learning strategy via art of war and games.
hi all
Im wondering if anyone here has any suggestions for me...
ive been reading art of war and book of five rings.
and now Im hoping someone knows of any board, video, or online games that
correspond to what Im trying to learn.
ps,
im running windows xp
The Art of War and strategy video/ board games
Board and video games aren't much different from real life situations or conflicts that Sun Tzu gives advise on in The Art of War.
For example, in Chapter 1, he talks about "All warfare is based on deception". For a game like The Settlers of Catan, Risk, or any online strategy game it couldn't be more true!
If you appear strong in a game you become a target. That's why the employment of a deception strategy is some important.
Chapter 6 (Weak Points and Strong) also talks about this strategy. The idea of attacking weak spots seems obvious, but the challenge is finding them.
Sun Tzu says the skilled warrior creates them by fooling their opponent.
The first key concept covered the idea that you must keep your enemy off balance. Keeping your opponent off balance will help mould and shape the conflict to fit your needs. Your opponent must never know what your strategy is. It must appear to everyone that you do not even have one, that way even the most skilled spies will not be able to figure you out. A lack of information leads to problems creating plans. When your opponent cannot properly plan, they cannot avoid having weak spots.
A very practical piece of advice from this chapter is that if you fool your opponent into defending their left, you must attack their right. If you have fooled your opponent into defending their back, then you must attack their front. If your opponent defends everywhere, they will be weak everywhere. By simply tricking your opponent into thinking you have a different plan, you have manufactured a weak spot.
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