Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E3 – Connections Online 5yr Anniversary
"Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair DragoonsShow Notes
13 February 2026 ~ Brant, Chris, and Merle4 gather ’round the virtual campfire to talk about why & how Connections Online came into being, a couple of standout panels & stories from the past 5 years of events, and the inevitable struggle to stay on topic whenever another shiny digression goes prancing across their view. Some key links and references—
Connections Online Youtube Playlists
2021 – Distributed Wargaming 2022 – Developing Wargame Practitioners 2023 – The Enemy Gets A Vote 2024 – Distributed Wargaming — Recent Lessons Learned 2025 – Wargaming Future Technologies
The Connections Online homepage at Armchair Dragoons Some specific sessions that were also called out
Connections Online 2021 Day 2, Session 4: Western Approaches Tactical Unit and CO22 D2S4: Western Approaches Tactical Unit, Revisited Connections Online 2021 Day 3, Session 2: Distributed Campaigns Over the Long Haul CO23 D1S2: What Exactly is “Red-Teaming” Anyway? CO25 D3S4: Concluding Remarks, & Reviving Dune — How the AH classic game came to be reborn CO24 D2S2: Urban Warfare Wargaming: Past, Present, Future
Also, pay no attention to the SETI intercepts in the background of Merle’s audio whenever he’s talking.
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