Men Of Bronze

[has.been]

I too am interested. My hoplites are just gathering dust at the moment,
however, there is no mention on the Osprey site & I have looked as far
as 'pre-order for 3 months'.

[Irregular Wars Nic]

You can pre-order it on Amazon already.

[Irregular Wars Nic]

You can pre-order it on Amazon already.

Indeed, I have just pre-ordered it this morning.

Eric, any chance you could provide a list of the unit types in the game? From reading your blog it looks like there are:
*) hoplites (militia, drilled, and elite)
*) drilled foot (?)
*) peltasts
*) psiloi (javelins only, or slingers, or archers?)
*) archers
*) cavalry (any variation in types?)

Cheers.

[Arrigo]

Big question, how many troops per unit, or it is up to the players? My 28mm hoplites and phalangites are on 4 man bases and I was thinking of units of 12-16 troops, allowing for marking casualties.

[Easy E]

Great questions guys. 

As far as number of troopers per unit, it doesn't really matter as long as you can do two things....

1. Tell who the "leader" is for movement, LOS, determining flanks, etc.
2. You can tell if a unit is in Phalanx or open order (this could even be done via counters)

It also helps if both sides are based in roughly the same manner, but with some discussion ahead of time you could probably get past that too. 

As far as troop types, I can't give all my secrets away!  Suffice it to say that I am using the Daniel Mersey approach of loose, somewhat abstracted unit types.  I believe on my bog there has been....

-Hoplites of various skill level
-Light missile troops such as Psiloi, Peltasts, and Archers (Oh my!)
-Non-Hoplite infantry of various skill level
-Cavalry 

However, that is not all of the units in the book.  I will say that I don't spill much ink on siege equipment or Persian chariots though.  I considered them out of scope.         

[Irregular Wars Nic]

As far as troop types, I can't give all my secrets away!  Suffice it to say that I am using the Daniel Mersey approach of loose, somewhat abstracted unit types.  I believe on my bog there has been....

-Hoplites of various skill level
-Light missile troops such as Psiloi, Peltasts, and Archers (Oh my!)
-Non-Hoplite infantry of various skill level
-Cavalry 

However, that is not all of the units in the book.  I will say that I don't spill much ink on siege equipment or Persian chariots though.  I considered them out of scope.       

You bloody tease you! 

We'll, my first 10mm Greeks have arrived. I've played it safe and started with peltasts. Still trying to work out if I need slingers, and whether there is a distinction between cavalry types.

[Easy E]

You bloody tease you! 

We'll, my first 10mm Greeks have arrived. I've played it safe and started with peltasts. Still trying to work out if I need slingers, and whether there is a distinction between cavalry types.

Slingers are indeed a troop type.  However, melee is intentionally the more effective arm of decision. 

Cavalry is in a light and heavy style.

[Irregular Wars Nic]

I am currently making tiny little 10mm greenstuff hats for my new army - Classical/pre-Philippic reform Macedonians (perhaps classed as Hill Tribes in the rules?).

I'm popping a little kausia on each leader of my Macedonian peltasts, and making little broad brimmed petasoi for my Macedonian cavalry.

[Easy E]

I look forward to seeing them.

[Antonio J Carrasco]

Hi

So, I have my Macedonians based on three 8-figures bases per unit in the Phalanx i.e. 24 figures per unit with 6 frontage and 4 deep, representing, roughly, a taxeis. I've tried to standarize base-sizes accross the army, therefore my Peltasts are in 3 figure bases, with the same frontage than the Phalanx -but shallower depth- while the Cavalry is based on pairs of 2 riders per base, with 6 bases per unit (to form wedges, if I fancy). As you see, it is very formal arrangement. I wonder if it can be used with your rules?


Thanks!

[Easy E]

Yes, they will be usable. 

You can show them in Open Order by spacing the bases apart and form them up if you need to into Phalanx.  If you can designate one base as the "leader" of the unit you are all set.  The leader is used to determine Line-of-Sight, movement, etc. 

I know form experience that basing varies a lot from game to game so I tried to make my game base and scale agnostic for the widest range of possible models and basing being used.  No one wants to re-base their whole army for a new game system.  Well, I don't anyway.       

[Irregular Wars Nic]

I know form experience that basing varies a lot from game to game so I tried to make my game base and scale agnostic for the widest range of possible models and basing being used.  No one wants to re-base their whole army for a new game system.  Well, I don't anyway.     

And that is commendable.

[Melnibonean]

This is the first I've heard of this game. I look forward getting a copy as I have a two large 15mm hoplite armies (Athens & Sparta) and a large and still growing Successor army.

[has.been]

'Large 15mm'
Scale creep again?

[Irregular Wars Nic]

Eric, I have compiled everything that I currently know regarding your rules in preparation of building my first 10mm army.

https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2018/10/men-of-bronze-what-do-we-know.html

If there is anything you want to add (or correct), please let me know.

I am starting with Classical (pre-Philippic reform) Macedonians. Would a starting force like this seem reasonably doable - as hill tribes maybe?

1x heavy cavalry, 2x militia hoplites, 3x peltasts

Cheers,

Nic