Definition of "kriegspiel" [kriegspiel]

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

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• "All notes are by the translator.) [1] Also known as kriegspiel, this is the cabinet game that Guy Debord invented (circa"
• "Once, on a three-months 'reaction-drive voyage from Yggdrasill to Loki, he had taught a couple of professors of extraterrestrial zoology to play kriegspiel, and before the end of the trip, he was being horrified by the callous disregard they showed for casualties."
• "Once, on a three-months 'reaction-drive voyage from Yggdrasill to Loki, he had taught a couple of professors of extraterrestrial zoology to play _kriegspiel_, and before the end of the trip, he was being horrified by the callous disregard they showed for casualties."