Idiosyncracy in Motion

The wargame designer Brian Train shares some thoughts on how he does what he does. After publishing close to 70 games of all sizes and approaches over the last 30 years, he must have learned something....

Brian Train (1964 - now) has been designing conflict simulation games for the civilian market for over 30 years.

His articles and games have been published by a wide range of large and small firms.

His special interests in game design are irregular warfare, "pol-mil" games, concepts of political influence in games, and asymmetry in games generally.

In his spare time, he is an Education Officer in the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills of British Columbia, Canada.