ABSTRACT
It has been argued that the cultural history of the game tends to generally exclude two spheres: the battlefield and mathematics. In particular referring to the relevance of war gaming in the military is for people, however, of relevance, as it not only describes the routes of business war gaming but also underlying principles and the raison d'étre for applying this type of simulation. Perla credits the Chinese general and military philosopher Sun Tzu for developing the first wargame about 5,000 years ago, called “Wei-Hai”, meaning encirclement. “Wei-Hai” used an abstract playing surface on which each of the contestants maneuvered their armies of colored stones. The modern game of chess was mentioned for the first time in the 13th century in Southern Europe. It is believed that Arabs, known as Moors, learned chess from the Persians when they invaded Persia in the 8th century and later brought the game to Europe when they invaded Spain.
