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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyronax" data-source="post: 5118745" data-attributes="member: 822">Ah 'simulation' in the classroom is quite different than D&D in the classroom. I work in the military-industrial complex (tm) and have been to several seminars -- while being paid and on the job -- that had each person take on the actual role of a specific person or position in order to deal with some crisis. These simulations even go so far as to have specialized software for keeping virtual score or tabs on the escalation of the situation. When I went to grad school in DC for "defense stuff" I also had a few classes that had a wargame or simulationist proctored session or two. Game Theory from economics was also taught in a quick fashion. The most involved class simulation I got into was taking on the role of a leader of a Kurdish faction with the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan. The other players included the Iraqi Government, the Shiite militias, Sunni militias, US military/ambassador, some Iranian faction, al Qaeda, and the Turkish government. The set up for the scenario was Turkey sending serious military assets into and over Iraqi Kurdistan during the winter of 2007 (a concurrent event at the time).I also took part in one where a loose nukes scenario led up to a massive WMD attack on New York City. These sort of simulations are very common in DC and I know that even the top brass of the US military plays in them. And I'm not referring to simple training scenarios -- I'm talking about immersive events. C.I.D.</blockquote>

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