Irregular Wars Wargaming

The Somali pirate captain, or HM's customs, or whoever it was who has been 'minding' all our stuff for the last five months, finally deemed fit to have it delivered to our temporary accommodation today. "Huzzah!" Says I. But then I thought to count the boxes... Two boxes missing. "Oh no..." Says I. "...but wait, the box with all the little metal men is here. Huzzah indeed!" So, I opened the box with great haste, mixed with just a tender amount of trepidation. You see I was keen to see all my wee lads (and ladies) again after all this time. I had grand plans of using them to actually play some games; get though AAR's up on the blog and have some fun. On top of that I wanted the rest of my scenery and access to my collection of static grasses. However. What I saw when I opened the boxes and removed what I had believed to be adequate packing materials, my poor little heart died a little. I have to warn any of you with a weak stomach...

Having been down with a nasty head cold and having nothing better to do (except buy a house – more on that anon), I thought I might dabble with the idea of a period variant of the Irregular Wars: Conflict at the World’s End v.1.5 core rules system for the Greek world in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. This is in parallel to, and in no way enforces itself upon, the play-testing being carried out independently in Australia . Rather, I just thought I’d sit down and see if it was really that easy to adapt the rules to a whole other period. The answer was a resounding yes. Below I have indicated a few additional special rules to give a touch of period flavour, followed by a number of suggested army lists. Obviously this is not a stand alone game but requires the core rules to play. Any third party thoughts are much appreciated, but with that thought I encourage one and all to go out and experiment! Company base sizes Although 30x30mm bases may still be used, all figure numbers b...