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Modern wargaming was invented in Prussia in the early 19th-century, and eventually the Prussian military adopted wargaming as a tool for training their officers and developing doctrine. After Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War, wargaming was widely adopted by military officers in other countries.
This timeline has been culled from a variety of sources (listed at the end) to give an idea of the long and rich history of both the hobby and professional use of wargames.
Oct 23, 2020 · The history of wargames is almost as old as history itself. In Part 1, we’ll look at the very first wargames, some of which are still played to this day. We’ll also see how these rather abstract depictions of warfare evolved over the centuries to become more realistic models of combat.
Sep 7, 2017 · The first sophisticated wargames (military board games) were developed between 1770 and 1830 and are models of military conflict.
- Paul Schuurman
- 2017
The first game to break away from chess, however, was invented by Helwig, Master of Pages to the Duke of Brunswick in 1780. This game included 1666 squares, each coded for a different rate of movement depending on the terrain the square represented.
WarGames was the first mass-consumed, visual media with the central theme of remote computing as well as hacking, and it served as both an amplifier vehicle and framework for America's earliest discussion of information technology.
Jan 1, 2020 · In 1780, Johann Hellwig developed what is considered the first wargame, based on chess. Its success brought on nearly a century of passionate wargame play throughout the region. Prussia’s history of wargaming was given partial credit for its defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and the rest of the world began to take notice.
