Mark
@smarkg52.bsky.social
Teach simulations and wargames at US Army CGSC. Opinions mine. Not an official account.
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Lasers. Drones. Cyber attacks. Missiles.
My "Littoral Commander" #wargame series explores future multi-domain operations against Russia & the PRC. So don't miss out on grabbing a game in the series - such as Indo-Pacific, Baltics, and Australia - before they sell out. 🎲 💥
My "Littoral Commander" #wargame series explores future multi-domain operations against Russia & the PRC. So don't miss out on grabbing a game in the series - such as Indo-Pacific, Baltics, and Australia - before they sell out. 🎲 💥
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Lasers. Drones. Cyber attacks. Missiles.
My "Littoral Commander" #wargame series explores future multi-domain operations against Russia & the PRC. So don't miss out on grabbing a game in the series - such as Indo-Pacific, Baltics, and Australia - before they sell out. 🎲 💥
My "Littoral Commander" #wargame series explores future multi-domain operations against Russia & the PRC. So don't miss out on grabbing a game in the series - such as Indo-Pacific, Baltics, and Australia - before they sell out. 🎲 💥
Happy Friday #wargaming from @gmtgames.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Happy Friday #wargaming from @gmtgames.bsky.social
Students at CGSC working through the staff planning process and executing a #wargaming exercise to fight their plan.
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Students at CGSC working through the staff planning process and executing a #wargaming exercise to fight their plan.
Playing the excellent #wargame Verdun Steel Inferno on @ccxvii.bsky.social Rally the Troops. Excellent interface for playing w distant friends.
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Playing the excellent #wargame Verdun Steel Inferno on @ccxvii.bsky.social Rally the Troops. Excellent interface for playing w distant friends.
Another week of practice. New #wargaming LandPower students for AOC at CGSC
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Another week of practice. New #wargaming LandPower students for AOC at CGSC
More work for me! All of these arrived today at CHSC…so I have some punching and bagging to do soon! 😂
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
More work for me! All of these arrived today at CHSC…so I have some punching and bagging to do soon! 😂
AI and LLMs don’t do that. 🙄
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Did you check the syllabus?"
"Did you check the syllabus?"
February 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
AI and LLMs don’t do that. 🙄
Hard at work today trying to finish the map set for #Chevauchée I think I finally have the right setup. I was unhappy with the spacing and the size of my previous set. Now I have made much more room on the maps for pieces and a better fit for Normandy to Aquitaine. Bretagne is still separate.
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Hard at work today trying to finish the map set for #Chevauchée I think I finally have the right setup. I was unhappy with the spacing and the size of my previous set. Now I have made much more room on the maps for pieces and a better fit for Normandy to Aquitaine. Bretagne is still separate.
Teaching some friends @volko.bsky.social next game - Race to Rabaul 1943 WW2 from @phalanxgames.bsky.social
We got through two logistics steps and about 6 turns. Fun times and good discussions about how to teach and learn the system.
We got through two logistics steps and about 6 turns. Fun times and good discussions about how to teach and learn the system.
February 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Teaching some friends @volko.bsky.social next game - Race to Rabaul 1943 WW2 from @phalanxgames.bsky.social
We got through two logistics steps and about 6 turns. Fun times and good discussions about how to teach and learn the system.
We got through two logistics steps and about 6 turns. Fun times and good discussions about how to teach and learn the system.
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Wargaming offers a range of personal benefits that often go unnoticed. Beyond the strategic and tactical skills it enhances, wargaming can significantly boost cognitive abilities such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making under pressure
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Wargaming offers a range of personal benefits that often go unnoticed. Beyond the strategic and tactical skills it enhances, wargaming can significantly boost cognitive abilities such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making under pressure
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We have lots of cool stuff going on at SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026! @volko.bsky.social and @smarkg52.bsky.social are currently demoing Volko's 1943: Race To Rabaul design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEZ6...
1943: Race to Rabaul demo from designer Volko Ruhnke
YouTube video by SD Hist Con
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January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
We have lots of cool stuff going on at SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026! @volko.bsky.social and @smarkg52.bsky.social are currently demoing Volko's 1943: Race To Rabaul design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEZ6...
