CIA board games (not on BGG)
Posted: 19 Mar 2017, 20:07
Kingpin: The Hunt for El Chapo. This one was co-developed by CIA Intelligence Educator Volko Ruhnke, who happens to have designed his fair share of publicly available board games, as well. "I have two Golden Geeks," he brags.
Kingpin, which was made in collaboration with the Defense Intelligence Agency, is used "to train analysts who might work with law enforcement and other partners around world to find a well-armed, well-defended, well-protected bad guy," Ruhnke says. "It's a game about finding a fugitive from justice who, if not found sooner than later, will likely do harm to innocent people and harm US interests."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/ ... play-them/
Ruhnke says that board games are particularly useful in helping officers and analysts synthesize giant criss-crossing charts' worth of data to understand complex real-world situations.
Kingpin, which was made in collaboration with the Defense Intelligence Agency, is used "to train analysts who might work with law enforcement and other partners around world to find a well-armed, well-defended, well-protected bad guy," Ruhnke says. "It's a game about finding a fugitive from justice who, if not found sooner than later, will likely do harm to innocent people and harm US interests."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/ ... play-them/
Ruhnke says that board games are particularly useful in helping officers and analysts synthesize giant criss-crossing charts' worth of data to understand complex real-world situations.