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Muira Mccammon

The ghost of Churchill; or, how to make a wargame

The ghost of Churchill; or, how to make a wargame

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“The cards I throw away are not worthy of observation or I should not discard them. It is the cards I play on which you should concentrate your attention.” – Winston Churchill, 1912, during a bridge game on the Admiralty yacht Enchantress /// Churchill: The Man Churchill has been on my mind a lot la
The Wargamer and I

The Wargamer and I

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“All play has its rules.” —Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (1950) The first time I encounter the Wargamer, he is militantly editing a Word document and downing an Americano. Hundreds of red marks, crisscrosses, and deleted commas fill his MacBook screen. I make a