruction …

  8. Supporting Joint Warfighter Readiness - RAND Corporation

    Aug 4, 2021 · As conflicts increasingly involve joint operations, joint simulation-based training becomes more important. The authors examine gaps between joint training needs and current and future …

  9. Wargames as an Educational Tool | RAND

    Feb 8, 2021 · The benefits of games for military education are well documented. But harnessing the potential of games to foster innovation may require a commitment to sustain gaming over the years …

  10. Establishing a Wargaming Insurgency at the University | RAND

    Dec 16, 2020 · When properly employed, wargaming can serve as a potent experiential learning tool. If educational wargaming is to evolve and endure, a global wargaming insurgency may be required. …