Riskgaming The global future of wargaming in Lithuania
Sep 24, 2025
Pijus Krūminas, a professor at ISM University of Management and Economics and head of the Wargaming Lab, discusses the fascinating realm of wargaming. He highlights how it offers a more authentic analysis of human behavior than traditional methods. Pijus shares insights into designing political economy simulations, the deep learning achieved through bespoke wargames, and the integration of social sciences in wargaming. He also recommends engaging games for newcomers and explains how wargames can tackle gray zone threats and ambiguous scenarios.
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From Models To Classroom Games
- Pijus turned classroom mathematical and game-theory models into playable games after reading Phil Sabin's Simulating War.
- Students remembered the playable exercises years later more than traditional lectures.
Let Students Choose Topics
- Let students pick topics within political economy to increase engagement and ownership.
- Allow topic freedom unless sponsors require specific commissioned games.
Wargaming Bridges Social Sciences
- Wargaming sits at the crossroads of empirical relationship models and decision-making models like game theory.
- That duality lets wargames both borrow from and test other social science methods.
