Computer Game Evolution

1.2 War, Reinvented

February 15, 2021 Tim Season 1 Episode 2
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"This chess game is old and stupid."
All of Prussia, early XIX century.

https://kriegsspielorg.wordpress.com/articles-2/von-reisswitzs-original-equipment/

Errata: "Spee" – not "Spree" 

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Opening
Chess 2
Everyone's a queen
Queens' entourage
Kriegspiel vs. the world
Dice? Again?
Destroying chess
Von Reisswitz and his sandbox
Key equipment
1824 hit points
More players, more fog
1824 never ends
The post-credits scene
Rise of wargames
Wargames for the masses?
Beaten by a girl
Pacifist at war
Between the wars
A 1954 prototype (Risk)
A 1954 idea (Diplomacy)
A 1954 garage (Tactics)
History and fantasy
Silly wars
Legendary monsters
They still live among us
Statistics and topography