As the name implies a “simulation game” encompasses aspects of simulations and games and the overlap produces the term‘simulation
games’ although Kriz (2003) provides a more precise definition of simulation games as “representing dynamic models of real situations (a
reconstruction of a situation or reality that is itself a social construction). Simulation games help to mimic processes, networks, and structures of
specific existing systems. In addition to mirroring real-life systems, simulation games incorporate players who assume specific roles.”