Defending Defender is a wargame about strategic communications developed by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). It is based on a Russian attempt to disrupt HMS Defender’s innocent passage through Crimean waters in 2021.  The game is designed for 2-8 players. It does not require a moderator, and no wargaming or strategic communications experience is required to play. You'll find the Dstl press release here. The British Forces Broadcasting Service have also covered the game—you'll find their report (and another video) here.

Vuca is back with another of their reprints of games from Japan. This time out, it's a deluxe update of Pacific Fleet, first published in 1983. But not like this- it's beautiful. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're a fan an

Last week I had an opportunity to playtest Reasonable Worst Case, a UK pandemic preparedness and response simulation, in my "complexity seminar" on alternative analytical methods at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University. The simulation has been developed by PAXsims research associate Zinzi Sibanda, who is also part of the simulation team at CNN Academy (where she has been working, appropriately enough, on public health simulations).

I was heading south for the Partisan show and decided to take a break at Brougham Castle, which is on the A66 near Penrith. The staff will ...

An interactive preview of the 106 councils and 6 mayoralties holding elections on Thursday 7th May 2026.

The French Carrier Strike Group transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday en route to the Red Sea, as part of a multinational naval coalition that seeks to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of H...