Digital Literacy Games – A curated list of educational games to test your ability to identify deepfakes and develop digital literacy skills.  Creating Disinformation Games Cat Park Players are challen...

The following article was written for PAXsims by Kristen Bishop, a Research Staff Member for the Strategy, Forces and Resources Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). She received a Ph.D. in Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before the passage of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, anti-agricultural biological weapons were a key component of the U.S.

The Connections Oz professional wargaming conference will take place online on 12-13 November 2025. For more information, or if you would like to propose a presentation, visit the website above.

Learning simulation, invented by Professor Rex Brynen and his students, puts participants into realistic situations and allows them to learn from their mistakes

The next Military Operations Research Society Certificate in Wargaming course will take place online on 17–21 November 2025. This five-day, online program is one of the only opportunities outside of government or academia to gain practical, high-level training in professional game design. Whether you’re just stepping into the field or looking to refine your skills, this course provides a comprehensive foundation you can put to work immediately.

Learning simulation, invented by Professor Rex Brynen and his students, puts participants into realistic situations and allows them to learn from their mistakes

Shifting Sands is a matrix game developed by James Hood and Chris Hunt at Assiniboine College. For the Environmental Legislation course, the Shifting Sands matrix game provides an interactive opportunity for students to evaluate the environmental, social, economic, and community impacts of development in the context of an extraction project. The proposed project presents opportunities to support electrification at a global scale but with potential negative impacts to local groundwater used by local rural and Indigenous communities.

Games for Cities is a five day training programme that will be held weekly in Amsterdam from 25 September to 30 October 2025. In this five-day training, you will learn how to develop and strategically apply games to address complex spatial and societal challenges. Drawing on theory and latest technologies such as Urban AI, digital participation tools, and inspiring real-life examples, you will develop your skills step by step.

Switzerland gets its first Connections wargaming conference, on 20-21 September 2025 in Pully and Lausanne, Switzerland. Full details below. Wargame Connections Suisse_WCS25_Flyer_V1.1Download

At Armchair Dragoons, Aaron Danis has written a report on the recent Connections (US) 2025 interdisciplinary wargaming conference: Connections 2025! (Part I) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming Connections 2025! (Part II) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming

The latest issue of Simulation & Gaming 56, 5 (October 2025) is now available. Editorial Dealing with Career Uncertainties: A Playful Strategy on How to Hit Your Career Jackpot Marlies P. Schijven and Toshiko Kikkawa Research Articles Board Game as a Participatory Design Technique for Urban Spaces: A Ludological Analysis Abdullah Eren Demirel and Ela Alanyalı Aral Farmer Preferences on Contested Land Use in Agroforestry Landscapes: The RESORTES Game Implementation in Indonesia …

It has been a very busy summer and we've fallen a bit behind but updates. Do not worry, though—here is our usual periodic (if much delayed) collection of items on serious (and not-so-serious) games and simulations. With the support of the Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre and the wargaming team at the Canadian Joint Warfare Centre, the Canadian Army conducted a wargame earlier this year to examine future formations and equipment.

The Royal Danish Defence College will be hosting a one-day professional conference on Educating Warfighters with Wargames in Copenhagen on 11 November 2025, addressing the use of wargames in professional military education across Europe. The agenda and contact information can be found below.

The following article was written for PAXsims by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel “Tyler” Brooks (United States Army). At the time of writing, LTC Brooks serves as an Army Strategist (FA59/W1A) and wargame designer in the Department of Strategic Wargaming (DSW) at the United States Army War College (USAWC) in Carlise Barracks, PA, where he teaches the Army’s “Wargame Designer Course,” two wargaming electives for the School for Strategic Landpower (SSL), and runs bespoke analytical wargames for the Army and Joint Force.

Earlier this month CNN Academy ran a two-week journalism summer school in Ireland in partnership with the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin. The first week focused on developing journalism skills, while the second week saw students testing those skills in a newsgathering assignment to the fictional country of Brynania. The scenario this year focused on digital disinformation, including social media, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.

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The Australian Army Battle Lab has published an updated list of (war)games that they feel are useful in military professional development: DG TRADOC's Professional Gaming List was released in 2022 (See DGTRADOC's Professional Gaming List 2022 | The Cove). It detailed a small range of either free, readily available (hardcopy print-and-play or online), commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) recreational wargames that were considered suitable to support professional development and education activities for all ranks, corps and SERCAT.