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Implementing Technology at the War Game TablePt. 1Catego! "esea#h $ %oad#ast Miniatue &ames $ '(Apps

Months o) esea#h into this #on#ept !ield the )ollowing esults in these #ategoies:

*+i,*Cads*-i#e "olling*-e.i#e peating !stems*-atabase/des o) %attle*.enote and Messages*iles

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a3 %e#ause it is not 4nown i) a #on.ention .enue will ha.e +i*i that isa##eptable it is li4el! that the #ellula in)astu#tue will be used tosend messages between pla!es and the udge$

b3 howe.e it ma! be li4el! that in ode to pe.ent 7issues7 betweenpla!es the! ma! onl! be allowed to #ommuni#ate to the udge whowill then )owad an! messages to the appopiate pla!es$ onl! the

 udge will ha.e the phone/email addesses so that this is not di.ulgedto othe pla!es3

23 Cads used duing the game3 Thee ae two options hee3a3 A An app whi#h allows an image o) #ads used duing a game and )o

this the ash#ad app #an be used as it allows one to download ones#ads )om thei website to ones de.i#e thee)oe no +i*i #onne#tion

is e;uied3b3 % An app su#h as appli#ation name hee that po.ides a andomsele#tion )om a list o) #ad #ontent$ this app also allows di#e ollingand allows )o "MM%"I<& #ads a pla!e gets .ia what it #alls the7#ampaign7 se#tion o) its app3 This app allows )o o=*line editing o) its>M? ,les3

@3 -i#e used duing the game3a3 Man! apps eist )o olling a die o di#e o) multiple )a#es but ,nding

and tailoing an app to #eate a #ustom die/)a#e #ombination was noteas!3

b3 In the end on#e the appli#ation name abo.e was dis#o.eed )o di#eolling whee we #ould name a esult eithe Colo B%lue Code B"ed o

CnC B!mbol othe sea#hing was ended33 -e.i#e peating !stem3a3 Andoid was the onl! plat)om that apps wee being sought )o3 At a

#on.ention i) pla!es do not ha.e an Andoid de.i#e an Andoid tabletwould be po.ided )o that team3 This #on#ept and esea#h oiginall!stated with the pemise that both sides at the game would ea#h ha.eone Andoid tablet )o use duing the game3

53 -atabase/des o) %attle3a3 Memento -atabase was dis#o.eed and is .iable

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b3 but appli#ation name hee was )ound sin#e and it was de#ided that the#ustomi'ation )eatues o) it plus how it displa!ed the line items wassimple and eas! to na.igate3 %oth apps o=e o=*line editing o) sou#e,les meaning one #an wo4 on the sou#e ,les on a windows DC thenepot the ,les to shaed die#toies whee the Andoid apps #anobtain them o one #an use .enote o othe #loud*shaing apps su#h

as %o to e#hange sou#e ,les3 This appli#ation allows )o an imageto be displa!ed )o ea#h line item3

#3 A sea#h )o a pogamme #ontinues to see i) a #ustom appli#ation )oEe Command #an be #eated$ this would be a highl! simplisti# hitta#4ing appli#ation with gouped line items into %igades3

63 .enote and messages3a3 "athe than use tet messaging .enote notes #an be distibuted to

pla!es and these notes #an ha.e multiple atta#hments and othe)eatues su#h as maps3 .enote was sele#ted as it is not a Mi#oso)tpodu#t and thee)oe ma! be moe open to de.elopment thanne<ote3 .enote and ne<ote ae in heated #ompetition )o uses3

F3 iles3 It was de#ided that the use o) entie ,les su#h as #el +od

DoweDoint et#3 should be a.oided in )a.o o) low*#onsumption tetappli#ations3

?oo4 )o moe on this topi# as esea#h and testing #ontinues3