Serious war games - controversial or not (Topic Discussion)

War games are often seen as controversial. Replaying the atrocities that occurred during a large-scale conflict seems completely inappropriate. Condensing the huge amount of suffering, death and destruction into a game of pushing tiles around a board and rolling dice or playing cards seems perverse. So in this article, I try to put everything into a bit more context and tease out the pros and cons of war games and how controversial they really are when compared to some of the other games in our vast hobby.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/01/10/serious-war-games-controversial-or-not-topic-discussion/

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