Wargame Design: The Corinthian War - Men of Bronze Supplement

 

Honestly, this was really unexpected.  One day, I was thinking about the trouble I was having moving some games forward.  I was having challenges getting words on the page.  I kept hitting internal road blocks, despite working my usual system.  I was getting frustrated, and my output was suffering.  

I am not even sure what happened, but I decided I needed to pivot.  What I was doing was not working.  I don't even recall the conscious thoughts that led to this supplement for Men of Bronze/Wars of the Republic to happen, but once I pivoted and started working on it..... well..... it poured itself onto the page in a matter of days.  This was not on my "To Do" list at the end of last year, so to see it now is a surprise to me as it is to anyone else.  Writing can be weird sometimes.

 

What is it?

The Corinthian War is a supplement for use with Men of Bronze/Wars of the Republic that were published as part of the Osprey Wargaming Series of games.  This is the 4th supplement I have done for those rules the others being: 

• Hercules Abroad 
• Revolt! The Third Servile War
• The Ionian Revolt

This one focuses on the historical Greek campaign known as The Corinthian War.  This took place about 10 years after the end of the Peloponnesian War, and after the famous March of the Ten Thousand.  The details of the Corinthian War are documents by Xenophon in his work Hellenica.  There is also additional material in Plutarch's Lives and the works of Diodorus Siculus.  

The supplement focuses on re-creating the historical battles of The Corinthian War on the tabletop.  In this way, it is similar to The Ionian Revolt supplement.  Like  The Ionian Revolt this campaign was a combined arms, Land and Sea affair.  It involved a variety of Greek City-States backed by Persia in overthrowing the military power of Sparta.  Therefore, it had a wide cast of interesting characters, unit types, and miniatures that I could use from my collection.  The campaign also had traditional big hoplite battles, ambush actions, raids, and a variety of scenarios to make wargaming it a blast!   

What is in it?    

This supplement is a condensed work of about 25 pages.  This includes the following: 

• A Brief History
• Some Line of Battle modifications
• The main Campaign
• Optional campaign scenarios

Total there are about 10 scenarios and a very brief way to score the campaign for a result.  This includes a Naval battle scenario, a Coastal Raid scenario, a Strong Point scenario, and some more traditional scenarios.  The Line of Battle modifications add Freed Helots and Athenian Marines as unit types that did not really exist before.  Spartan King Agesilaus II gets his own Line of Battle as well.  

Artwork has a few miniatures that I have painted from Victrix, some cool artifacts from the period, and a snazzy map!  

Where do I get it? 

Of course, you will want a copy of Men of Bronze/Wars of the Republic first.  You can get those wherever Osprey Books are sold.  

If you happen to be one of my Patrons on Patreon, you all ready have it!  I provided it to all my paying Patrons back in December as an early Christmas gift.

If you aren't a Patron (Tsk, tsk!) then you can get it now on my Blood and Spectacles Wargame Vault page.  

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