[kreeg-speel, -shpeel, kreek-] 
| 1. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers. |
| 2. | a form of chess in which both players see only their own pieces on a board in front of them and must remember the opponent's moves as told to them by a referee who maintains a third board on which the play of both players is shown. |
| Main Entry: | kriegspiel1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a game in which blocks, pins, and flags representing military units and weapons are moved around on maps to simulate war and battles |
| Main Entry: | kriegspiel2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | chess using two separate boards where neither player sees the other board and in which play progresses from limited information given by a referee who tracks the moves on a third board |