Matthew B. Caffrey Jr.

Working to advance and sustain the art, science and application of wargaming

matthewbcaffreyjr@gmail.com

Mr. Matthew B. Caffrey, Jr. has designed and executed wargames for, and taught wargaming to, a wide range of US Department of Defense organizations for nearly thirty years. He developed major wargame concepts such as 3rd Generation Wargaming, the Caffrey Triangle and the Caffrey Pyramid. As a strategic and operational planner he developed the concepts of Crony Bombing and the Innovation/Strategy/Caffrey Cycle. As an organizer and leader he is the founder of the long running family of international Connections Wargaming Conferences and has set up and led multiple international and inter-departmental, branches and working groups engaged in wargaming, planning and analysis. He is widely published, and his recent book "On Wargaming" has been downloaded from the US Navy War College Press over thirty-four thousand times. He is now the proprietor of Matt Caffrey LLC, providing wargame education and consulting services to industry and government. 

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My Personal Mission

Matt Caffrey LLC

Connections Wargaming Conferences

Applied Wargaming Guide

On Wargaming
How Wargames Have Shaped History and How They May Shape the Future
(Matt Caffrey, US Naval War College Press 2019)

Wargame Research