Software:Hutspiel

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Short description: Theater-level war game created in 1955

Hutspiel was a theater-level war game created in 1955 on an analogic computer by the Operations Research Office, a civilian military research center conducted by the Johns Hopkins University. The game was played by two people, red and blue, representing a war simulation between NATO and USSR forces.[1][2] The game was designed to study the use of tactical nuclear weapons and air support in Western Europe in the case of Soviet invasion.[3][4]

References

  1. Ma, Minhua; Oikonomou, Andreas; Jain, Lakhmi C. (2011-12-09) (in en). Serious Games and Edutainment Applications. London: Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 29. ISBN 978-1-4471-2161-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=pb9uFv1P_68C&dq=hutspiel&pg=PA29. 
  2. Spencer, Doanld D. (1968). Game Playing with Computers. Spartan Books. pp. 12. ISBN 9780810459397. https://books.google.com/books?id=oro4AQAAIAAJ&q=hutspiel. 
  3. Harrison, Joseph O. (1964). Computer-Ainded information Systems for Gaming. pp. 19–20. 
  4. Center (U.S.), Defense Documentation (1962) (in en). Operations Research (unclassified Title): An ASTIA Report Bibliography. pp. 28. https://books.google.com/books?id=92RkAAAAMAAJ&dq=hutspiel&pg=PA28.