Andrew Olson
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social
Professional Wargaming | Adjunct @ Georgetown Univ. | Wargaming Emerging Tech & Civilian Protection (CHMR) | Designer "Competition AI" | DFTBA | opinions own
Why do generals roll dice? How do you design a wargame?
MSFS 6588 Wargame Design and Practice leads students through the history, application, and craft of designing wargames and equips them to create their own prototypes.
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MSFS 6588 Wargame Design and Practice leads students through the history, application, and craft of designing wargames and equips them to create their own prototypes.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Why do generals roll dice? How do you design a wargame?
MSFS 6588 Wargame Design and Practice leads students through the history, application, and craft of designing wargames and equips them to create their own prototypes.
gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-cl...
MSFS 6588 Wargame Design and Practice leads students through the history, application, and craft of designing wargames and equips them to create their own prototypes.
gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-cl...
In Feb, the CNA gaming team led a tabletop exercise with Indo-Pacific Command operators and DOD experts in Makalapa, HI. The exercise explored how to increase precision and enhance decision making through improved understanding of the operational & civilian environment.
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In Feb, the CNA gaming team led a tabletop exercise with Indo-Pacific Command operators and DOD experts in Makalapa, HI. The exercise explored how to increase precision and enhance decision making through improved understanding of the operational & civilian environment.
Wargames are a dynamic way to understand complex challenges, build empathy, and explore possible outcomes.
We’re excited to collaborate with Harris’s team to showcase how wargames can tackle real-world issues, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to share this innovative approach.
We’re excited to collaborate with Harris’s team to showcase how wargames can tackle real-world issues, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to share this innovative approach.
Independent journalist Johnny Harris wanted to understand how wargames work and their value as a military operations tool. He joined our wargamers to play a game simulating an invasion of Taiwan by mainland China.
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Is the US planning for War by... playing games?
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
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March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Wargames are a dynamic way to understand complex challenges, build empathy, and explore possible outcomes.
We’re excited to collaborate with Harris’s team to showcase how wargames can tackle real-world issues, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to share this innovative approach.
We’re excited to collaborate with Harris’s team to showcase how wargames can tackle real-world issues, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to share this innovative approach.
Reposted by Andrew Olson
Independent journalist Johnny Harris wanted to understand how wargames work and their value as a military operations tool. He joined our wargamers to play a game simulating an invasion of Taiwan by mainland China.
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFM...
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFM...
Is the US planning for War by... playing games?
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Independent journalist Johnny Harris wanted to understand how wargames work and their value as a military operations tool. He joined our wargamers to play a game simulating an invasion of Taiwan by mainland China.
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFM...
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFM...
"Break the RIGHT things"
Excellent tag line from players at a recent wargame. Civilian Harm Mitigation (#CHMR) allows Commanders to make informed decisions & enables precision effects as well as fulfilling our moral obligations
If interested in more, see: madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/506-achievin...
Excellent tag line from players at a recent wargame. Civilian Harm Mitigation (#CHMR) allows Commanders to make informed decisions & enables precision effects as well as fulfilling our moral obligations
If interested in more, see: madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/506-achievin...
madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil
March 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Break the RIGHT things"
Excellent tag line from players at a recent wargame. Civilian Harm Mitigation (#CHMR) allows Commanders to make informed decisions & enables precision effects as well as fulfilling our moral obligations
If interested in more, see: madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/506-achievin...
Excellent tag line from players at a recent wargame. Civilian Harm Mitigation (#CHMR) allows Commanders to make informed decisions & enables precision effects as well as fulfilling our moral obligations
If interested in more, see: madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/506-achievin...
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Perhaps it is worth saying that the difference between $5M and $500B is $500B.
The fact that Deepseek R1 was released three days /before/ Stargate means these guys stood in front of Trump and said they needed half a trillion dollars while they knew R1 was open source and trained for $5M.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
January 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Perhaps it is worth saying that the difference between $5M and $500B is $500B.
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Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters, killing 22 and injuring 120, according to Lebanese officials.
Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2
Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters who were urging them to pull back from the area.
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January 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters, killing 22 and injuring 120, according to Lebanese officials.
Second worst thing about bureaucracy is the number of vowels and circle looking letters. Dyslexic bane.
January 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Second worst thing about bureaucracy is the number of vowels and circle looking letters. Dyslexic bane.
Given current discussion of dismantling some of the recent CHMR articheture the DoD has been building, reposting an article I wrote for Army Trad Doc on importance of Civilian Harm Response and Mitigation for winning future conflicts:
madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/501-civilian...
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Andrew Olson on LinkedIn: 501. Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response (CHMR) Considerations in…
Proud of the work CNA is doing helping the DoD live up to its commitment to Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response (CHMR).
Wargaming is a useful tool to help…
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January 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Given current discussion of dismantling some of the recent CHMR articheture the DoD has been building, reposting an article I wrote for Army Trad Doc on importance of Civilian Harm Response and Mitigation for winning future conflicts:
madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/501-civilian...
madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/501-civilian...
