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Throughout the development process, many movies were examined to explore how popular culture portrays military plotting tables.

The movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone portrays a game of Wizards Chess. Attacking the opponent is visualised through the physical destruction of a chess piece. A chessboard is a grid-based representation of a battlefield.

A battle of Wizard's Chess, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

A battle of Wizard's Chess, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

View a battle of Wizard's Chess, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

In Cleopatra (1963), the manoeuvring of model ships on a plotting table correlates to the physical location of a ship.

The destruction of the correlating ship was visualised through a chemical change through the burning of its phicon.

The progression of a naval battle, Cleopatra (1963)

The progression of a naval battle, Cleopatra (1963)

The progression of a naval battle, Cleopatra (1963).