wargame
Tabletop conflict exercise
A wargame is a simulation of military conflict, played for strategic training or recreation.
Board wargames use maps, counters, and dice to recreate historical battles or hypothetical scenarios.
Computer wargames range from tactical shooters to grand strategy.
Military organizations wargame scenarios to test plans and train officers: The Pentagon wargamed a Taiwan invasion.
The verb means to simulate conflict this way.
Tiny representations of larger things
- turn-basedPlayers alternate actions
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
Activity for fitness
- simulationImitation of real processes
- sandboxEnclosed play area
- NATOWestern defense organization
- PentagonU.S. military headquarters
contingency · doctrine · readiness · interoperability · RAND
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
reconnaissance · intelligence · feint · pincer · siege · fortification · maneuver · objective
Of the French emperor
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
- StalingradRenamed Soviet industrial city
ancient · medieval · Panzer · dreadnought · musket · cavalry · infantry · artillery
Occurring without processing delay
- turn-basedPlayers alternate actions
- StarCraftBlizzard's interstellar strategy franchise
- multiplayerInvolving multiple participants
- pathfindingCalculating efficient travel routes
modding · savegame · graphics · interface · micromanagement · APM · hotkeys · zoom
miniatures
Tiny representations of larger things
- turn-basedPlayers alternate actions
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
exercise
Activity for fitness
- simulationImitation of real processes
- sandboxEnclosed play area
- NATOWestern defense organization
Pentagon · contingency · doctrine · readiness · interoperability · RAND
flanking
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
logistics · reconnaissance · intelligence · feint · pincer · siege · fortification · maneuver · objective · initiative
Napoleonic
Of the French emperor
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
Stalingrad · ancient · medieval · Panzer · dreadnought · musket · cavalry · infantry · artillery · naval
real-time
Occurring without processing delay
- turn-basedPlayers alternate actions
- StarCraftBlizzard's interstellar strategy franchise
- multiplayerInvolving multiple participants
pathfinding · modding · savegame · graphics · interface · micromanagement · APM · hotkeys · zoom · minimap
- tabletop gamesbackgammon, chess, checkers, Carcassonne, Go
- war gamescombat simulations, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Squad, Fire Emblem
- drillsdrill, drills, drilling, fire drill, earthquake drill
- wargamesnaval combat, naval battle, campaign mode, air combat, dogfight
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
wargamecooperative game
Players unite against system
co-op game · party game · peace · city builder · life simulation
wargamemilitary engagement
Armed forces fighting
armed conflict · combat operations · war · battle · battlefield
wargameparty game
Social gathering entertainment
trivia game · word game · casual game · children's game · family game