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Educational Wargames

Mare Aperto — The Home Front

Wargame developed for the Mare Aperto exercise and integrated into a documented design, facilitation and evaluation lifecycle.

Discover: Mare Aperto — The Home Front
The Mare Aperto – The Home Front game scenario, showing simulated countries, resources and a time indicator
Game scenario · CASD Volume II, chapter II, figure 2 · Edited by Adriano Pantaleo.

What it is for

Wargame developed for the Italian Navy’s Mare Aperto exercise and integrated into a documented design, facilitation and evaluation lifecycle.

My contribution

Editor of Volume II; author of Chapter I on gamification and serious games; co-author of the design and development chapter.

How it works

The volume documents foundations, sponsor requirements, facilitator–player dynamics, qualitative evaluation and replication-oriented materials.

Results and materials

Volume II of the Defence Wargaming Laboratory series, published in 2025, ISBN 979-12-5515-103-6.