External Resources
A curated guide to external resources pertaining to wargaming and crisis simulations
Library catalogs & archival guides
- Stanford SearchWorks: "Wargame" search results across Stanford University Libraries' holdings
- U.S. Naval War College Archives: Finding aid for the college's Naval wargaming records (Record Group RG-35)
- National Security Archive: Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, and library and archive of declassified U.S. documents
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord (OTAN): "Exercise" search results across NATO archival holdings
- War on the Rocks: A platform for analysis and debate on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs. It features articles and podcasts produced by an array of writers with deep experience in these matters: top notch scholars who study war, those who have served or worked in war zones, and more than a few who have done it all
- Paxisms: A wargaming blog devoted to the development and effective use of games and simulation-based learning concerning issues of conflict, peacebuilding, and development in fragile and conflict-affected states, as well as to the policy application of gaming and simulation techniques
Gaming & simulation resources
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity Scenarios
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Exercises
- Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS)
- Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Crisis Simulations
- World Health Organization (WHO) Simulation Exercises
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Wargaming Laboratory
- Berkeley RISK and Security Laboratory
- Analog Game Studies: An open-access, journal offering a ludological look at gaming
- Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Soft Tools: Soft Tools for Operations Research and Wargaming
- Vassal download and modules
- Wargaming Cloud Tutorials by the Marine Corps University
- The Marine Corps University's Wargaming Cloud Manuals
Documentation of executed games and exercises
- Homeland Security Digital Library: After Action Reports
- Putting a Stamp on Games: Wargames, Players, and PBM
Maps & tools
- Generating historical maps: Independent blog hosting tutorials and resources for printing Kriegsspiel maps
- Online map creation: Online tool to create "military maps"
- Satellite map: Live view of SpaceX starlink satellite constellation and coverage (not affiliated with spaceX or starlink)
- Roll Dice with Friends: A free, support tool for role playing or simulation games using dice
- Tlk.io: A free, browser based chat tool. You can set up as many channels as you need for player communications
- Jitsi Meet: A free, open source, video conferencing tool, usable on almost all web browsers
- Center for Near Earth Objects Studies Tools: Tools for developing space games