Book Club: Dark Places
Sun, Sep 21
|https://meet.google.com/bmb-ohfo-npd
The WWN Book Club welcomes Dr. John Curry to discuss Dark Places, exploring how professional wargaming tackles challenging themes like nuclear conflict, civilian harm, and societal collapse — blending ethical reflection with strategic insight.
Time & Location
Sep 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
https://meet.google.com/bmb-ohfo-npd
Guests
About the event
📚 WWN Book Club: Dark Places with Dr. John Curry
🗓 Sunday, September 21
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST / 6:00 – 7:00 PM UK
📍 Remote - Google Meet
This September, the WWN Book Club sits down with Dr. John Curry, editor of Dark Places: Professional Wargaming of Dark Themes — the second volume in the History of Wargaming Project: Professional Wargaming series.
A pioneer in serious games and conflict simulations, Dr. Curry brings decades of experience designing games for the UK MOD, DSTL, BAE, and the Pentagon. Dark Places tackles the most difficult topics in professional wargaming, from nuclear decisions to civilian harm and societal collapse — showing how games can be tools for ethical reflection as well as strategic insight.