War game (disambiguation)

A war game is a type of strategy game that simulates warfare realistically.

War game, Wargame, or War Games may also refer to:

Military exercise, a training operation
Military simulation, a live or computer exercise to develop military strategies
Single combat, a duel between two single warriors which takes place in the context of a battle between two armies
Wargaming (company), a videogame developer and publisher
Wargame (video games), a genre that emphasizes strategic or tactical warfare on a map
Wargame (hacking), a challenge involving exploiting or defending a computer system vulnerability
Business war games, a role-playing exercise set in the world of commerce
Airsoft (sometimes known as "wargames"), a combat sport using non-lethal pellet weapons
Paintball, less frequently, similar to airsoft
Board wargame, a genre that emphasizes strategic or tactical warfare on a map
War (card game), a simple card game featuring a series of "battles" between two players

Literature

The War Game, a 1965 BBC television film
The War Game (1962 film), directed by Mai Zetterling
The War Games, a 1969 Doctor Who serial
WarGames, a 1983 film by John Badham starring Matthew Broderick
- WarGames: The Dead Code, its 2008 direct-to-DVD sequel
- #WarGames, its 2018 reimagining as an interactive film
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!, a 2000 animated film
War Game (film), a 2001 animated film based on the 1993 children's novel
"War Games" (Space: 1999), a television episode
"War Games" (Foyle's War), a television episode
War Games: At the End of the Day, a 2010 film by Cosimo Alemà

WarGames (video game), 1984, for Colecovision
WarGames: Defcon 1, 1998, for PC and PlayStation
Wargame: European Escalation, a 2012 real-time strategy game
Wargame: AirLand Battle, a 2013 real-time strategy game
Wargame: Red Dragon, a 2014 real-time strategy game
War Games, a competitive multiplayer matchmaking mode in Halo 4 (2012) and Halo 5: Guardians (2015)
Wargamer (website), a video game website dedicated to war games