Mask off imperialists
Wow…it’s an old-fashioned hex and counter wargame. As played by the original grognards (well, after Napoleon’s, they were the first to appropriate the name).
I thought those were totally obsolete in the new computer era. Maybe they’ll actually finish the game, unlike most hex and counter wargame players.
AFAIK this stuff is done all the time still, and the idea is to do it in multiple forms so that the inaccuracies unique to one type of wargame don’t become overrepresented in the planning department. The computer-based simulations are probably done with something similar to CMANO though.
There are at least a few still being made but as video games (which frankly makes sense, offloading all that upkeep to a computer is an obvious move towards playability).
