Wargames & Challenge - Using Games to Explore Systems
This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, but is open to the public.
What is wargaming? You might have attended our session in September where we used a game to explore a complex political and technocratic system and tried to build some houses. Now you've got a feel for it (or missed it, but want to jump in) we're going to make a start of the theory.
This classroom session will introduce you to the basic concepts on Wargaming, and start you on your journey of using game techniques to understand complex systems.
*There is prework for this session* - Please come with an idea of a system you would like to using gaming techniques to explore. This could be a political, humanitarian, conflict or technological system. Ideally you should be able to articulate who the key actors are in your chosen system.
Alex Vince is the faculty member for the Wargaming module. He is a serving Civil Servant who has been utilising wargaming techniques over the last decade.
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