How to Design a COIN Wargame by Volko Ruhnke (GUWS)

Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) is excited to present: How to Design a COIN Wargame by Volko Ruhnke. Volko Ruhnke is a retired US Central Intelligence Agency analyst, hobby board wargamer since childhood, and published designer of numerous titles for the California-based GMT Games LLC. Prior to his career at CIA, he worked for a contractor performing analytic gaming for the US Army and then in the Department of the Army. At CIA he covered a wide range of accounts across three decades, including military and terrorist threats, senior policy support, and analytic tradecraft and instruction. In and beyond CIA, he sought to expand the use of tabletop games for training and research. His commercial tabletop simulations have won numerous industry awards and routinely sell out. His published game designs and co-designs on national security topics include:  Fire in the Lake—Insurgency in Vietnam, 2014, Boardgamegeek Best Wargame  A Distant Plain—Insurgency in Afghanistan, 2013  Andean Abyss—Insurgency in Colombia, 2012, Charles S. Roberts Award  Labyrinth—The War on Terror, 2010, Charles S. Roberts Award