The below brief bios are of selected current contributors to the field of wargaming. 

For a fuller biography (when available) click on the name of the individual.

For a fuller list of contributors to the field of wargaming, click here.

Larry Bond,  Wargame Designer, Author, Analysts - co-author “Red Storm Rising”

Jon Compton, Political Scientist, wargaming of violent non-state actors

James F. Dunnigan, Prolific Wargame Designer, Editor, Publisher, Author

Michael W. Garrambone, President elect of MORS, Analyst, Educator

Orville E. “Bud” Hay, Chief of Wargaming, Naval War College, 1985-1999

Jim Lunsford, LtC, US Army (ret.), Wargame Designer, Educator

Michael R. Macedonia, Vice President and Chief Scientist for SAIC unit

Joseph Miranda, THE most prolific print wargame Designer, Editor, Writer

Gary “Mo” Morgan, Lt Col, USAF, (ret.) WG Designer, Air Force & Commercial

Dr Al Nofi, Wargame Researcher, Designer, Author

Dr Peter P. Perla III, Wargame; Theorists, Designer, Author, Manager, Advocate

Brian Train, Canadian wargame designer, writer, veteran

John Warden, Colonel, USAF (ret.) Originator of Connections, Author, Strategist

Casey Wardynski, Colonel, US Army, Originator of America’s Army wargame

Christopher Weuve, Wargame Designer, Wargame Analyst, Naval Analyst

Dr. Yuna Huh Wong, leader in advancing the M, S & G Irregular Warfare

Key to abbreviations:

civ              civilian

DARPA    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Dir             Director

Dep            Deputy

FPS            First Person Shooter

M, S & G   Modeling, Simulation and Gaming

MORS        Military Operations Research Society

ret              retired

USMC       United States Marine Corps

USMCR    United States Marine Corps Reserve

USN          United States Navy

USNR        United States Navy Reserve

USAF         United States Air Force

USAFR       United States Air Force Reserve

WG            Wargame

WGs          Wargames

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