Transatlantic To The Strongest

 To the Strongest Ancients has long been a Zoom staple wargame for us, but as time has gone on, the capabilities have matured. Simon put on another Crusades To The Strongest game last evening, Seljuks vs Crusaders. However, Crusader command was 4500 miles away, in Jamaica. 

The Seljuk Combat Command Centre was in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

While Simon runs the game with his nicely painted figures, the players direct and track activities via a PowerPoint map and counter set. Embedding the grid and terrain into the Slide Master, then allows the players to drag and turn the counters easily. Not quite Table Top Simulator, but easier for the semi-literate IT to manage! 

Luck was not with the Crusaders last night, however. The mighty Crusader Knights charged forth, intending to sweep all before them, only to be held up by a few peasants with pointy sticks! Then the Crusader 'shieldwall' appeared to have become strangely porous to Seljuk horse archer arrows?

However, the final ignominy came when a group of light infantry archers mugged the Crusader Commander's elite Knights by a flank charge! Some more pious prayer required from the Crusaders we think!