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Real-life Room Escape In Hong Kong

Similar to War Game and Haunted House, the game requires players to be observant and use their critical thinking skills in order to solve the challenges and riddles.


Desert Crossing 1999

"Desert Crossing" 1999 was a series of war games known simply as Desert Crossing that were conducted in late April 1999 by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), in order to assess potential outcomes of an invasion of Iraq aimed at unseating Saddam Hussein.

National Defense University

Several institutes serve the university in developing policies of the government, while also creating simulations and war games to help keep the military current with specific concerns.

Rise and Decline of the Third Reich

Roberto Bolaño's novel The Third Reich features a war game champion that specialized in playing Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

Three United States Army National Guard soldiers (MSgt. William Connors, Pvt. Michael McCluskey, Cpl. Richard Langsford) are an M5 Stuart tank crew participating in a war game being conducted near the Battle of Little Bighorn, the site of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's last stand.


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Battle of Talavera

In "A Magnum for Schneider", the 1967 pilot for the British TV series Callan starring Edward Woodward, Callan and Schneider re-fight the Battle of Talavera as a war-game.

Bobby Lockwood

Other credits include EastEnders, The Bill, playing Jamie Oliver's nephew in television adverts for Sainsbury's supermarkets and voice-over work for Weapons of War game.

Dragon's Fury

Dragon's Fury, fictional faction in the MechWarrior: Dark Age table top war game set in the BattleTech universe

Eric Pringle

Script editor Eric Saward finally responded to Pringle, and in 1982, Pringle was asked to put together a scene breakdown for War Game.

Joel Billings

Designed for the TRS-80 and Apple II home computers, it is viewed as the first computer war game ever published.

Leo J. Meyer

In 1953 while assigned in Massachusetts, Meyer met Dr. Ralph Bussler, an osteopathic doctor who had established a business making 54mm lead figures, "Tin soldiers" (soldiers, horses, and weapons) for collectors and war game enthusiasts.

Little War

Little Wars, an early table top war game, invented by author H. G. Wells