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 […]| PAXsims
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.| PAXsims
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 o…| PAXsims
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 […]| PAXsims
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 […]| PAXsims
Switzerland gets its first Connections wargaming conference, on 20-21 September 2025 in Pully and Lausanne, Switzerland. Full details below.| PAXsims
At Armchair Dragoons, Aaron Danis has written a report on the recent Connections (US) 2025 interdisciplinary wargaming conference:| PAXsims
The latest issue of Simulation & Gaming 56, 5 (October 2025) is now available. Editorial Research Articles| PAXsims
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)…| PAXsims
6 posts published by Stephen Downes-Martin, Kit Barry, and Rex Brynen during August 2025| PAXsims
Email from the Swedish National Defense University:| PAXsims
The 2025 Award for Contributions to the Advancement of the Art, Science, and Application of Wargaming was given to Col William Lademan, PhD (USMC) by Matt Caffrey just before Bill gave his keynote …| PAXsims