A wargame's form should match its purpose, and one of the joys of the field is the diversity of approaches.
I appreciated showing my students this fall flexibility of Matrix-style games developed by parts of IC. They're a fun way to promote critical conversations and explore interesting narratives
I appreciated showing my students this fall flexibility of Matrix-style games developed by parts of IC. They're a fun way to promote critical conversations and explore interesting narratives
January 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A wargame's form should match its purpose, and one of the joys of the field is the diversity of approaches.
I appreciated showing my students this fall flexibility of Matrix-style games developed by parts of IC. They're a fun way to promote critical conversations and explore interesting narratives
I appreciated showing my students this fall flexibility of Matrix-style games developed by parts of IC. They're a fun way to promote critical conversations and explore interesting narratives
From earlier this year: Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on training new professional wargamers and how we might adapt a "see one, do one, teach one approach" for the field.
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION: MENTORING EMERGING WARGAMERS
In 2015, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work sought to revitalize wargaming within the Pentagon. While demand for wargames and related expertise surged, a critical gap emerged: a lack of skilled w...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From earlier this year: Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on training new professional wargamers and how we might adapt a "see one, do one, teach one approach" for the field.
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
Grateful for the chance to write last year and colleagues to collaborated with.
Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on organizations training wargamers. and how to adapt a "see one, do one, teach one" approach for the field
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on organizations training wargamers. and how to adapt a "see one, do one, teach one" approach for the field
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION: MENTORING EMERGING WARGAMERS
In 2015, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work sought to revitalize wargaming within the Pentagon. While demand for wargames and related expertise surged, a critical gap emerged: a lack of skilled w...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu
January 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Grateful for the chance to write last year and colleagues to collaborated with.
Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on organizations training wargamers. and how to adapt a "see one, do one, teach one" approach for the field
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
Betsy Joselyn of IDA and I reflect on organizations training wargamers. and how to adapt a "see one, do one, teach one" approach for the field
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/men...
As a first time Prof, its always stressful worrying if I've equipped my students sufficiently. So its always great to see their work come to life as evidence of their learning.
Pictures from playtest of their game Trade Winds & Treachery, a historical game about trade in the golden age of piracy
Pictures from playtest of their game Trade Winds & Treachery, a historical game about trade in the golden age of piracy
December 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
As a first time Prof, its always stressful worrying if I've equipped my students sufficiently. So its always great to see their work come to life as evidence of their learning.
Pictures from playtest of their game Trade Winds & Treachery, a historical game about trade in the golden age of piracy
Pictures from playtest of their game Trade Winds & Treachery, a historical game about trade in the golden age of piracy
Teaching Wargaming at Georgetown's been a blast and I've been so grateful to all the folks in the community who have donated their time, like CNA's Jeremy Sepinsky.
The student got to explore future force design and investment with a modified version of "Athena's Warroom."
The student got to explore future force design and investment with a modified version of "Athena's Warroom."
December 9, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Teaching Wargaming at Georgetown's been a blast and I've been so grateful to all the folks in the community who have donated their time, like CNA's Jeremy Sepinsky.
The student got to explore future force design and investment with a modified version of "Athena's Warroom."
The student got to explore future force design and investment with a modified version of "Athena's Warroom."
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The recent paper by Rosen & Kerr for MCU Press is a good addition to the growing literature about the preferences and effects of educational #wargaming in professional military education. We need more research and scholarship on the topic. 😁
🔗 www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar...
🔗 www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar...
December 2, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The recent paper by Rosen & Kerr for MCU Press is a good addition to the growing literature about the preferences and effects of educational #wargaming in professional military education. We need more research and scholarship on the topic. 😁
🔗 www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar...
🔗 www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar...
Wargaming Opening: We’ve got positions posted at my level as well as senior folks if anyone you know might be interested
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Job opportunity at CNA - Research Analyst
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December 2, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Wargaming Opening: We’ve got positions posted at my level as well as senior folks if anyone you know might be interested
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If any of that leaves you curious about the Coast Watchers game, here is a lot more in a recent interview with @playersaidblog.bsky.social ... theplayersaid.com/2024/11/04/i...
Interview with Volko Ruhnke Designer of Coast Watchers: Allied Field Intelligence in the South Pacific, 1942-1943 from GMT Games
I think that every single wargamer knows the name Volko Ruhnke. He has designed several great series including the COIN Series, that has now stretched to a full 15 volumes (not all designed by…
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November 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
If any of that leaves you curious about the Coast Watchers game, here is a lot more in a recent interview with @playersaidblog.bsky.social ... theplayersaid.com/2024/11/04/i...
Reposted by Andrew Olson
The Georgetown University Wargaming Society is officially on BlueSky! Follow us for #wargaming content! Please list any recommended board gaming, wargaming, and professional defense accounts.
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GU Wargaming Society
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November 24, 2024 at 4:36 PM
The Georgetown University Wargaming Society is officially on BlueSky! Follow us for #wargaming content! Please list any recommended board gaming, wargaming, and professional defense accounts.
www.guwargaming.org
www.guwargaming.org