REMOTE TWITTERING

I’ve written about remote wargaming before, but this is a little different. Rather than playing a game in real time via video conferencing software, we played a game via Twitter. The game itself was based on the exploits of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion who conducted an aggressive war of ambushes and patrols against French forces in Spain in 1809. It was conducted entirely via Twitter. The setup was that a small patrol of about twenty four men had been despatched to scout a bridge and determine if it was suitable for artillery. I set up the game on my table using my 1/72 scale figures. Each player played a single named officer in the Legion and they were obliged to carry out their mission. If you’d be interested in seeing more of the game, search for the hashtag #Lllwargame on Twitter and you’ll find it.