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war game

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1. war game - Noun

2. war game - Verb

Meaning

a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy

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BBC screening The War Game itself finally saw television broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC2 on 31 July 1985, as part of a special season of programming entitled After the Bomb (which was also Watkins's original working title for The War Game). Source: Internet

Game theory main The Peace War Game is a game theory approach to peace and conflict studies. Source: Internet

He also popularized miniatures wargaming with a cheaper production process for miniature figures, publishing the first miniature wargaming magazine, the War Game Digest, and community building. Source: Internet

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, The War Game was placed 27th. Source: Internet

Hobby wargamers have traditionally used "wargame", while the military has generally used "war game"; this is not a hard and fast rule. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, the controversy around Peter Watkins The War Game (1965), which won the Best Documentary Film Oscar in 1967, but had been suppressed by the BBC who had commissioned it, would ultimately lead Watkins to work exclusively outside Britain. Source: Internet

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