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https://www.guwargaming.org/educationalprograms daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.guwargaming.org/excom daily 0.75 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/a803180f-0376-4586-8696-38361f15c72e/IMG_3203.jpg GUWS EXCOM - Co-President - Sam Buan, SFS ‘26, MSFS ‘27 Sam Buan is a senior at Georgetown University from the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is studying Science, Technology, and International Affairs with a concentration in Energy and Environment, as well as Chinese and Physics. He is interested in how climate change and other crises affect international relations and security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/0ca4b147-1d88-40b7-ab25-23c6a4b2bf9b/20230111+Grad_1_0232.JPG GUWS EXCOM - Game Director - Walter Kunkle, SSP ‘24 Walter Kunkle is currently a MA candidate in Georgetown's Security Studies Program. His studies focus on wargaming and simulation, U.S.-Russia relations, and nuclear escalation. He works part-time designing wargames for the U.S. Naval Academy. While he loves games of all sorts, he is an avid miniature gamer and painter at heart. Statistically, he is planning a Twilight Imperium game as you are reading this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/302fd1aa-f8a0-4f6a-9d1e-0338fa8d5c27/Sam-Headshot-2025.jpg GUWS EXCOM - Vice President - Sam Arthur, SFS ‘28 Sam Arthur is a sophomore at Georgetown from Santa Clara, California studying Regional Studies with a focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. He is interested in hybrid regimes and ground combat wargaming. He is also an editor for The Caravel and a cohort leader in the Philonomosian Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1625588254306-HMPM2VUR6FIO714ZYQPE/IMG_1471.jpg GUWS EXCOM - Alumni Mentor - Nick Wernert, MAAS '21 Nick is a 2021 M.A. graduate of the Georgetown Arab Studies Program and currently works as a wargame specialist at Marine Corps University. He is a fan of all types of games, sports, and simulations, but has a particular love for SPI hex-and-counter games and riichi mahjong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/0d13448e-579d-4d56-b2f5-0781be958d51/Facetune_27-09-2024-19-03-54.jpeg GUWS EXCOM - Outreach and Program Director - Morgan Muse, SSP ‘27 Morgan Muse is a graduate student in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, and a researcher at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). In her time at CNA, Morgan has supported operational and tactical level military wargames with III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Special Operations Command, the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, and US Army Europe and Africa. Her topical areas of interest include allies and partners, foreign malign influence, and mis-/dis-information. Morgan received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia prior to beginning her studies at Georgetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1591310693842-7UXYCZD9CFUAZF4AOAI0/bae_sebastian_web.jpg GUWS EXCOM - Faculty Advisor - Sebastian J. Bae Sebastian J. Bae, a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), works in wargaming, emerging technologies, the future of warfare, and strategy and doctrine for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. He also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University, where he teaches a graduate course on designing educational wargames. He taught similar courses at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and U.S. Naval Academy. He is also the faculty advisor to the Georgetown University Wargaming Society, the Co-Chair of the Military Operations Research Society Wargaming Community of Practice, a Fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity, and serves on the Executive Committee for the Educational Wargaming Cooperative. Previously, he served six years in the Marine Corps infantry, leaving as a sergeant. He deployed to Iraq in 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/ca92e63e-7ab6-42d8-afcf-8d324f02f968/Screen+Shot+2022-11-12+at+15.05.25.png GUWS EXCOM - Co-President - Sophia Chang SSP ‘26 Sophia is a current junior at Georgetown studying Science, Tech, and International Affairs. In her free time, she can be found at the observatory, doing logistics work for the Astronomical Society, or trying to find more space war games to bring to GUWS. She’s interested in space policy, wargaming, and trade compliance. https://www.guwargaming.org/join daily 0.75 2020-11-18 https://www.guwargaming.org/database daily 0.75 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1646192402556-4E7EK0OGSETF6202UDYG/IMG_20200807_145642.jpg Wargame Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1646192741809-S01GN72ILS69B7WEWXDC/c3cf6y.jpg Wargame Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1646192760986-DSDH5JY663LBJQ381M09/IMG_20200709_103228.jpg Wargame Database https://www.guwargaming.org/microgames daily 0.75 2023-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/72a2de74-dcb8-49bc-9f38-b68231c92597/Screenshot+2023-08-21+111833.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/9a230e57-d739-4b6b-96e6-aee5901e0be4/Screenshot+2022-12-01+025103.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/57a44f59-062b-4bc3-badb-4681906bd325/Napoleon_returned.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/d0d9a8ed-88c3-4586-ae9e-f45e29f184e4/PXL_20230226_154122836.jpg https://www.guwargaming.org/gallery daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://www.guwargaming.org/gallery/game-photos monthly 0.5 2021-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/fd00fdf0-8903-4267-864a-af5557abb8d3/IMG_20200227_120703.