kriegspiel

krieg·spiel

a game for teaching military tactics by the use of small figures representing troops, tanks, etc. moved about as on a large map

Origin of kriegspiel

German kriegsspiel from kriegs (gen. of krieg, war) + spiel, game

kriegspiel

Noun

(Often capitalized)

A boardgame used to train military tactics and strategy
A variant of chess in which players cannot see their opponent's pieces

Origin

From German Kriegspiel

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