Stratagem Solutions Offers a wide variety of Courses & Seminars. 
Most seminars can be held on site at your place of business or organization.  They are best suited for small audiences (under 10 people) but may be adapted for larger numbers.  A course of study may be adapted to the individual needs of you and your staff.  For further information contact James at 249-2083.

Introductory Leadership Simulations (serious games)

Axis & Allies (12 hours)
Explore the decision making process, setting priorites, weighing options, etc.  Devolope strategies in a cometative simulation of World War II.  Lots of fun with a little serious learning added.  

Diplomacy (8 hours)
Communicate & negotiate more effectively while you experience the excitement and intrigue of international politics.  Diplomacy is a battle of wits, negotiations, and alliance with nothing left to luck alone. Balance competing interests, negotiate better deals, understand human motivations. See link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsitEdI4LPk

Communication (4 hours)
Practice communication, cooperation, and decision making with stimulating & educational exercises. Debate and public speaking are emphasized. Analyzing choices and the consequences of a variety of strategies.

Analyze Decisions (5 hours)
Study ancient and medieval warfare that combines maneuver & sieges with chess-like moves and its relationship with business decision making.
Benefit: A competitive exercise where analyzing choices is examined and you learn how you make decisions.

History of the World (6 hours)
Conquest & advancement from the dawn of civilization to modern times.  This is a highly educational walk through world history and the great empires as they rise and fall.
Benefit: A team building exercise where analyzing choices and consequences is strengthened.

Art of Wargaming (1 hours)
Explore these valuable learning devices that can have an important role in the education of leaders.
Benefit: Develop a healthy appreciation of competition as a learning tool and how it can sharpen thinking skills.

Peace Keeping and Peace Making (2 hours)
Examine the possibility and desirability of maintaining the rule of law and the consent of the governed. "War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin.  It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied." - Sun Tzu
Benefit: Increased understanding of human nature and the consequences of freedom.

Risk Taking & the Origins of World War II (3 hours)
Feel the political tension and diplomatic maneuvering that lead to the bloodiest war in human history.
Benefit: Understand human relations and negotiations.

Competition - Battle for Germany (4 hours)
Explore the origins of the Cold War in the race for Berlin at the end of World War II in Europe.

Chess (2 hours)
Perhaps the most widely played and best known strategy game that is the foundation of understanding war or strategy.

Feudal (2 hours)
Medieval warfare combining maneuver & sieges with chess-like moves.

Canadian Content & the War of 1812 (3 hours)
Struggle with limited knowledge and limited command & control to see if Canada will be or not be.

Team Building & Family-like fun (2 hours or more)
Cooperation, education, communication, sportsmanship, decision making and just plain fun for any team.  Possible games could include Kensington, Settles of Catan, Settlers of Canaan, Settlers of Zarahemla, Risk, Axis & Allies, Pente, Backgammon, etc.

Strategy - Napoleon's Art of War (1 hour)
Explore the leadership style and maxims of one of history's greatest commanders.

Strategy - Napoleon's Art of War 2 (4 hours)
Master some of the key elements of Napoleonic Strategy & Tactics in an accessible and fun simulation.

Leadership - A House Divided (5 hours)
The American Civil War helped define the character & ethos of the United States today.  Fun for any history buff.

World War I (1 hour for introduction, 6 hours for full seminar & simulation)
Experience the factors leading to the blood & carnage of this War to End War - or so they thought.

World War II - East Front (1 hour for introduction, 7 hours for full seminar & simulation)
Operation Barbarossa was Hitler's gamble that a swift mobile war would secure a 1000 year Reich.

World War II - West Front (1 hour, 7 hours for full seminar & simulation)
Liberation of western Europe from the Nazi occupiers will be examined from the landings in France to ultimate victory will be explored.


Wargaming Courses

Diplomacy (1 hour, once a week for 10 weeks)
Experience the excitement of international politics in manageable and entertaining battle of whits that leaves nothing left to luck alone.  This is ideally suited for those who need to close deals, negotiate alliances, consider the complexities involved when interests collide.  As the leader of a great power at the beginning of the 1900s you will guide the destiny of state in very treacherous waters.  The major powers include England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Turkey.  Diplomacy is an essential setting stone for anyone interested in truly improving their leadership skills.

Napoleon's Last Battles (3 hours, once a week for 8 weeks)
The Waterloo Campaign was an exciting climax to the career of one of history's most famous soldiers.  This course examines Napoleon's last campaign from both a theoretical point of view and from historical simulations.  Strategy and tactics of Napoleonic warfare will be examined and students will learn to play a game that includes the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, Wavre and Waterloo.  This course is particularly suited to individuals who enjoy strategy games (chess, backgammon, go, etc) and/or enjoy military history.

