Did you enjoy watching our club challenge Mark's Game Room for the twin battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium? Would you like to challenge your friends at home to one of these tabletop battles?

​It's a long-standing Little Wars TV tradition to share our scenarios with you whenever possible, and today we're proud to share the Battle of Thermopylae! You can now download the free 2-page PDF scenario designed for Men of Bronze from Osprey Wargames. We do highly recommend you take a look at our revised QRS for the game, which includes a lot of rule tweaks and updates. That is also available for free here on this page! And if you want to use your own hoplite-era rules, the scenario should be adaptable.

In our "club vs. club" Battle of Thermopylae wargame episode you saw us refight the land and naval battle simultaneously. For the land engagement we tried Men of Bronze by Osprey Wargames. This is a game with a lot of potential and some great concepts for hoplite-era battles.

But it's also a game in desperate need of more playtesting, that can't seem to decide if it's a skirmish game or a bigger battle system. Some of the mechanics, like the Support rules, are unworkable on the tabletop. Despite the issues, we really wanted to like Men of Bronze. And so we did what any group of gamers would do--we house-ruled the Hell out of this thing! And I'm pleased to report that our revised version of the game is actually quite fun! Our new QRS with the revisions is available 100% free, here!