Alastair Kocho-Williams
@akochowi.bsky.social
Professor of History. Russia/USSR/IR/War. Author: Russian and Soviet Diplomacy; Russia’s International Relations in the 20th Century. Wargamer. Has a famous game cart he takes to class.
I teach a course in wargaming at Clarkson University. Students play, analyse and design games. The course is incredibly popular.
It involves my infamous cart of games to support teaching…
It involves my infamous cart of games to support teaching…
September 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I teach a course in wargaming at Clarkson University. Students play, analyse and design games. The course is incredibly popular.
It involves my infamous cart of games to support teaching…
It involves my infamous cart of games to support teaching…
Right. Also fountain pens are the way to go.
August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Right. Also fountain pens are the way to go.
But we are both in the realm of supposition. I teach at a tech school so our sample bases may also vary.
August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
But we are both in the realm of supposition. I teach at a tech school so our sample bases may also vary.
I have a suspicion that students are mostly not admitting to their gen-AI usage.
August 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I have a suspicion that students are mostly not admitting to their gen-AI usage.
… - fast-paced, easy to learn, but most importantly fun.
From feedback, and from watching students play , the approach seems to be very successful. Students are talking more than ever in First Year Seminar, they are laughing, having fun, and the ice is well and truly broken.
From feedback, and from watching students play , the approach seems to be very successful. Students are talking more than ever in First Year Seminar, they are laughing, having fun, and the ice is well and truly broken.
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
… - fast-paced, easy to learn, but most importantly fun.
From feedback, and from watching students play , the approach seems to be very successful. Students are talking more than ever in First Year Seminar, they are laughing, having fun, and the ice is well and truly broken.
From feedback, and from watching students play , the approach seems to be very successful. Students are talking more than ever in First Year Seminar, they are laughing, having fun, and the ice is well and truly broken.
I have all of Ogre. Great introduction and small as you note. I have things with figures - Memoir 44 always goes over well, but students do note that Axis and Allies is tedious to set up.
July 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have all of Ogre. Great introduction and small as you note. I have things with figures - Memoir 44 always goes over well, but students do note that Axis and Allies is tedious to set up.
This was an instaback.
April 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This was an instaback.
Some else did it.
March 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some else did it.
Well, I’m more from the Sydenham and Paxton Green side of the Palace.
But also; everything in London is downhill once you are from Crystal Palace
But also; everything in London is downhill once you are from Crystal Palace
March 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Well, I’m more from the Sydenham and Paxton Green side of the Palace.
But also; everything in London is downhill once you are from Crystal Palace
But also; everything in London is downhill once you are from Crystal Palace