As each touched part of the strange animal, each came away with a partial picture and as the poem continues, another man sees the tail as a rope, or the leg as a tree, etc. The parable of the six blind men attempting to identify something unfamiliar is well known. For those interested in seeing the entire paper, it can be accessed at. Army)Įditor’s Note: This article is a summary of an exhaustively detailed academic paper titled “The Effect of Simple Role-Playing Games on the Wargaming Step of the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP): A Mixed Methods Approach,” previously published in Developments in Business Simulation and Experimental Learning: Proceedings of the Annual ABSEL Conference 45 (2018). Landpower underwent pilot testing to determine if it is a suitable replacement for the college’s current computer-based simulations that take much longer to teach. Army Command and Staff College on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Zachary Labrayere ( right) watch 9 March 2018 at the U.S.
Jiri “Jorge” Pazdera ( center) moves markers on the map of Landpower, a board game simulation exercise, as Maj.