People play wargames for many reasons.
They enjoy playing highly competitive games. Wargaming is a hobby, and, as in other hobbies, sharing your interest in wargaming with other gamers in the hobby is fun. A board wargame is a wargame that uses a map-board and counters as its basic elements. The map shows the area where the battle was fought, depicting important terrain, roads, or other features that influenced the course of the battle. A map usually has a grid superimposed on it.