This year's War Games Tournament in Operations and Tactics

For four days in November, the Head of the Department of War Studies' annual war game competition will be held. Everyone who studies and all employees at the Swedish Defence University are welcome to register. Last day to register: 9 November.

The War Game is a knockout tournament and takes place in Messen. To participate, you need to put together a team of at least 2 and a maximum of 3 people. It is fine to have a reserve for the team. There is room for a total of 16 teams.

This year's game has taken inspiration from the Finnish Winter War and you can read about the setup in this file: Finnish Winter War, rules pdf, 1.5 MB. (note - in Swedish)

ChatGPT quick translation version: The Finnish Winter War, rules pdf, 3 kB.
We advise you add a Swedish fluent team member or at least consult a Swedish-speaking collague for taking part of rules as the English version is a mere machine translated docuement.

Playing times

The War Game is a knockout tournament scheduled for the following days:

Base game

Monday 17 November at 15:00-2030: Match 1-4
Tuesday 18 November at 15:00-20:30: Match 5-8

Final Games

Wednesday 26 November at 15:00-20:30: Quarterfinals, match 9-12
Thursday 27 November at 15:00-20:30: Semi-final, match 13-14, and final, match 15

Contact and questions

The referee and game leader is Lieutenant Colonel, Dr. Lars Henåker, teacher at the Department of War Studies.

lars.henaker@fhs.se

Team registration for the Head Department of War Studies 2025 War Games Tournament in Operations Art and Tactics