Slitherine

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The US Army War College is seeking a Professor of Strategic Game Design.

This is a full-time civilian faculty position at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) as provided under Title 10 USC 4021. Initial appointment may be up to four years, with the first year a trial period. The appointment may be renewed in one- to five-year increments thereafter. Academic rank and salary will be based on the selectee’s academic credentials, experience, and professional accomplishments.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with strategic leaders and faculty to develop and teach custom strategic and serious games for use in graduate-level curriculum and to inform senior leader decision making
2. Develop and teach protocols and systems to virtual existing strategic games to allow online play in support of distance education
3. Serve as a thought-leader on the implications to game programming of innovations such as 3-D technologies, artificial intelligence, big data, remote and autonomous systems
4. Serve as the Army War College expert on the potential revolutions in game design that will impact the character of strategic gaming and the education of senior leaders
5. Assist in the development and delivery of graduate-level curriculum which focuses on strategic and serious gaming; teach at least one elective each academic year
6. Participate in wargames and workshops, and write and publish on matters of importance related to strategic/serious game programming and wargaming
7. Engage in internal and external service in support of institutional missions

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

Maybe one of you here can get a sweet new gig? Looks awesome to me.

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The US Army War College is seeking a Professor of Strategic Game Design.

This is a full-time civilian faculty position at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) as provided under Title 10 USC 4021. Initial appointment may be up to four years, with the first year a trial period. The appointment may be renewed in one- to five-year increments thereafter. Academic rank and salary will be based on the selectee’s academic credentials, experience, and professional accomplishments.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with strategic leaders and faculty to develop and teach custom strategic and serious games for use in graduate-level curriculum and to inform senior leader decision making
2. Develop and teach protocols and systems to virtual existing strategic games to allow online play in support of distance education
3. Serve as a thought-leader on the implications to game programming of innovations such as 3-D technologies, artificial intelligence, big data, remote and autonomous systems
4. Serve as the Army War College expert on the potential revolutions in game design that will impact the character of strategic gaming and the education of senior leaders
5. Assist in the development and delivery of graduate-level curriculum which focuses on strategic and serious gaming; teach at least one elective each academic year
6. Participate in wargames and workshops, and write and publish on matters of importance related to strategic/serious game programming and wargaming
7. Engage in internal and external service in support of institutional missions

Job App Here

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ORIGINAL: btd64

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

Maybe one of you here can get a sweet new gig? Looks awesome to me.

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The US Army War College is seeking a Professor of Strategic Game Design.

This is a full-time civilian faculty position at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) as provided under Title 10 USC 4021. Initial appointment may be up to four years, with the first year a trial period. The appointment may be renewed in one- to five-year increments thereafter. Academic rank and salary will be based on the selectee’s academic credentials, experience, and professional accomplishments.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with strategic leaders and faculty to develop and teach custom strategic and serious games for use in graduate-level curriculum and to inform senior leader decision making
2. Develop and teach protocols and systems to virtual existing strategic games to allow online play in support of distance education
3. Serve as a thought-leader on the implications to game programming of innovations such as 3-D technologies, artificial intelligence, big data, remote and autonomous systems
4. Serve as the Army War College expert on the potential revolutions in game design that will impact the character of strategic gaming and the education of senior leaders
5. Assist in the development and delivery of graduate-level curriculum which focuses on strategic and serious gaming; teach at least one elective each academic year
6. Participate in wargames and workshops, and write and publish on matters of importance related to strategic/serious game programming and wargaming
7. Engage in internal and external service in support of institutional missions

Job App Here

Wow, someone could have a lot of fun with this position....GP

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

They do not accept Gorns, only cash and plastic. This is because Gorns don't fit in wallets/purses. And it's so hard to make change for a Gorn when you're only buying stamps.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

They do not accept Gorns, only cash and plastic. This is because Gorns don't fit in wallets/purses. And it's so hard to make change for a Gorn when you're only buying stamps.

Gorns become the wallet or purse.

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ORIGINAL: btd64

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

They do not accept Gorns, only cash and plastic. This is because Gorns don't fit in wallets/purses. And it's so hard to make change for a Gorn when you're only buying stamps.

Gorns become the wallet or purse.

Nothing better than a pair of Gorn shoes. Even better than alligator shoes....GP

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: btd64

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Do they accept gorns?

They do not accept Gorns, only cash and plastic. This is because Gorns don't fit in wallets/purses. And it's so hard to make change for a Gorn when you're only buying stamps.

Gorns become the wallet or purse.

Nothing better than a pair of Gorn shoes. Even better than alligator shoes....GP

I didn't know Gorn wore shoes?

