Brynen also acted as a kind of referee for the Canadian military sessions. The ISIS Crisis is only the latest gaming experiment in the federal government, which has been late to so-called "gamification" trends. "Big war games can take months to set up and cost an awful lot of money." And unlike old-style war games, matrix games such as The ISIS Crisis can be set up cheaply and quickly, and played over three to four hours. Other contextsThe Canadian Forces will decide in the fall whether to make the game a regular part of its planning process, Ermel said.

Source: Huffington Post June 12, 2016 16:07 UTC