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This weekend I finally go the basing done on the last couple units for the Spartan and Corinthian Sample armies from the Men of Bronze core rulebook.



You can see a unit of Spartan Hoplites, a Corinthian Hoplite unit, and a band of floppy-hat wearing Peltasts. I now have the armies I wanted for a short Corinthian War campaign.

I will try to get some photos of these units with their respective armies this weekend. Watch this space.

Here is a recent battle report from a fellow gamer....

https://agrabbagofgames.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/battle-of-phlius-summer-427bc/

I have been slowly working on a few armies for Men of Bronze over the last 18 months. My armies are all Victrix models based on 25mm bases. Some of the bases are from Victrix while others are just washers. My main paints for this project have been Army Painter, with a spattering of Big Box retail craft paints and brushes.



The armies were based on the sample armies found in the main Men of Bronze rule book. Therefore, they are designed to fit standard point games, and use 1 inch as a base width. Of course, the game itself is base and model agnostic, so you can do something totally different with your armies.

You can see the three armies on my blog here....

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2020/05/men-of-bronze-armies-in-field-spartans.html

A fine battle report with gorgeous armies here:

https://agrabbagofgames.wordpress.com/

My Spartan force....

Here is my Corinthian army....

Another very nice review....

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/features/men-of-bronze-first-impressions-of-the-osprey-rules-for-hoplite-battle/

I feel like this one has been out for a while, but I missed it somewhere along the line.

Most of the time, we associate the Etruscans with the rise of Rome. This is true, but the Etruscans were not just rivals of Rome, they were also early rivals of Carthage and the Greek settlers into the western parts of the Mediterranean. There was a period known as the Etruscan Expansion that brought Greeks and Etruscans into conflict. Most of the documented battles were at sea, but where there is conflict at Sea, there is also conflict on land. Since we have no remaining written (and translated) Etruscan sources, such details have likely been lost to history.



An illustration of Etruscan warriors from Warry's Warfare in the Ancient World.

However, you can see an army list for the Etruscans in Men of Bronze on the blog here:

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2021/01/men-of-bronze-etruscans.html

I added Army Lists now for....

Carthage
Magna Graecia
Thessaly
Thracians
Pre-Reform Macedonians
and
Etruscans

Who else do you think would be suitable to add a list to for Men of Bronze. I was toying with the idea of Argos but I am not sure I have enough "there" there to make it work. They can be pretty much a standard City-State list.

Lydians, Aetolians, Carians? I am not sure there is enough detail to differentiate them from a standard list?

Your thoughts?

On a different forums, someone suggested Late Period Egyptians as they were involved with the Persian Empire, the Delian League, plenty of Greek mercs, and were relevant all the way up to Ptolemy's invasion.

Therefore, give me what you know about their military. I am not finding much!

My big question revolves around the use of chariots from about 525 BCE all the way to Ptolemy's take-over. I have a hard time believing they did not evolve beyond them BUT the Egyptians were slow adopters of military technology.

By that point, hadn’t Egypt been ruled by Lybian mercenaries, Kush, and Assyria? They likely would have adapted to Assyrian cavalry as they had to Hyksos chariots, no?

That is my thought BUT the sources I am finding do not say definitively.

In fact, one of the Battles against the Persians happens early enough (525 BCE) where there maybe some Chariots on the Persian side as well, but again it is unclear.

So, I did some research on Cretans in the Classical world, and the Kingdom of Kush/Nubians.

However, upon review I have decided that there is either not enough for the period in question OR it is all ready covered enough in the core rules and there is no real "Hook" to these lists.

Let me know if I am not seeing something I should, but I have no plans at the moment to make Men of Bronze lines of battle for these groups.

I don’t know how granular the rules are. Weren’t the Kushites “known” to be better archers? Probably not better enough to make a difference in the rules...

Yes, they used a lot of archers and slingers.

I COULD make a list but they really were not very active in the Med or even lower Egypt at the time so nothing much to sink your teeth into. Their activity was either too early or too late for the Men of Bronze period.

My most recent Line-of-Battle on the Blood and Spectacles blog was for the Etruscans.

I spent a bit of time kitbashing together various Victrix models to try and put an Etruscan unit together that had axe men, and hoplites with javelins in hand. Here is what they came out looking like....



Sadly, I thought I had some left over shield transfers from my Greeks, but I could not find them for these guys.

Since they are kit bashed from Mercenary Hoplites, Republican Romans, Spartans, Greek Light Cavalry, and Vikings they are probably not 100% "authentic" since I ma using gear and weapons from across a broad expanse of time. However, I think they will do the job of showing the "Disruption" special rules and look unique enough on the table to make it work.

Your thoughts?

Thanks to everyone's help, I published a supplement on Wargame Vault for Men of Bronze. This includes all the new Lines of Battle for areas outside of Greece proper, the FAQ, and Campaign rules for you to play.

To pick-up the supplement, you can go to the Wargame Vault Here:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/349063/Hercules-Abroad--Men-of-Bronze-Supplement

I know we discussed the Late Period Egyptians, so here is what I have put together.



The Egyptians have a long and vibrant history as an Empire. It is crazy to think that Cleopatra is closer in time to the moon landing, then she is to the foundation of Egypt as a civilization in the Nile Delta! That is a long span of time! It honestly boggles the mind.

The Egyptians were still active in the Mediterranean when the Greeks were expanding outward from Greece. Indeed, the Egyptians had a long history of hiring Greek mercenaries to help fight their wars all the way back to the Mycenaes and the Greek Dark Age. However, during the hey-day of Greek Hoplite battles, the Greco-Persian Wars, and all the way to the conquests of Alexander the Egyptians remained a player in the Mediterranean region.

Therefore, I have posted a discussion about the Late Period Egyptians and their armies on the blog. This information can also be found in the Hercules Abroad supplement on the Blood and Spectacles Wargame Vault[/a] page.

I hope you enjoy the discussion.

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2021/07/men-of-bronze-late-period-egyptians.html

Hercules Abroad Link:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/349063/Hercules-Abroad--Men-of-Bronze-Supplement

Wargame Vault Link:
https://www.wargamevault.com/browse.php?keywords=blood+and+spectacles&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=