war game

See also: wargame

English

Alternative forms

wargame

Noun

war game (plural war games)

(military) A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
A game that simulates or represents a military operation.

Translations

military simulation

Arabic: لُعْبَة حَرْب‎ f (luʿbat ḥarb)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍事演習 (zh), 军事演习 (zh) (jūnshì yǎnxí)
Danish: krigsspil c (general staff exercise), militærøvelse c (combat exercise)
Finnish: sotaharjoitus (fi), taisteluharjoitus, karttaharjoitus (fi), sotapeli
French: jeu de guerre (fr) m
German: Planspiel (de) n; Planübung f; Militärübung f; Gefechtsübung f; Gefechtssimulation f; (when large also) Manöver (de) n; Militärmanöver n; (now rare also) Kriegsspiel (de) n
Hungarian: hadijáték (hu)

Japanese: 軍事演習 (ぐんじえんしゅう, gunji enshū), ウォーゲーム (wōgēmu)
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: militærøvelse m, militærøving c

Norwegian Nynorsk: militærøving f
Russian: вое́нные уче́ния n pl (vojénnyje učénija), войсковы́е манёвры m pl (vojskovýje manjóvry), вое́нные и́гры f pl (vojénnyje ígry)
Spanish: simulacro de guerra m, juego de guerra m
Swedish: militärövning (sv) c

game

German: Kriegsspiel (de) n

Swedish: krigsspel (sv) n

Verb

war game (third-person singular simple present war games, present participle war gaming, simple past and past participle war gamed)

To run a military simulation of this kind.

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