Napoleon at Leipzig (3 hours, once a week for 8 weeks)
The Battle of Nations 16-19 October 1813 was the largest concentration of fighting men in the world during the 19th century.  After the Grandee Armee was shattered in 1812 in the disastrous Russian Campaign, Napoleon tried to save the French Empire in a brilliant defensive campaign in central Germany.  The Allied Coalition, including: England, Russian, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, and many others mobilize massive forces to being down the French domination.  After Napoleon's victories at Lutzen, Bautzen, and Dresden, he manages to gather 175,000 fighting men near Leipzig.  His enemies bring at least 4 Armies totaling nearly 335,000 troops to wear down and ultimately defeat the French Army in one to the most decisive battles to shape the character of Europe (particularly Germany).  This is a definite benefit to develop team skills, strategic thinking, and learn a exiting piece of history.

A Mighty Endeavor - World War II - D-Day to the Rhine (3 days)
Perhaps the most important and decisive military campaigns of the past 100 years will be examined with both a look at the history of the campaign but also hands-on leadership in a simulation about the campaign.  Canada played an important roll in the battle to liberate France, Belgium, Holland and ultimately defeat the Nazi war machine in western Europe.  The causes and course of the campaign will be discussed and the a simulation or wargame of will be conducted as part of the training.  Planning skills both offensive and defensive will be practiced as the Germans try to hold their conquered territories and the allies choose where to invade, drop paratroops, commit their air dominance, and make their major offensives over the Rhine and ultimately capture the industrial Ruhr area.  This is a excellent learning experience for those who would learn the lessons of history and lead effectively.

World War II - The Russian Campaign (4 days)
On 18 December 1940, Adolph Hitler issued "Fuhrer Directive No. 21" code-named Barbarossa, which said: "The Soviet Union is to be crushed in one swift campaign before the war ends with England."  On 22 June 1941 Nazi Germany forces invaded Stalin's Communist USSR.  Hitler said, "When Barbarossa begins all the world will hold its breath."  This course examines the causes and consequences of this massive military confrontation with the students having an opportunity to examine the campaign with the use of a simulation that captures some of the difficult choices involved with the mobile warfare, supply, weather, air support, terrain effects, paratroops, partisans, and reinforcements.  Examine your planning and thinking skills in this challenging and competitive simulation.

Hannibal - Rome vs. Carthage in the second Punic War, 218-201 BC (5 hours each session with 4 sessions)
One of the most import conflicts that lead to the rise of the Roman Empire will be examined.  The course will be using a simulation that lets you experience the excitement and events of Hannibal's march across the Alps and his subsequent 18 year campaign against Rome in Italy.  Issues of maneuver, decision making, planning, leadership, and random events will be part of the exercise.  This is truly a classic simulation and a great learning experience combined with a great deal of fun.

Machiavelli - Power Politics in Renaissance Italy (2 hours for 12 sessions)
Grand strategy of power politics set in Renaissance Italy 1454-1527.  Can you, as a leader of a major state or neighboring country, expand your influence over the Italian Peninsula?  Will you create the winning conditions by forming alliances and outwitting your opponent in this test of your leadership skills?  Elements such as secrecy, cooperation, planning, negotiations, and careful management of resources will all be examined.  Decision making regarding the use of diplomacy or force, sieges or bribery, finances or garrisons, peace or war.  The golden rule in Machiavelli is that those with the gold make the rules.  Be the leader(s) of Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papal States, Naples, France, Austria or the Ottoman Turkish Empire and conquer (or bribe) to become the dominant power in Renaissance Italy as you learn valuable lessons that can help you succeed.
Benefit: Improve your understanding of negotiations, closing a deal, planning, decision making, and risk assessment


Advanced Wargaming Courses

Third Reich (4 hours twice a week for 16 weeks)
A classic World War II simulation that includes many of the important factors that lead to the bloodiest war in human history.  This is a very complex and intense simulation suited for a very small percentage of the population.  This simulation is for very experienced, intelligent, committed enthusiasts of the World War II and who are up to very serious challenge.

World in Flames (4 hours once a week for 20-30 weeks)
The ultimate World War II simulation of grand strategy with a thorough land, air, sea warfare simulation that includes economic and political factors in a very detailed, yet playable fashion.  This conflict, the largest in history, has been simulated in a very complex but interesting fashion.  This simulation is only for very serious, experienced, intelligent and committed students of World War II.


Future Courses (and by special request)

Civilization, The Dawn of History 8000 BC to 250 BC - The Heroic Age
Colonial Diplomacy, Game of Intrigue in the Era of Empire
Ancient Diplomacy, Macedonia, Carthage, Egypt, Rome, and Syria maneuver for supremacy
Settlers of Catan and Cities & Knights (and others)
Days of Decision, The Origins of World War II
Siege of Jerusalem 68 AD & 70 AD Rome vs. Judea
Paths of Glory, The First World War, 1914-1918
We the People, The American Revolution 1775-1783
For the People. The American Civil War 1861-1865 Simulation
Blue & Gray, Four American Civil War Battles including, Shiloh, Bull Run, Cemetery Hill (Gettysburg), Chickamauga
Antietam Campaign 1862 including the Battles of Harper's Ferry, South Mountain and Antietam
To the Green Fields Beyond, The Battle of Cambrai, 1917
Revolution, The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648
7 Ages, 6000 Years of Human History

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