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.
A solo game, cool!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteBig fan of the idea...all I ask is that Frostgrave itself continues to receive new products and support.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, Frostgrave is still going to get a majority of the attention!
DeleteThis might be a silly question, but I'm quite curious: "solo wargame" = single player wargame?
ReplyDeleteIf so, any plans on expanding the game into co-op (like say, Dark Alchemy, or even regular player vs player?).
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.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the clarification!
DeleteSounds promising, I'll have to take a lot at it, Dark Alchemy co-op has been a success here at home.
No probs. I suppose the two scenarios could easily be converted to Frostgrave, although they might need to be made a bit more difficult!
DeleteSounds fun :)
ReplyDeleteExciting!
ReplyDeleteI'm always interested in Greek mythology games.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the article!
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!
ReplyDeleteWell, Warriors of Athena removes the spells, which is the most complicated part, so I think you'll enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteWill 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?
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea, certainly makes me want to break out certain skeletons ;)
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteJust found this and it has so many possibilities... Going to use it to do solo Tekumel, Thanks
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