Wargaming Week 2023

'Wargaming Week 2023: Contemporary Challenges in Wargaming' will feature a range of activities that meet the Wargaming Network's core mission of the expansion and democratization of wargaming as a method of inquiry.

The events will showcase the educational wargaming work being done at King's, including wargames designed by MA graduates of Dr David Banks's "Designing Wargames for Education & Analysis" course and wargames designed by Anna Nettleship and other Network staff to inform dissertation and policy research and to support the institutional goals of partner organizations.

Panel and moderated discussion events will feature researchers and practitioners in contemporary wargaming and workshops and working groups will showcase the wargame design and academic expertise being developed at King's. Dr James Smith will deliver the wargaming keynote lecture and Dr Aggie Hirst will launch her upcoming book, "Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military."

Agenda

Tuesday 30 May

• 09:30 to 10:30 - Welcome Remarks
• 10:30 to 17:00 - King's MA Wargame Exposition
• 11:00 to 12:30 - Contemporary Challenges in Wargaming Research Panel
• 14:00 to 15:30 - Contemporary Challenges in Professional Wargaming Panel 
• 16:15 to 17:30 - Supply & Demand in Wargaming Moderating Discussion 

Wednesday 31 May to Thursday 1 June

• 9:00 to 17:00 - Wargame Expositions 

Thursday 1 June

• 17:00 to 18:30 - The Art and Philosophy of Wargaming in the 21st Century

Friday 2 June

• 9:00 to 15:00 - Wargame Design Workshop
• 13:30 to 15:00 - "Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military" Book Launch