Meditations in the Military Arts
Curated military history for developing wargames and simulations.
What's here
Battles
What happened, the armies, their commanders and losses, with maps and pictures. From the CAA Database of Battles, 1600–1973.
180 battles, in review
Orders of battle
George Nafziger's orders of battle, matched to the battles by our reviewers, each opening his original document.
31 documents for 12 battles
Poetry and prose
Poems, memoirs, diaries and letters that name the battles, most by people alive at the time: the poems in full, and the passages about each battle from the books.
222 poems and 602 memoirs, diaries and letters for 132 battles
Scenarios
Scenario sheets built from the battle pages: a rules-neutral version and one per ruleset.
0 sheets for 0 battles
Battles on the map
Units, engagements and fronts on an animated map (ORBAT Mapper).
2 battles
Wargame index
The mechanics of free wargame rules, searchable: how each set handles command, fire, morale and the rest.
66 rule sets, 185 mechanics
Elevation viewer
Terrain anywhere in the world from TessaDEM elevation data, for studying a battlefield's ground.
Tool
Latest scenario sheets
Battles with orders of battle
In the works
- Reviewed battle pages (the drafts are being checked on the team workbench)under way