Gaming WWIII: Requesting Some Reader Input On WWIII 1987 Wargame Scenarios.

Before we jump back into the mixture for a few more detailed D+24 entries, I wanted to reach out to the readers and get some opinions on a project I’ve been considering for a couple of weeks. As most of you are aware, the conflict model for World War III: 1987 includes several sets of …

Gaming World War III: Building the Air War Part I

When I began laying the groundwork for the gaming phase of this WWIII project, I suspected modeling the air war in Central Europe would be a major league challenge. First and foremost because there was not a single tabletop game or computer game available that could accurately create an air war in the amount of …

Gaming World War III: The Conflict Model Part III

All things considered, air warfare is an entirely different species of animal than its land, and sea counterparts when it comes to wargaming. This is especially true when dealing with NATO-Warsaw Pact games set in the ‘80s. The air war that was to be unleashed on the Central Front, and other theaters when the balloon …

Gaming World War III: The Conflict Model Part I

When I first started giving serious consideration to the idea of creating a hypothetical World War III I understood what I was getting into. It was not going to be as simple as breaking out The Third World War one weekend, playing it, then posting a brief after-action report online afterward. If I was going …