Intel training

THE CIA IS USING RPGS AND TABLETOP GAMES TO TRAIN OPERATIVES

If you’re in the CIA, you need to be able to think quickly on your feet and roll with unexpected situations when you’re in the field. While you can most certainly thrust a trainee into a real-life field operation or create an elaborate test environment, the CIA has been using a more unique method of problem-solving and intelligence-gathering training: games.

As i09 reports, the CIA actually debuted some of the card games and board games that they use in training at this year’s SXSW. Right now, they have three games that they use, and are still developing a fourth. So what are the games? Essentially, they’re similar to games we play. One is called Collection, which plays a lot like Pandemic, and centers around CIA analysts collaborating to solve various global crises. Another game teaches operatives and analysts to collaborate effectively with other law enforcement agencies as they work to capture El Chapo.