Georg von Reisswitz

Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz (1794–1827) was a Prussian army officer. Reisswitz is regarded by many as the father of wargaming, as he developed the first wargaming system to be widely used as a serious tool for training and research. The genre of wargaming he pioneered, which emphasized high realism, is known in the English-speaking world as Kriegsspiel.

Georg von Reisswitz

Georg Heinrich Rudolf Johann von Reisswitz (1794–1827) was a Prussian army officer. Reisswitz is regarded by many as the father of wargaming, as he developed the first wargaming system to be widely used as a serious tool for training and research. The genre of wargaming he pioneered, which emphasized high realism, is known in the English-speaking world as Kriegsspiel.