HeyJaredShadowBox Decision Games: Warfighters
Training Warfighters how to think, decide, and lead under pressure
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Live TDG Sign-Ups Close Friday (opens the original)
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A quick update for everyone planning to join us this Saturday:Sign-ups for the live TDG will close Friday, September 25th at 11am Eastern - 24 hours before the event.We’re doing this so we can finalize the participant list and get everything set before we go live.If you’ve been thinking about joining, make sure you sign up before the cutoff:https://forms.gle/PFp3LMic2pakASGW8The TDG will be held Saturday, September 26th at 11am Eastern and will once again be hosted by John Schmitt, author of MCD
A Warfighters Live TDG: Sept 26 (opens the original)
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Hello warfighters,Yet another live TDG is upon us. Join us on Saturday September 26th at 11am eastern. This event will again be hosted by John Schmitt, author of MCDP1 Warfighting, Mastering Tactics, and all the TDGs you see here at Warfighters.This TDG is open to EVERYONE, regardless of experience or rank. Paid subscribers get priority, but there will likely be enough slots for everyone, so do not be dissuaded from signing up even as we get closer to the event. Here is the sign-up link:https://
On a Clear Day (opens the original)
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You command a tank battalion operating in a desert environment with three tank companies (R: 3km) and an antitank section of 8 TOWs (R: 3.75km). It has been a campaign of rapid movements. Because operations are so dispersed, you have an artillery battery (R: 20km) and air defense section moving with you in direct support. A combined antisatellite and computer network attack has knocked out your digital communication, including GPS, and radio communication is sporadic at best. The enemy is genera
Introducing Matrix Games (opens the original)
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ShadowBox Decision Games: Warfighters has focused on tactical decision games (TDGs) to this point. Another type of decision game that that we at ShadowBox are very excited about is the matrix game. The brainchild of social worker Chris Engle in 1989, matrix games remained one of the best-kept secrets in wargaming for decades but have become much more popular, and widely accepted as a serious wargaming technique, in recent years. Like TDGs, matrix games are discussion-based exercises with minimal
TDG 23: Picket Duty, Part 4 (opens the original)
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This scenario is the fourth in the “Picket Duty” series and the continuation of TDG 22 Play TDGs 20-22 before this one. You are a light armored reconnaissance platoon commander. Your reinforced platoon consists of four scout vehicles armed with a 25mm gun (r: 2500m) and two assault gun vehicles armed with a 90mm main gun (r: 3000m).You are conducting a motorized security patrol along a designated route in order to locate and provide early warning of enemy activity in your sector. The other plato
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