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Wargame

A strategy game that realistically recreates military battles or campaigns, often historical ones. You move units across a map, often divided into hexes, and the challenge is using terrain, supply and troop morale the way a commander would.

Also known as: computer wargame, military simulator, war game

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History

  1. 1980
    Origin

    Computer Bismarck (1980), by SSI, is generally credited as the first "serious" computer wargame; earlier experiments such as Empire came before it.

    Computer wargame (Wikipedia)
  2. 1981

    Chris Crawford's Eastern Front (1941) introduces scrolling maps, supply and morale, and rivals pencil-and-paper wargames.

    Computer wargame (Wikipedia)