Oh yeah! A topic I know and about people I actually know! > Basically, very complex board games that are intended to simulate real-world strategic situations.

Oh yeah! A topic I know and about people I actually know! > Basically, very complex board games that are intended to simulate real-world strategic situations. Yes, and they aren't just war games. They are games involving humanitarian crisis's and what not. See the game Aftershock[0] as an example (both designers are friends of mine). The reality is, using games to "game out scenarios" are an interesting tool, even in tech. Think about things like game days, where you take down parts of a service to see what happens. Its better to solve these problems in a "game" rather than in the real world. Think beyond war, but anything that involves challenges. "AFTERSHOCK: A Humanitarian Crisis Game is a boardgame that explores the interagency cooperation needed to address the emergency and early recovery phase of a complex humanitarian crisis." Some really interesting things. [0] https://paxsims.wordpress.com/aftershock/ https://paxsims.wordpress.com/aftershock/