kriegspiel
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
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a form of chess in which both players see only their own pieces on a board in front of them and must remember the opponent's moves as told to them by a referee who maintains a third board on which the play of both players is shown.
noun
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(sometimes capital) a form of war game in which symbols representing military formations are moved about on maps
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a variation of chess in which each player has his own board and men and does not see his opponent's board and men. The moves are regulated by an umpire on a third board out of sight of both players
Etymology
Origin of kriegspiel
1805–15; < German Kriegsspiel, equivalent to Krieg ( e ) s, genitive of Krieg war + Spiel game
Example Sentences
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This stage of the kriegspiel was the tactical moment for the British southern units in Gi�lo to move northwestward to cut off the Axis retreat into Tripoli.
From Time Magazine Archive
The northern third of Natal is as vulnerable a military position as a player of kriegspiel could wish to have submitted to him.
From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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