Urban Wargamer

Wargame Development's Autumn Virtual Gathering on-line conference is Sat 25th October. Details in the flyer. I'll be presenting ... twice!

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Following on from The Military Metaverse, Andy Fawkes and I have just had a paper published in Springer Nature's AI & Society on Digital Human Twins and the Military Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges. Behind the Springer paywall but a preview is available. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

My GUWS presentation on Wargaming and the Just War is now up on YouTube - youtu.be/ajnFnh1Pn-E #wargaming #justwar

Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence has just been published by Routledge and includes my chapter on Wargaming and Just War Theory www.routledge.com/Just-War-The... - which will form the basis of my GUWS presentation next week - www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-... #wargaming #justwar

Quick follow-up to yesterday's post on synthetic media wraps - this one looking at the broader application of conversational AI to #wargaming open.substack.com/pub/urbanwar...

Using ChatGPT to do in a few minutes what took a whole project to do a few years ago! Generating a turn by turn synthetic media wrap for your manual wargame using ChatGPT or similar. open.substack.com/pub/urbanwar... #wargaming #chatgpt

Great time on Monday talking AI chatbots at the launch event at The Ned in London for Sensay's latest Hackathon. More details of the Hackathon at dorahacks.io/hackathon/se... #ai #chatbots

My GUWS talk on Wargaming and the Just War is coming up soon, 19 Aug 5pm BST. Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-... #wargaming

On the other hand City&CEMA, whilst improving, still has a long way to go. Debating 3 possible future options - further refine, restart from scratch or build my Company game and see if that gives me new inspiration to build back up to Bn/Bde. #wargaming

Good reception for OPUC/Tooru's Fire at COW over the weekend. Lots of useful comments to refine it further. Aiming to have PnP/TTS version out by end Aug. #wargaming

It must be Kickstarter fulfilment day today - 2 new RPGs arrived in the post - Sentience (you play abandoned sentient bots) and Space:1999!

I've just launched an AI Chatbot based on my knowledge of, and research into urban wargaming. Have a chat with it & see if knows more than I know (or can remember). Also acts as a rules guide for my games. Please let me know of any major fails! #wargaming taunoyen.com/virtualurban...

The Public Beta of my beer-and-pretzels card game of urban combat is now out on print'n'play, Tabletop Simulator & playable Powerpoint. Any feedback, especially on rule and instruction clarity greatly appreciated. Video intro and how to play also available. taunoyen.com/games/rubble... #wargaming

TTS version of Rubble Town coming along nicely. Mastered custom card decks and think will give players options of tiles, standees or 3D models (probably WW2 unfortunately) for their pieces #wargaming

UK Defence review promises to make the British Army “10 times more lethal", for no significant increase in manpower. Time to update the counter mix......

Good number of people trying out my MR demo this pm at Kings Wargaming Week, most took to it pretty naturally. In response to a comment on a neighbouring naval wargame I quickly put a prototype ASW space together in ShapesXR - so depth is just a natural part of the experience. #wargaming #metaverse

Just upgraded the buildings for UrbanMR demo - the nice thing is they are scans of the PDF buildings I use in 6mm

Think I've got my Mixed Reality wargaming demo sorted ready for the session on Wednesday at King's Wargaming Week. Drop by in Room BH(SE)2.07 1330-1700 if you want to give it a try!

Wolverhampton University literature students experiment with VR The experiment sees students moving beyond essays to create their own virtual reality spaces.

BBC Local News picked up on the Wolverhampton project - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #metaverse #virtualreality #education

A Dream Collaboration: 2300AD Miniatures by Wargames Atlantic and Mongoose The stars have aligned for hard sci-fi fans and tabletop gamers alike! We’re thrilled to officially announce a ground-breaking partnership between Wargames Atlantic and Mongoose Publishing to bring th...

Wargames Atlantic about to start doing figures for 2300AD. Nice, but wonder if Traveller will be next? wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/a...

Cracking on with the playtesting for Tooru’s Fire, think it’s beginning to come together nicely. Certainly a lot of people fleeing the fighting!

University pioneers immersive learning with virtual reality for English Literature The study of English Literature at the University of Wolverhampton is gaining an exciting new dimension. Professor Sebastian Groes is trialling cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) technology with Unive...

Nice bit of PR on a project I'm currently helping deliver at Wolverhampton University, some great builds by the students, who took to the VR authoring/building app with only a few hours training from me. www.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #virtualreality #metaverse

The book cover for Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence has just been unveiled. The book, publishing 4Q25 I expect, has my chapter on Wargaming and the Just War, which I'll be previewing in the GUWS wargaming lecture series on 19th August - sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-...

Hard copies have arrived! More info at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita... #metaverse

Our Military Metaverse microworld is now open, just use your browser to go to framevr.io/militarymeta.... Just walk around the world and learn more about the book. It pings me when people enter so don't be surprised if I drop by to say hi (although feel free to ignore me!) #metaverse

The build is finished for our Military Metaverse microverse. Join us for a guided tour during our virtual book launch tomorrow. Tickets still available at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-milita...

Thanks to @evandalessandro.bsky.social I managed to test TUC on TTS last night. All worked very well I think. Just a few tweaks & then aim to release next week. Game ended in Red culminating before taking the city or destroying Blue will. Civ losses & structural damage high, mostly caused by Blue.

My May 2025 PhD Newsletter is now available - a summary of all the various things I've produced and am currently working on for my PhD in Wargaming Urban Conflict - plus some related projects. Enjoy! taunoyen.com/wiki/lib/exe... #wargaming

The Military Metaverse is published today! Details at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita.... Sign up to our virtual launch on 7th May at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-milita.... Available from Amazon or Routledge as hardcopy or eBook, 20% discount at Routledge with the code 25AFLY1 #metaverse

Experts Fawkes & Burden Chart the Rise of the Military Metaverse in New Book The Military Metaverse, a new book written by MS&T's Andy Fawkes and David Burden will be published by Routledge on 1st May.

Nice coverage in MS&T on our new book on the Military Metaverse which is published tomorrow! www.halldale.com/defence/expe... #metaverse