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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · 10d

Wargame Development's Autumn Virtual Gathering on-line conference is Sat 25th October. Details in the flyer. I'll be presenting ... twice!

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Aug 21

Following on from The Military Metaverse, Andy Fawkes and I have just had a paper published in Springer Nature's AI & Society on Digital Human Twins and the Military Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges. Behind the Springer paywall but a preview is available. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Digital human twins and the military metaverse: opportunities and challenges | Request PDF

Request PDF | Digital human twins and the military metaverse: opportunities and challenges | The military metaverse integrates immersive digital technologies, virtual worlds, artificial intelligence (...

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Aug 20

My GUWS presentation on Wargaming and the Just War is now up on YouTube - youtu.be/ajnFnh1Pn-E #wargaming #justwar

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence has just been published by Routledge and includes my chapter on Wargaming and Just War Theory www.routledge.com/Just-War-The... - which will form the basis of my GUWS presentation next week - www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-... #wargaming #justwar

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 22

Quick follow-up to yesterday's post on synthetic media wraps - this one looking at the broader application of conversational AI to #wargaming open.substack.com/pub/urbanwar...

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Using ChatGPT to do in a few minutes what took a whole project to do a few years ago! Generating a turn by turn synthetic media wrap for your manual wargame using ChatGPT or similar. open.substack.com/pub/urbanwar... #wargaming #chatgpt

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 16

Great time on Monday talking AI chatbots at the launch event at The Ned in London for Sensay's latest Hackathon. More details of the Hackathon at dorahacks.io/hackathon/se... #ai #chatbots

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 15

My GUWS talk on Wargaming and the Just War is coming up soon, 19 Aug 5pm BST. Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-... #wargaming

Wargaming and the Just War

David Burden will discuss the intersection and applicability of Just War Theory and wargaming.

www.eventbrite.com

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 14

On the other hand City&CEMA, whilst improving, still has a long way to go. Debating 3 possible future options - further refine, restart from scratch or build my Company game and see if that gives me new inspiration to build back up to Bn/Bde. #wargaming

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jul 14

Good reception for OPUC/Tooru's Fire at COW over the weekend. Lots of useful comments to refine it further. Aiming to have PnP/TTS version out by end Aug. #wargaming

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jun 27

It must be Kickstarter fulfilment day today - 2 new RPGs arrived in the post - Sentience (you play abandoned sentient bots) and Space:1999!

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jun 25

I've just launched an AI Chatbot based on my knowledge of, and research into urban wargaming. Have a chat with it & see if knows more than I know (or can remember). Also acts as a rules guide for my games. Please let me know of any major fails! #wargaming taunoyen.com/virtualurban...

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Public Beta of my beer-and-pretzels card game of urban combat is now out on print'n'play, Tabletop Simulator & playable Powerpoint. Any feedback, especially on rule and instruction clarity greatly appreciated. Video intro and how to play also available. taunoyen.com/games/rubble... #wargaming

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jun 18

TTS version of Rubble Town coming along nicely. Mastered custom card decks and think will give players options of tiles, standees or 3D models (probably WW2 unfortunately) for their pieces #wargaming

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Jun 3

UK Defence review promises to make the British Army “10 times more lethal", for no significant increase in manpower. Time to update the counter mix......

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 28

Good number of people trying out my MR demo this pm at Kings Wargaming Week, most took to it pretty naturally. In response to a comment on a neighbouring naval wargame I quickly put a prototype ASW space together in ShapesXR - so depth is just a natural part of the experience. #wargaming #metaverse

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 25

Just upgraded the buildings for UrbanMR demo - the nice thing is they are scans of the PDF buildings I use in 6mm

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 22

Think I've got my Mixed Reality wargaming demo sorted ready for the session on Wednesday at King's Wargaming Week. Drop by in Room BH(SE)2.07 1330-1700 if you want to give it a try!

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 16

BBC Local News picked up on the Wolverhampton project - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #metaverse #virtualreality #education

Wolverhampton University literature students experiment with VR

The experiment sees students moving beyond essays to create their own virtual reality spaces.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 16

Wargames Atlantic about to start doing figures for 2300AD. Nice, but wonder if Traveller will be next? wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/a...

A Dream Collaboration: 2300AD Miniatures by Wargames Atlantic and Mongoose

The stars have aligned for hard sci-fi fans and tabletop gamers alike! We’re thrilled to officially announce a ground-breaking partnership between Wargames Atlantic and Mongoose Publishing to bring th...

wargamesatlantic.com

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 15

Cracking on with the playtesting for Tooru’s Fire, think it’s beginning to come together nicely. Certainly a lot of people fleeing the fighting!

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 15

Nice bit of PR on a project I'm currently helping deliver at Wolverhampton University, some great builds by the students, who took to the VR authoring/building app with only a few hours training from me. www.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #virtualreality #metaverse

University pioneers immersive learning with virtual reality for English Literature

The study of English Literature at the University of Wolverhampton is gaining an exciting new dimension. Professor Sebastian Groes is trialling cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) technology with Unive...

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 13

The book cover for Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence has just been unveiled. The book, publishing 4Q25 I expect, has my chapter on Wargaming and the Just War, which I'll be previewing in the GUWS wargaming lecture series on 19th August - sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-...

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 8

Hard copies have arrived! More info at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita... #metaverse

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 7

Our Military Metaverse microworld is now open, just use your browser to go to framevr.io/militarymeta.... Just walk around the world and learn more about the book. It pings me when people enter so don't be surprised if I drop by to say hi (although feel free to ignore me!) #metaverse