An academic wargamer who plays serious games professionally, for research and as a hobby.
Joined October 2010
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I have just recorded my talk on the Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU) wargames 1942-45. My conclusions are slightly different from some other commentators youtube.com/watch?v=Z0C0qfhL…
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I have just recorded my talk 'Donald Featherstone's War' about his experiences and how they helped inform who he became. youtu.be/5hQaF3Icw2Y?si=h2qo…
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My latest book is very topical, "Applying Deception in Wargaming: Introducing Limited Intelligence into Wargames"
ALT Book cover for "Applying Deception in Wargaming"
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In an exciting new development, MORS are now starting to offer their professional wargaming courses face to face in Europe. The first one is in Salisbury, UK. mors.org/Events/Courses/Intr… (I am one of the instructors)
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Very pleased to announce that MORS wargaming courses are now running in the UK. First one on 9-11th Feb 2026 mors.org/Events/Courses/Intr…
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15 Sep 2025
Mark Herman's talk on wargaming at Connections UK was a piece of wargaming history youtube.com/watch?v=TkesRZTy…
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18 Aug 2025
I now have the naval wargaming equivilent of the dead sea scrolls. The lost unpublished Fletcher Pratt papers from his wargame 1939-1945. Rules, letters, ships cards etc... Look out for the Fletcher Pratt Naval Wargaming Companion in due course.
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For professional wargamers: DSET 8-10th July Bristol, UK. Show includes wargaming, cyber, sims, edudation etc. It is where the uniformed services go in the UK. dset.co.uk/. I will be there along with my PhD student team.
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15 Mar 2025
My latest book seems unfortunately appropriate for our times... J. Curry (2025) Cold War Nuclear Wargaming 1947-1991. amazon.co.uk/Cold-War-Nuclea…
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6 Mar 2025
I discussed repercussions of US President Trump’s pause in aid to Ukraine on BBC Radio (starts at 18:46)- (you might need to be UK to listen to it) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kpm1…
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15 Jun 2024
I was suprised to recieve a lifetime achievement award for my contribution to professional wargaming and academic excellent at the DSET Conference last week. DSET is a huge military and public sector training conference in Bristol, UK.
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New talk about the tactical wargames used during WWII based on my recent book 'Wargames from World War II: Examples of Axis and Allied Wargaming Rules and Umpire Guidelines' youtube.com/watch?v=BxyzmDIh…
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11 Mar 2024
I like this article, it is all about me! It is published in Business leader magazine. Normally I prefer to to keep to the shadows businessleader.co.uk/art-bus…
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22 Jan 2024
My dad died suddenly yesterday. As always happens, you learn so much about someone when they are gone. To me, he was just the best dad, to many others, he was this:
21 Jan 2024
Peter Perla, the pioneer of professional #wargaming, passed away last night. Peter indelibly shaped the wargaming profession - from writing the seminal book on wargaming to leading the field for decades. He will be terribly missed - both as a colleague, mentor, and friend.
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21 Jan 2024
Peter Perla, one of the key figures of modern professional wargames, has passed away. I have lost a good friend.
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18 Oct 2023
new book published: Advanced Matrix Games for Professional Wargaming. The includes the best practise from a decade's use of matrix games.
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29 Dec 2022
'Analyse, wargame, analyse' is a better method of prediction than just the typical narrative in the media about the Ukraine War in 2023 wargamingco.blogspot.com/
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19 Nov 2022
My wargame based analysis says Ukraine is going to win as the Russian army collapses. Of course I could be wrong... wargamingco.blogspot.com/
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