To simulate is to model a (source) system through a different system which maintains to somebody some of the behaviors of the original system”. The key term here is “behavior”.
Quotes about simulations
I don’t really understand that dichotomy. I see a lot of discussions, “is this a game or is this a simulation?” […] There are simulation games, and there are simulations that are not games, and there are games that aren’t simulations. But to me it’s not a spectrum.
Here we have such a simple thing as a little booklet of rules and a game board with spaces on it and a few bits of wood and paper that can bring out so much ambiguity and complexity in a realistic way… Isn’t that wonderful?
A wargame is a playable simulation. A conflict simulation is another name for wargame, one that leaves out the two unsavory terms “war” and “game”.
Narrative may excel at taking snapshots at particular events but simulation provides us with a rhetorical tool for understanding the big picture.
