A group dedicated to research on and the design of conflict simulations, currently based at the University of Würzburg
Joined April 2022
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A closer look at our Pluie de Balles which was developed nearly 15 years ago:
linkedin.com/pulse/pluie-de-… via @LinkedIn
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Conflict Simulation Group retweeted
30 April 1915 | A Czech Jewish woman, Anna Schönová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Apr 25
Time to break out the big maps again! Preparation for this term's PdB starts at HSU Hamburg.
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Some thoughts on the fundamental difference between Kriegsspiel-type wargames and "normal" wargames - in, one should add, educational contexts.
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Feb 11
A few impressions of a recent game of "Muß!", the Conflict Simulation Group's naval wargame set in the age of sail and steam. In this case, assuming an outbreak of a major conflict as a result of the Russo-Turkish war in 1878, a small Royal Navy squadron on reconnaissance ...
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New maps have arrived for this term's big game of Pluie de Balles.
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29 Dec 2025
The family includes "Invasion 1883" (linkedin.com/pulse/invasion-…), "Augusta" (linkedin.com/pulse/finding-n…) and "PVNICA" about naval operations in the First Punic War.
More to follow...
29 Dec 2025
@CoSimG's family of Mini-Kriegsspiele is growing - "Torpillage!", a Kriegsspiel about a French torpedo boat attack on Royal Navy ironclads in the Solent, set in 1883, is currently getting playtested.
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29 Dec 2025
@CoSimG's family of Mini-Kriegsspiele is growing - "Torpillage!", a Kriegsspiel about a French torpedo boat attack on Royal Navy ironclads in the Solent, set in 1883, is currently getting playtested.
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23 Dec 2025
The new issue of Mars & Clio, the newsletter of @BCMH_news has an article on an important yet often overlooked Prussian Kriegsspiel designer, Thilo von Trotha, by CoSimG's Pia Hofmann in it:
bcmh.org.uk/mars-and-clio/
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Conflict Simulation Group retweeted
11 Dec 2025
A brief article on a typical Meckel Kriegsspiel as run by @CoSimG:
linkedin.com/pulse/when-john… via @LinkedIn
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9 Dec 2025
A brief introduction to @CoSimG's "Augusta", a naval-themed mini-Kriegsspiel has been published here:
linkedin.com/pulse/finding-n… via @LinkedIn
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3 Dec 2025
Students of @AlteGJMU playing @CoSimG's "The Med", a Micro-Wargame about naval combat in the Mediterranean in the 1880s.
Its main purpose is explaining how the French could manage to launch an invasion - which is the subject of "Invasion 1883", @CoSimG's Mini-Kriegsspiel.
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22 Nov 2025
The end on the Wirral Peninsula appears to be in sight - heavy fighting for New Brighton, French forces desperately trying to beat back British attacks.
22 Nov 2025
The British have recaptured Birkenhead!
At @HSUHamburg, this term's big game of @CoSimG's Pluie de Balles is underway.
With 40 participants, the wargaming course is currently among the largest wargaming courses regularly run at a Bundeswehr institution.
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Conflict Simulation Group retweeted
22 Nov 2025
The British have recaptured Birkenhead!
At @HSUHamburg, this term's big game of @CoSimG's Pluie de Balles is underway.
With 40 participants, the wargaming course is currently among the largest wargaming courses regularly run at a Bundeswehr institution.
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29 Oct 2025
A brief introduction to @CoSimG's "Invasion 1883", a Mini-Kriegsspiel used as an introduction to Kriegsspiel-type wargaming in PME contexts can be found here:
linkedin.com/pulse/invasion-…
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18 Oct 2025
A small piece on German wargaming history by @JoritWintjes can be found here:
linkedin.com/pulse/german-wa…
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8 Oct 2025
Some impressions of @CoSimG's "Invasion 1883", the simple Mini-Kriegsspiel developed primarily as an instrument for training facilitators, played this week during a training event at a German logistics unit, Logistikbataillon 471.
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