Men of Bronze Supplement: The Ionian Revolt

[Eric Farrington]

I had a lot of rules writing goals for 2022. I had several projects that were close to completion and in post-production as 2022 dawned. These were all intended to eventually find a home on the Blood and Spectacles Wargames Vault page. One of the projects I was especially excited for was a supplement for Men of Bronze set during the Ionian Revolt. When the book initially came out, I wrote an article on the Ionian Revolt for Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. However, it never made publication as they lacked a Persian army for photos. I had run into the same problem myself! Thankfully, now a few manufacturers make them in plastic, so creating a Persian army is much easier now and I was able to revive my work on this topic for a supplement of my own!



So, what makes this supplement different from the last one? The previous one, Hercules Abroad focused on new Lines of Battle and scenarios with these forces to round out the Mediterranean Basin with the foes of the Greeks. This supplement has a very different focus and goals.

The first goal was create a multi-game simple campaign focusing on the activity in the Ionian Revolt. Therefore, there are 5 campaign historical scenarios, and there are also three additional scenarios that focus on some of the interesting aspects of the campaign beyond the field battles; naval warfare and sieges! In addition, I created rules for Solo-play that can be used in the Ionian Revolt or anywhere else you wish.

You can read all the designer's notes on the blog here:
bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/12/wargame-design-ionian-revolt.html

Then, you can also find the supplement on the Wargame Vault here:
www.wargamevault.com/product/411101/The-Ionian-Revolt--Men-of-Bronze-Supplement