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Warriors! Come out to play....
CAN YOU DIG IT? CAAAAN YOUUUU DIG IT?!Yeah, I know what you are talking about.
"The Warriors" is an adaptation from a 1965 novel which is based on Xenophon's
Anabasis. It tells the (true) story of the "Ten Thousand" a large company of Greek mercenaries working for a faction in the Persian Civil War during the 5th Century B.C. After their Persian employer, their general and superior officers are slain or captured they find themselves deep in enemy territory and on the side of a lost cause. They elect new leaders from among their ranks to lead them out of Persia towards the Black Sea and the Greek city-states. Not only do they have the Persians on their heels, they have to deal with hostile natives, cross deserts and mountains.
The
Anabasis has been called "one of the great adventures in human history". It is perhaps, together with the Last Stand of the 300 Spartans and the Battles of Alexander, the greatest tale of military courage in the face of overwhelming odds that we have from the Bronze Age.
I have not read yet, but I think going back to the original, pre-industrial, source might serve a LL game better than using the movie as inspiration. There are also modern literary adaptations of Xenophon's tale that don't fast forward 2400 years and place it one the other side of the Atlantic, if you don't fancy delving into the classic.
I mean...honestly, what screams "LL" more?
This?
This?
This?
This?
This?
Or...
this?