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Napoleon at War Tournament

Borodino

Wargame Details | TutorialTournament Enrollment Guide

The Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812) took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Bordino during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, pitting the Grande Armée against the Imperial Russian Army. MCU Fight Club is excited to use this battle as the historical basis for Round 2 of our Napoleon at War Tournament! Check out our YouTube tutorial here to learn how to play Napoleon at War. To learn about the Battle of Wagram, which was featured in Round 1, watch Fight Club's Historical Spotlight here!

 

Commandant's Cup 2025

Wargaming Tournament

Official Announcement | Qualification TournamentTutorials

 

The Commandant's Cup will take place at Modern Day Marine in Washington D.C. from 29APR to 02MAY. After many hard fought games over the course of several months, the results of the Qualifier Tournament are here! Players can find their individual Flashpoint Campaigns Professional Edition scores here and their Company Commander Modern scores on the HexWar Tournament page.

Wargaming cloud

The Marine Corps University's Wargaming Cloud capability provides tactical, operational, and strategic digital wargames across a wide range of historical and modern scenarios. The Cloud environment allows users to access these wargames from their personal devices on any network outside of MCEN. Below is the list of digital wargames currently available on the Wargaming Cloud.

Command Professional Edition

Manual

 

 

Strategic Command World War I

Manual

 

WarPlan

Manual

 

HexWar / Code Wizards Game Suite

Tournament Enrollment

The HexWar / Code Wizards Game Suite offers a variety of digital wargames at the tactical, operational, and strategic level. Below is a list of just a few of the wargames in the Suite. Information on the other HexWar's games in the Wargaming Cloud can be found here

Company Commander

Manual | In-Game Help

 

Littoral Commander

In-Game Help

 

NATO Division Commander

In-Game Help

 

DIGICAT

The Digital Course of Action Tool (DIGICAT) being developed by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific is a digitized version of the Operational Wargame System. The Alpha version is available to play in the HexWar / Code Wizards Game Suite.

Resources

Vassal

Download

The Vassal Engine is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games, tabletop games and card games. It allows users to play in real time over a live Internet connection, and also by email. It runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.

 

Tutorials

YouTube

Check out the official Krulak Center YouTube Channel to watch our collection of wargame tutorial videos!

Contact information

If you would like to contact the Wargaming Directorate, please email MCUWargamingDirectorate@USMCU.edu