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  • What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    From Harold Davis@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 1 15:50:29 2015
    What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    I use the term psychological warfare in the sense in which it was defined
    for example by Paul Linebarger, in his book Psychological Warfare (1948),
    as the use of propaganda - organised non-violent persuasion - against an
    enemy, together with such physical operations as may supplement the
    propaganda.

    I'm not asking a general question about games that are psychological in
    nature, such as Prisoner's Dilemma, Mafia and Resistance. I am wondering
    what board or card games have been invented in which the moves principally represent the offensive and defensive use of the tools and methods of psychological warfare.

    Given that psychological warfare isn't fought on a battlefield, nor is
    there direct engagement with enemy operators, there are difficulties in representing it on a board. But have game designers ever implemented such representation, either using a board of a type used for wargames
    representing physical conflict, a different type of board, a board combined with cards, or perhaps just cards?

    Thanks in advance.

    Harry

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  • From Tim Moore@21:1/5 to Harold Davis on Mon Nov 2 08:52:57 2015
    On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 9:52:42 AM UTC-6, Harold Davis wrote:
    What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    This was really interesting to me, but I have no idea...other than some of the election games (1960) but I don't think that's what you are looking for. I posted your request on board game geek as you articulated it, as I couldn't have done any better.
    I guess I should have asked before doing so, but I got so excited. Please let me know if you'd rather I take it down.

    https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/199036/games-simulate-psychological-warfare

    Tim

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  • From Harold Davis@21:1/5 to Tim Moore on Mon Nov 2 18:44:28 2015
    Tim Moore <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 9:52:42 AM UTC-6, Harold Davis wrote:

    What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    This was really interesting to me, but I have no idea...other than
    some of the election games (1960) but I don't think that's what you
    are looking for. I posted your request on board game geek as you
    articulated it, as I couldn't have done any better. I guess I should
    have asked before doing so, but I got so excited. Please let me know
    if you'd rather I take it down.

    https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/199036/games-simulate-psychologi cal-warfare

    Hi Tim and many thanks for re-posting this at Boardgamegeek.

    I'll have a look at the games that are getting mentioned in the thread
    there. I don't think the 1960 election games are what I'm after either, but I'll have a look at them too.

    Harry

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  • From Richard Vickery@21:1/5 to Harold Davis on Tue Nov 3 00:49:32 2015
    On Tuesday, 3 November 2015 05:46:43 UTC+11, Harold Davis wrote:
    Tim Moore <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 9:52:42 AM UTC-6, Harold Davis wrote:

    What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    This was really interesting to me, but I have no idea...other than
    some of the election games (1960) but I don't think that's what you
    are looking for. I posted your request on board game geek as you articulated it, as I couldn't have done any better. I guess I should
    have asked before doing so, but I got so excited. Please let me know
    if you'd rather I take it down.

    https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/199036/games-simulate-psychologi cal-warfare

    Hi Tim and many thanks for re-posting this at Boardgamegeek.

    I'll have a look at the games that are getting mentioned in the thread
    there. I don't think the 1960 election games are what I'm after either, but I'll have a look at them too.

    Harry

    I was going to suggest Brian Train's games - I have played Shining Path several times.
    There is also the COIN series by Volko Ruhnke.

    It would help if you had a specific conflict in mind Harry


    cheers
    Richard

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  • From Harold Davis@21:1/5 to Richard Vickery on Tue Nov 3 20:34:26 2015
    Richard Vickery <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    On Tuesday, 3 November 2015 05:46:43 UTC+11, Harold Davis wrote:
    Tim Moore <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 9:52:42 AM UTC-6, Harold Davis
    wrote:

    What board or card games simulate psychological warfare?

    This was really interesting to me, but I have no idea...other than
    some of the election games (1960) but I don't think that's what you
    are looking for. I posted your request on board game geek as you
    articulated it, as I couldn't have done any better. I guess I
    should have asked before doing so, but I got so excited. Please
    let me know if you'd rather I take it down.

    https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/199036/games-simulate-psychol
    ogi cal-warfare

    Hi Tim and many thanks for re-posting this at Boardgamegeek.

    I'll have a look at the games that are getting mentioned in the
    thread there. I don't think the 1960 election games are what I'm
    after either, but I'll have a look at them too.

    Harry

    I was going to suggest Brian Train's games - I have played Shining
    Path several times. There is also the COIN series by Volko Ruhnke.

    It would help if you had a specific conflict in mind Harry

    Hi,

    I'd be interested in any conflict really, including ones where the
    physical conflict hasn't started or has already finished.

    A physical conflict that comes to mind is WW2 (any theatre), and, of
    cases where it's just PW without a physical conflict, three I'd be
    especially interested in are post-VE-Day PW by the western allies against Germany; the Cold War; and the current PW between the West and Russia.
    The last of these would be fascinating.

    I will have a look at the games you mention. I'm not very knowledgeable
    about wargames - the question occurred to me while I was reading about
    PW.

    Harry

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