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students from SEST 560 demonstrate "In the Mountain's Shadow" wargame for State Department officials. Their wargame explores conflict in Kashmir. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/f3f4d055-5d5c-43b6-9f42-68c0bb2e503b/IMG_20200109_140137.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students from SEST 560 conduct a demonstration of their "Hellenic Struggle" wargame at the Krulak Center at Marine Corps University. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/7d4b6c0e-14c6-4ab5-9cee-f0fbc73253b7/IMG_20200109_100005.jpg Gallery - Game Photos For Marine Corps officers. Georgetown students from SEST 560 conduct "Reconquering Rome" -- which explores the Gothic Wars. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/7dbecc65-4426-478f-a5f1-989794a22728/IMG_20200109_132630.jpg Gallery - Game Photos At the Krulak Center, Georgetown students from SEST 560 conduct a demonstration "In the Mountain's Shadow", their originally designed wargame on Kashmir. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/a53d1264-f0a6-405b-b89d-92dff635b506/IMG_20200109_131803.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Marine Corps officers play "Heroes Rising: Three Kingdoms" -- a wargame designed by Georgetown University students in SEST 560. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/afe57f0b-dce5-4de1-a6cb-aeca4aec1937/IMG_10721.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students play "Game of Thrones Risk" at a GUWS Game Night. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/a6f552d4-2e6b-462e-b817-81b19ef02b69/IMG_20200222_193304.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students play "Memoir 44" at a GUWS Game Night. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/67c56c0a-d398-4751-b6ae-16d0091e9a11/IMG_20200222_193220.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students play "Rising Sun" at a GUWS Game Night. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/02911c88-416e-4c3c-b4cf-4fc69d20c7f1/IMG_20200222_193209_1.jpg Gallery - Game Photos Georgetown students play "Pandemic" during a GUWS Game Night. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/065323d7-dd57-4d99-8514-53b94ed184f0/PXL_20201116_190851259.jpg Gallery - Game Photos At Marine Corps University, one of the GUWS Wargaming Teams competes against Command & Staff College officers in the Spartan Shield Wargaming Competition. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/be942131-cd6f-41ec-b3d4-7b86c3782945/6z008k.jpg Gallery - Game Photos At Marine Corps University, another GUWS Wargaming Team competes against officers from Expeditionary Warfare School. [2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/23c222fc-2a90-4bf2-8e65-2c9e80de04d5/IMG_20200709_145651.jpg Gallery - Game Photos A photo of "Assassin's Mace," a wargame designed by the US Marine Corps Wargaming Division. This wargame is routinely used for GUWS Game Nights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/7c989cb8-0911-46cd-bde8-dd3959c29a9f/Screenshot+2021-04-17+104634.png Gallery - Game Photos The map of the US Army War College's South China Sea matrix wargame. GUWS and AWC has partner several times to conduct distributed wargames. [2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/4762d706-5f71-4a2c-a57f-24b8eec2e6fc/image.png Gallery - Game Photos Several GUWS members competed in the inaugural Battle for Moscow Tournament hosted by Command & General Staff College at Army University. [2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/8b5dcd53-b441-4248-84e7-c56586a50b05/PXL_20210725_232451419.MP.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, GUWS members gather to play an all-day session of Twilight Imperium 3rd edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/2bc04989-9e1d-470e-aba4-12e4cf78e061/-b43z4h.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, GUWS members play Captain Sonar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/2b185826-8e88-4aff-a595-60984758127a/gp4de3.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, GUWS members explore naval miniatures using When Dreadnaughts Rule the Seas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/9769d5f7-6975-462a-8eeb-c32f66601b08/PXL_20210905_144926047.MP_2.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, GUWS members play Game of Thrones Risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/7f349740-8908-4171-8ba0-601be0546730/PXL_20210912_195541938.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, VP Ed Campbell lead a session of Terraforming Mars for GUWS members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/483ee6cf-ff0d-421b-bd2d-acca0f785b46/PXL_20210919_155543692.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, Ian Brown led a session of Star Wars X-Wing and other Star War miniature games for GUWS members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/ba6923fb-662f-4c30-b428-b585e8ab6957/original_b1303974-8353-4582-a8cb-799549217f09_PXL_20211114_211843761.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2021, GUWS members play Littoral Commander, an grand tactical educational wargame used for professional military education. The game is designed by Sebastian J. Bae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/c60aa423-bebf-4836-894e-d41e2cdb3d8a/PXL_20220212_180100305.