war-game
Tactical training exercise
To war-game something is to simulate a conflict or strategic scenario, testing decisions and outcomes without actual combat.
Military planners war-game invasions; executives war-game market competition; politicians war-game policy responses.
The noun war game (often unhyphenated) refers to such simulations or to tabletop and video games depicting military conflict: We spent the weekend playing war games.
Postulated event sequence
- tabletopHorizontal furniture surface
- sandboxEnclosed play area
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
red-team · wargaming · modeling · miniatures · turn-based · real-time · replay · playtest
Hole-boring device
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- readinessState of being prepared
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- live-fireUsing actual ammunition
multinational · NATO · coordination · mobilization · alert · amphibious · airborne · evaluation
Methods to achieve goals
- flankingAt the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
attrition · offensive · counterattack · reconnaissance · logistics · terrain · objectives · intelligence
Ground combat troops
- armorProtective combat covering
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- cavalryMounted military force
- battalionMid-sized military unit
regiment · division · brigade · corps · squadron · platoon · company · fleet
Pennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- StalingradRenamed Soviet industrial city
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
Kursk · Austerlitz · refight · reenactment · counterfactual · campaign · theatre · era
scenario
Postulated event sequence
rehearsal · red-team · wargaming · modeling · miniatures · turn-based · real-time · replay · playtest · what-if
drill
Hole-boring device
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- readinessState of being prepared
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
live-fire · multinational · NATO · coordination · mobilization · alert · amphibious · airborne · evaluation
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- flankingAt the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- feintDeceptive mock attack
blitzkrieg · attrition · offensive · counterattack · reconnaissance · logistics · terrain · objectives · intelligence · deception
infantry
Ground combat troops
- armorProtective combat covering
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- cavalryMounted military force
battalion · regiment · division · brigade · corps · squadron · platoon · company · fleet · aircraft
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- StalingradRenamed Soviet industrial city
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
Midway · Kursk · Austerlitz · refight · reenactment · counterfactual · campaign · theatre · era · period
war-gamearmed conflict
Military combat between groups
hot war · combat operations · military engagement · firefight · shooting war
war-gamepeace summit
Meeting to end conflict
peace negotiation · peace talks · conflict resolution · mediation · treaty negotiation
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