Doing a little testing tonight with @volko.bsky.social @phalanxgames.bsky.social coming soon Race to Rabaul. 2x2 logistics focused #wargame
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Doing a little testing tonight with @volko.bsky.social @phalanxgames.bsky.social coming soon Race to Rabaul. 2x2 logistics focused #wargame
How about some Major’s Gambit this morning at CGSC, Army University!! Excellent Decision Making under pressure! #wargame by @sebastianbae.bsky.social students at Georgetown!!!
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
How about some Major’s Gambit this morning at CGSC, Army University!! Excellent Decision Making under pressure! #wargame by @sebastianbae.bsky.social students at Georgetown!!!
Playtest of a grand strategy forward looking #wargame design by one of our Army University Masters students. He also just got into 3D printing. 😆
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Playtest of a grand strategy forward looking #wargame design by one of our Army University Masters students. He also just got into 3D printing. 😆
Kriegsspiel at CGSC Army University. The OG Mission Command #wargaming for one of our staff groups. Experiential learning for the win!!!
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Kriegsspiel at CGSC Army University. The OG Mission Command #wargaming for one of our staff groups. Experiential learning for the win!!!
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Future Fight with Littoral Commander: The Baltic
"Reviewing research over the past year on a reconstituting Russian military opened my mind to the range of possibilities that Littoral Commander: The Baltic can teach—through the medium of play—about those potential futures"
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"Reviewing research over the past year on a reconstituting Russian military opened my mind to the range of possibilities that Littoral Commander: The Baltic can teach—through the medium of play—about those potential futures"
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January 23, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Future Fight with Littoral Commander: The Baltic
"Reviewing research over the past year on a reconstituting Russian military opened my mind to the range of possibilities that Littoral Commander: The Baltic can teach—through the medium of play—about those potential futures"
wp.me/pae4WL-dot
"Reviewing research over the past year on a reconstituting Russian military opened my mind to the range of possibilities that Littoral Commander: The Baltic can teach—through the medium of play—about those potential futures"
wp.me/pae4WL-dot
Another week of practice. Putting it all together #wargaming LandPower with a VASSAL module at CGSC.
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Another week of practice. Putting it all together #wargaming LandPower with a VASSAL module at CGSC.
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Army Analytic Wargaming w/ Paul Works
Georgetown University Wargaming Society
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Georgetown University Wargaming Society
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Army Analytic Wargaming w/ Paul Works
YouTube video by Georgetown University Wargaming Society
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January 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Army Analytic Wargaming w/ Paul Works
Georgetown University Wargaming Society
youtu.be/oTEvVo-YkDM?...
Georgetown University Wargaming Society
youtu.be/oTEvVo-YkDM?...
Students at CGSC Fight Club playing Majors Gambit. They are making a plan and being adaptable. It is completely possible to watch in real time players get inside their opponents OODA loop. Designed by students of @sebastianbae.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Students at CGSC Fight Club playing Majors Gambit. They are making a plan and being adaptable. It is completely possible to watch in real time players get inside their opponents OODA loop. Designed by students of @sebastianbae.bsky.social
Today for sustainment class at CGSC we played @phalanxgames.bsky.social Keep ‘em Rolling (Race to the Rhein). Combat is cards. You have the required supplies and win or you don’t. The principles of sustainment are incorporated into game play.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Today for sustainment class at CGSC we played @phalanxgames.bsky.social Keep ‘em Rolling (Race to the Rhein). Combat is cards. You have the required supplies and win or you don’t. The principles of sustainment are incorporated into game play.
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Class 2 Playing “No Compromise.” A student designed logistics #wargame we are playing during the sustainment module in class. Applying lessons not just power point slides at US Army Command & General Staff College
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Class 2 Playing “No Compromise.” A student designed logistics #wargame we are playing during the sustainment module in class. Applying lessons not just power point slides at US Army Command & General Staff College
Playing No Compromise. A student designed logistics #wargame we are playing during the sustainment module in class. Applying lessons not just power point slides at US Army Command & General Staff College
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Playing No Compromise. A student designed logistics #wargame we are playing during the sustainment module in class. Applying lessons not just power point slides at US Army Command & General Staff College
I guess we need a Defiant for #LittoralCommander to see how it works out. 🤔 @sebastianbae.bsky.social
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Why the U.S. Navy Doesn’t Build Battleships Anymore
On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I guess we need a Defiant for #LittoralCommander to see how it works out. 🤔 @sebastianbae.bsky.social
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