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2022, GUWS members played Aerodome, a fast-paced miniatures wargame about aerial combat in WWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/d6422c98-1f0f-47b8-a37b-a4ce34a7ae96/PXL_20220215_202259987.jpg Gallery - Game Photos In 2022, Kate Lea from the Center of Naval Analyses (CNA) conducted MERLIN -- a two-sided cyber wargame -- where players must plan cyber exploits and tradecraft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/e76866fb-1c95-4c9b-8505-12485c41a8ba/Thors_Hammer_20220422-5136.jpg Gallery - Game Photos For US Army Command & General Staff College, Jamie Hood and Jon Abshire facilitate their original educational wargame, Thor's Hammer, for military officers. April 2022. https://www.guwargaming.org/gallery/sest-560 monthly 0.5 2021-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/20121f06-a0a5-43ac-97bd-056ab41495f2/Three+Kingdoms.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Heroes Rising: Three Kingdoms (2019): Designed by Sawyer Judge, Hannah Fodale, Evan Lundh. This wargame The game is set in 210 CE - 220 CE, when the three kingdoms are not fully consolidated and each side is aiming to be the Emperor of China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/e0dfa83c-e3ba-4c0f-b80a-a7592b1f2190/Reconquering+Rome.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Reconquering Rome (2019): Designed by Caitlyn Leong, Nikolai Rice, and Charles Lewis. This wargame examines the Byzantine conquest of Italy during the Gothic Wars (536 AD through 542 AD). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/726fd50d-d1c9-42e8-8e34-b4b946b7bcfb/Hellenic+Struggle.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Hellenic Struggle (2019): Designed by Austin Parenteau, Evan Meltzer, Matthew Benschneider. This wargame examines the role of alliance building and maintenance during the Peloponnesian War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/ae6fc60e-eb08-44d6-a183-5bbe9316ad29/IMG_20191204_204606.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming In the Mountain's Shadow (2019): Designed by Kevin Truitte, Caitlyn Vincent, Munehito Nakatani. This wargame explores the dynamics of the low-intensity conflict in the Kashmir between India, Pakistan, and violent insurgent groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/c2877bc6-d108-4877-b352-0d1c2b060425/image.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Russian Roulette (2020): Designed by Marc Pitrois, Steven Sacks, and Brian Monroy. This wargame examines the Ukrainian Crisis and the use of gray zone tactics by Russian forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/e2ae57f1-877f-4890-ab10-230f0dcb9f11/image%281%29.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Sino-Vietnamese Clash 1979 (2020): Designed by Luke Encarnation, Brandon Kelly, Elliot McRoberts. This wargame examines the three-week 1979 Sino-Vietnamese border war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1c8bf040-11ba-4a76-8de2-fcc90d477680/original_64ab46cd-5d75-4ee0-b23f-eae86e834891_PXL_20211217_021913094.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming War is a Racket (2021): Designed by Lexee Brill, Samantha Wong, and Asher Elkins. The game explores the Banana Wars and the high-level asymmetric warfare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/c7d12b81-8a63-42fd-89be-0747d31953f2/PXL_20211217_004348834.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Competition -- AI (2021): Designed by Sasha Barkhaus, Andrew Olson, Vikram Venkatram. This game explores technology competition between the US and China, focused on AI technologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/5dfc9c04-dc3a-44f3-be99-b22098b4c6fc/PXL_20211217_020635313.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Thor's Hammer (2021): Designed by Jonathan Abshire, Jamie Hood, Zack Watson. Sponsored by US Army Command & General Staff College (CGSC), this game explores future conflict in Norway with Russia -- focused on logistics operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/c11f8467-ae43-492a-b103-c57768a6946e/PXL_20211217_023920569.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming A Splendid Failure (2021): Designed by Jessa Dury-Agri, Mark Dwyer, and Matthew Kirchman. This game explore the political dynamics of the American Reconstruction period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/779ab6bf-7a63-4390-bd25-77376f667fb1/PXL_20221213_014123969.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming GoPhish (2022): Designed by Karina Alavander, Kavya Sankhavaram, Moshe Klein, Nico Wood. Players represent various cyber actors, and unlock capabilities to either defend their networks or execute a cyber attack. This game was sponsored by US CYBERCOM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/2a3ccd40-e41c-4bd7-b774-15604eeac552/PXL_20221213_014219095.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Fight to the Fight (2022): Designed by Harley Morgan, Jiseung Oh, and Lee Schafer. The game explores the challenges of strategic lift within a contested theater within a hypothetical war in 2027 between the PRC and the U.S. over control of Taiwan. This game was sponsored by USMC Marine Air Group 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1490d613-b144-4b3f-a368-d706ba95ab6a/PXL_20221213_005922794.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming The Major's Gambit (2022): Designed by Grant Burroughs, McAfee Sheehan, Spencer Ross. This wargame emphasizes rapid tactical decision-making at a Brigade-level engagement, sponsored by US Command General and Staff College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/99e2374c-0230-4abe-b9f6-2d9dd321b80f/20221212_225155.