The Company LeaderTactical Strategy Games Archives - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/tag/tactical-strategy-games/ Leadership Lessons from the Tactical Level of War Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:32:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-CO-LDR-Logo_New.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tactical Strategy Games Archives - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/tag/tactical-strategy-games/ 32 32 140230289 Not Just for Nerds https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/06/10/computer-strategy-games/ https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/06/10/computer-strategy-games/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2019 01:09:45 +0000 Ian Keil http://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/?p=3322 Real-time strategy computer games are an underused tool for teaching tactics and strategy. Hold your skepticism and hard eye-roll for just a moment. I’m not talking about first person shooters where you look through the eyes of a soldier (although some of these games might have a place when it comes to tactical teamwork and […]

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Real-time strategy computer games are an underused tool for teaching tactics and strategy. Hold your skepticism and hard eye-roll for just a moment. I’m not talking about first person shooters where you look through the eyes of a soldier (although some of these games might have a place when it comes to tactical teamwork and on the spot decision-making). I am referring to tactical strategy games where the gamer control various units against another thinking, human being. They are simulations and they are not perfect, but I believe if you can teach a tactical leader the controls of some of these games you can hit home the complexity of tactical combat.

Wargame, and other such real-time strategy video games, offer another tool to add to our TDG kit. We push LVC-G options at the unit level, why not look to open source, market solutions as well. Image retrieved from YouTube still photo.

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