Saturday 13 August 2016

The Warriors of Athena

Devoted readers may remember a few months ago, when I posted this little teaser about a side project I was working on. Well, I have just received confirmation that it is soon going to appear in print in the next issue of Wargames: Soldiers & Strategy.

The Warriors of Athena is a solo wargame set in the world of Greek Mythology (or at least Hollywood-style Greek Myth). The player starts by creating his ‘Hero’. This begins with a roll on the parentage table to see if the hero is the son or daughter of a god or king. The player then gets to choose the stats and special abilities that define his hero. Finally, the hero must recruit a warband of other warriors to help him on his quest; this can include a few fantastic warriors such as centaurs and satyrs.

The basic rules are based on Frostgrave, and players will need a copy of the book, or at least a decent understanding of the rules, in order to play The Warriors of Athena.

After the creating a hero and building a warband sections, there are two linked scenarios to set your hero out on his journey through Mythic Greece. First the hero must rescue some prisoners from a band of pirates and then sail to a barren island and confront a deadly gorgon! If the hero survives, there are rules for experience and improvement.

At this point, The Warriors of Athena is just one article, but I am hopeful that if the feedback is good I will expand the game with new rules and scenarios in future issues. So, if you like it, make sure to let Wargames Soldiers & Strategy know!

You can pre-order the issue here. A PDF of the issues is usually made available for purchase after publication.

17 comments:

  1. A solo game, cool!

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  2. Big fan of the idea...all I ask is that Frostgrave itself continues to receive new products and support.

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    1. Don't worry, Frostgrave is still going to get a majority of the attention!

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  3. This might be a silly question, but I'm quite curious: "solo wargame" = single player wargame?

    If so, any plans on expanding the game into co-op (like say, Dark Alchemy, or even regular player vs player?).

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  4. Yes, solo meaning one player only. There is actually nothing that would stop it from being played co-op, or even player vs. player - it's just that the scenarios are designed for one player.

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    1. Thank you for the clarification!
      Sounds promising, I'll have to take a lot at it, Dark Alchemy co-op has been a success here at home.

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    2. No probs. I suppose the two scenarios could easily be converted to Frostgrave, although they might need to be made a bit more difficult!

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  5. I'm always interested in Greek mythology games.
    Looking forward to the article!

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  6. You got me at "solo wargaming" and "Greek mythology!" I have Frostgrave but am too nervous to play it against another opponent on account of the fact that it seems very complex (for me anyway). This sounds great!

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  7. Well, Warriors of Athena removes the spells, which is the most complicated part, so I think you'll enjoy it!

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  8. Will be a while before I can get the issue, but I'd love to start building the required models right away: would you be able to disclose roughly how many and what kind of models would be required for the warband? Heavily armoured hoplites, unarmoured ones, archers, peltasts, [...]? Or are the warband rosters and costs simply comparable to Frostgrave?

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  9. Awesome idea, certainly makes me want to break out certain skeletons ;)

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  10. I just picked up a copy of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy simply on the strength of how cool this looked. Good job, and I hope you do indeed write further adventures for it down the line!

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  11. Just found this and it has so many possibilities... Going to use it to do solo Tekumel, Thanks

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