How do wargames actually work?

Question

And how realistic are they?

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Answer 1

I was a forward observer for an armoured brigade for about eight years. When we did our major war gaming exercises, all the vehicles – tanks, HMMWVs – were turned into giant laser tag vehicles by adding sensors to the outside of the vehicles and installing lasers on, for example, tanks’ main guns. The same was done with smaller gear for every person by attaching sensors to our body armour and helmets and attaching lasers to our rifles.