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Playing War: The Development and Early Use of Kriegsspiel
Manage episode 505995423 series 40724
(Host: Samantha)
Games are amazing. They teach us how to engage with the world through play. They’ve also been used to train some of the greatest military minds. Chess is notoriously the game of the aristocracy, used to teach strategy and forward thinking. In the 19th century, a Prussian father and son, George Leopold von Reisswitz and Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz, brought strategic gaming to a whole new level with profound results.
For further reading suggestions and more, please visit: https://www.footnotinghistory.com
330 episodes
Manage episode 505995423 series 40724
(Host: Samantha)
Games are amazing. They teach us how to engage with the world through play. They’ve also been used to train some of the greatest military minds. Chess is notoriously the game of the aristocracy, used to teach strategy and forward thinking. In the 19th century, a Prussian father and son, George Leopold von Reisswitz and Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz, brought strategic gaming to a whole new level with profound results.
For further reading suggestions and more, please visit: https://www.footnotinghistory.com
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