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

To get back to the original point of this thread, I find trying to introduce strategic wargaming into a classroom more difficult than one might think. I tried to use the orginal WITP and found that a semester was not nearly long enough to allow the unique characteristics of this game to take hold. What I was interested in was allowing students a feel for supply and logistics as well as long term planning (the strategic aspects of this game). Tactical games are far more "exciting" with lots of BANG and BOOM, which students like, but that's not WITP. But given the slow turn around time, it was difficult for students to get a feel for some of the problems in planning and executing a long term vision as they couldn't get enough turns in during a semester. I started this with the original WITP with the help of Matrix, then with AE but it didn't work well (although I did hook some students to play on their own outside the classroom). I'm glad to see the AWC take up a long term interest in this sort of "gaming" if indeed they go beyond the tactical gaming concept.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

To get back to the original point of this thread, I find trying to introduce strategic wargaming into a classroom more difficult than one might think. I tried to use the orginal WITP and found that a semester was not nearly long enough to allow the unique characteristics of this game to take hold. What I was interested in was allowing students a feel for supply and logistics as well as long term planning (the strategic aspects of this game). Tactical games are far more "exciting" with lots of BANG and BOOM, which students like, but that's not WITP. But given the slow turn around time, it was difficult for students to get a feel for some of the problems in planning and executing a long term vision as they couldn't get enough turns in during a semester. I started this with the original WITP with the help of Matrix, then with AE but it didn't work well (although I did hook some students to play on their own outside the classroom). I'm glad to see the AWC take up a long term interest in this sort of "gaming" if indeed they go beyond the tactical gaming concept.

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ORIGINAL: jwolf

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

To get back to the original point of this thread, I find trying to introduce strategic wargaming into a classroom more difficult than one might think. I tried to use the orginal WITP and found that a semester was not nearly long enough to allow the unique characteristics of this game to take hold. What I was interested in was allowing students a feel for supply and logistics as well as long term planning (the strategic aspects of this game). Tactical games are far more "exciting" with lots of BANG and BOOM, which students like, but that's not WITP. But given the slow turn around time, it was difficult for students to get a feel for some of the problems in planning and executing a long term vision as they couldn't get enough turns in during a semester. I started this with the original WITP with the help of Matrix, then with AE but it didn't work well (although I did hook some students to play on their own outside the classroom). I'm glad to see the AWC take up a long term interest in this sort of "gaming" if indeed they go beyond the tactical gaming concept.

Back about 15 years ago in the Paradox forums, someone posted about his attempts to use Europa Universalis 2 in his early modern Euro history course at his college. I don't have a link or precise memory of the details, but the experiment turned out rather well and he got at least one scholarly paper out of it.

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dr. hal: passed through me, who sometimes injected gibberish

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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dr. hal: passed through me, who sometimes injected gibberish

You mean like "I can't do that, Dave."?

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ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

Is a prime qualification a wasted youth? Blame AH and S&T.

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

Is a prime qualification a wasted youth? Blame AH and S&T.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

One thing I thought of doing was giving each student a character (and thus a command domain) and then imposing restrictions on communications, including those induced by the characters themselves. This worked to some extent. Main characters such as King, MacArthur, Nimitz, etc., could not talk to each other directly, only by written note (passed through me, who sometimes injected gibberish), and some players were told to be hostile to others. This was done at the Japanese level too, especially between Navy and Army types. It led to some interesting confusion and misdirection. I know, hard to believe huh???? In all instances I acted as head of state of each nation involved (which says a LOT about me!).

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ORIGINAL: jdsrae

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

One thing I thought of doing was giving each student a character (and thus a command domain) and then imposing restrictions on communications, including those induced by the characters themselves. This worked to some extent. Main characters such as King, MacArthur, Nimitz, etc., could not talk to each other directly, only by written note (passed through me, who sometimes injected gibberish), and some players were told to be hostile to others. This was done at the Japanese level too, especially between Navy and Army types. It led to some interesting confusion and misdirection. I know, hard to believe huh???? In all instances I acted as head of state of each nation involved (which says a LOT about me!).

I’ve been thinking about this recently, with an idea to get a few interested forumites to role play National and/or Command HQ leaders while the main player is the Grand CIC.
Role players mainly to have power of veto on decisions to spend Political Points and the use of “their” units in certain geographic areas.
The main purpose to bring a bit of international politics (Allies) or inter-service rivalry (Japan) into the game.
I might start a new thread on it on the weekend.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal
It would be very interesting to write the script for individual players. There would be competing designs over individual units, land, sea and air.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal
Interesting jwolf, let me know if you dig anything up that's more specific on the paper.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

One thing I thought of doing was giving each student a character (and thus a command domain) and then imposing restrictions on communications, including those induced by the characters themselves. This worked to some extent. Main characters such as King, MacArthur, Nimitz, etc., could not talk to each other directly, only by written note (passed through me, who sometimes injected gibberish), and some players were told to be hostile to others. This was done at the Japanese level too, especially between Navy and Army types. It led to some interesting confusion and misdirection. I know, hard to believe huh???? In all instances I acted as head of state of each nation involved (which says a LOT about me!).