Search for dissertations about: "wargaming"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word wargaming.

  2. 1. Gamer mode : Identifying and managing unwanted behaviour in military educational wargaming

    Author : Anders Frank; Kristina Höök; Kristine Jørgensen; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Gamer mode; military education; wargaming; game-based learning; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction; Ledningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Games are rule-governed systems at the same time as they are fiction, simulating or representing a real or an abstract world. This defining characteristic may create for different forms of tensions, that is, at different times players may focus on the rules, the fiction or on both during game play. READ MORE

  4. 2. Wargaming in Military Education for Army Officers and Officer Cadets

    Author : Johan Elg; Philip Sabin; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wargaming; wargame; instructor; gamification; game-based learning; buy-in; officer education; officer cadet; Sandhurst; West Point; UK; USA; Sweden; Germany; Japan; game director; krigsspel; utbildningsspel; militär utbildning; officersutbildning; Sverige; USA; Storbritannien; Tyskland; Japan; spelbaserat lärande; brädspel; spel; simulering; Försvarshögskolan; instruktör; Krigsvetenskap; Krigsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Wargaming has been part of military curricula for about 200 years since the introduction of Kriegsspiel, but it is still something of an art form. This thesis attempts to theorise the practice of military educational wargaming, and specifically to explore why such wargaming takes the form it does. READ MORE