For those who are interested, I will be in Milan over the next few days to take part in a Mediaeval Wargames Computer Tournament on 6th June (D-Day!) that will have some analysis done by the University of Winchester, and other notable academics.
Most people who know me from my Family History work on TV on ITV’s DNA Journey programme, probably won’t know that I have been involved in Wargaming since 1970. I was one of the Founding members of the South London Warlords Wargaming Club and have written various historical analyses of ancient Strategy and Tactics for the Society of Ancients. In my Business career I wrote a book called Tactica to help with commercial sales campaigns using the concepts of successful Military Thinking. I used this as the basis of a successful sales career in IT Services,Software, and Hardware.
So I jumped at the chance to go to the Mediaeval City of Milan to be part of this extravaganza of historical simulations. I fully expect to get trounced by better players with heavily armed armies of Italian Knights against by humble English Peasants on the virtual tabletop, but we’ll go down shouting “God for Harry, England, and St George!”
More updates to come.
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