Recommended Urban Wargames

The problem with recommending wargames is that so much depends on what you want to use them for. The listing below assumes that the primary purpose is educational, to get people thinking about, and giving them an appreciation of, urban issues.

This is very much a work in progress at the moment and one I'll populate and refine more as I play more of the games and get a better idea of how to rate them, but it's at least a first stab at answering the questions "which are the better urban wargames". Games closest to the top are the ones I like best, those towards the bottom still worth checking out. I'm not plotting every game I play, but those which are well known which I don't rate highly for what I'm after I've put at the bottom of the page, and mine are on there in their own layer just to show the formation/echelon level they cover. Games I've played as against games I'm getting strong recommendations for are coloured differently - and I'll be prioritising playing those games. The Urban Wargame Reviews page lists the reviews of the main games that I play. I'll try and update this chart every year or so, and as I firm up my ideas for it redraw it as something more readable!

Click on the image to get a clearer-to-read version. An 'S' means a solo game, 'A' means an asymmetric one (typically a COIN type scenario).

 

 

I've also done a short paper explaining my current choices for the better urban wargames.