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Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz [a] (1794–1827) was a Prussian army officer. Reisswitz is regarded by many as the father of wargaming, as he developed the first wargaming system to be widely used as a serious tool for training and research.
Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz [lower-alpha 1] (1794 - 1827) was a Prussian army officer. Reisswitz is regarded by many as the father of wargaming, as he developed the first wargaming system to be widely used as a serious tool for training and research.
May 24, 2022 · This months’s Kriegsspieler is Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz, the actual inventor of what became known as the Prussian Kriegsspiel. Before turning to his career, it is useful to briefly reflect on the term “inventor” here.
May 6, 2021 · The first modern wargame is generally considered to be Kriegsspiel, published in Prussia in 1824 by First Lieutenant Georg Heinrich Leopold Freiherrn von Reisswitz. His game was based upon his father’s (Baron Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz) work, which itself had reportedly attracted the attention of the Prussian royal ...
In 1824, the Prussian lieutenant Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann Freiheer von Reisswitz was summoned by Prince Wilhelm, then commanding general of the Third Battalion of the Prussian Army. The prince had heard of a new Kriegsspiel—a wargame originally invented by Reiss-witz’s father.
Aug 1, 2016 · The article covers the early history of the Prussian Kriegsspiel, which was officially adopted as a training tool in 1824, and concentrates on the development of the first two Prussian wargames by...
Oct 1, 2020 · Wargames continued to evolve so that by 1824 Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann Von Reisswitz had created a game that used accurate paper maps instead of chess-like grids. This map design is still used today in games such as Risk, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride.