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Midnight Maneuver (2022): Designed by Matt Tetreau, Brodd Ladd, and Carolina Ramos. The game explores the tradeoffs between managing emissions and other facets of maritime operations, including C2, fires, and maneuver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/09eb05b1-c9d2-43bf-b931-a372fd2b3142/PXL_20230511_004718302.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Salvo Island (2023): Designed by Bradley Hazen, John Kerman, and Keven Hernandez. The game explores the tactical nighttime engagements of Guadalcanal -- with an emphasis on the fog, friction, and confusion of naval surface actions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/8e994702-e024-41bb-955b-a951c8a2fb78/PXL_20230429_183243924.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Influence in the Indo-Pacific (2023): Designed by Hayley Nitz, James Court, JuAn Lee-Thacker, & Richard Nghiem. The game centers on the current geopolitical contest between China and the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, focusing specifically on the four elements of DIME (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic) power. This game was sponsored by US Air University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/94e34797-30ae-4e4c-8646-d5bb3ef62b7f/PXL_20230511_010824165.MP.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Initial Success or Total Failure (ISTF) (2023): Designed by Savannah Benko, Michael Losacco, and Lauren Maranto. The game is an educational wargame designed to demonstrate the successful tactical execution of U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) capabilities. This game was sponsored by the USMC EOD School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/49a4c24b-1be1-474e-b6b4-4c49354dbf88/PXL_20240508_225131470.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Acquisition Wars (2024): Designed by Robert Shala, Ona Spreenberg, Jon Beto. Sponsor by the US Space Command, the game aims to help junior officers understand the acquisition process from the perspective of commercial firms. Representing a company, each player must manage their funding, human capital, and technology investments to compete and complete contracts for the US Space Force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/d21c70d6-a5b4-40b5-bc48-97612395c686/20240508_223411.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming CHMR (Ch-im-mer) (2024): Designed by Colleen Cooper and Priya Jain. Sponsored by PAX for Peace, this wargame explores the role of civilians on the modern battlefield and aims to teach players about civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/f6dd7f2b-3e11-480e-bd0c-a87eedfeeb95/PXL_20240508_234654892.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming MAD HADR (2024): Designed by Walter Kunkle, Shea Megale, and Clayton Gries. Sponsored by the Colombian Navy, the game explores the intersection of regional competition and influence in the context of humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/27875e34-eb88-402d-a47c-4170ff009aa8/PXL_20240509_000331245.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Minerva's Citadel (2024): Designed by Kathleen Ryan, Nathan Glushka, and Ido Levy. Sponsored by the UK British Army Urban Warfare Center, the wargame is a scenario-based educational wargame where Blue and Red forces attempt to fight and secure a modern urban battlefield. The game aims to be an accessible, fast-playing educational wargame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/1dcdcd03-71b3-4106-bcfc-1b0171788a25/PXL_20240509_002721524.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming Pacific Persuasion (2024): Designed by Caroline Seelman and Jacob Share. Sponsored by the Atlantic Council, this wargame explores the competition for influence in the Pacific Islands -- specifically the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The players represent either the Pacific Islands attempting to balance alignment and domestic benefits, while other players represent the US, China, and Australia each with their own motives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/34bb622b-62f4-488f-a355-0b95e437977e/GqREhl1XoAApeYk.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming TWILIGHT TIGER (2025): Designed by Shane Ward, Andrea Seongeun Lee, and Jason Hughes. Sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the game aims to explore gray zone competition and tactics between the US, Taiwan, and China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/0a343e5a-34eb-46e5-a4d1-0719606dbe5c/GqREhFfWIAAUF4R.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming SORTIE! (2025): Designed by Sophia Chang and Sam Goldfarb. SORTIE! is a card-based air combat game in a Taiwan contingency. Sponsored by US Air Command & Staff College, the game is aims to help players understand the orchestration of air capabilities across the theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/32a8f1e8-b1f6-4918-b9a2-c8a739475339/GqREiZQWAAACoGo.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming DEMOS (2025): Designed by Lucas Flood, Ethan Hermanson, and Leo McMahon. Sponsored by US Naval Postgraduate School, the game explores civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) in urban operations at the tactical level. The game is planned to be turned into a digital game by NPS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9127762d6cd64a0a2ff89/d6fc6d5a-58cc-420a-8133-e2c7a7482bea/GqREgLnWcAAbqmt.jpg Gallery - SEST 560 Basics of Wargaming PACIFIC WIND (2025): Designed by Candace Huntington, Jase Davis, and Aaron Damesek. Sponsored by the Office of the SECNAV, the game explores balancing the tension between conducting NEO of US & JPN citizens and the fight to defend Taiwan.