I am starting a new “force” to go along with my already completed Darkest Africa figures, this time the dreaded Force Publique…’cos everyone needs a bad guy to face, even the Arab Slavers…!!! I have bought one pack each of: Foundry Force Publique , plus Foundry Askari Mountain Gun. I’ve learned a lot over the…
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In Darkest Africa (Homebrew Rules)
So, after lots of playing around with rules for the display game I am doing at our Wargames Show, I’ve decided on a mix of rulesets – I am using most of the “Congo” rules and mechanisms, but am also using the activation system from Donnybrook/Sharp Practice. We’ve had three test games so far, and…
Darkest Africa: Donnybrook
Another week, another set of rules – this week it was Donnybrook, from the League of Augsburg team – http://leagueofaugsburg.blogspot.co.uk/ I’m looking for a set of rules (a) to use for a display game at our clubs show (http://www.durhamwargames.co.uk/show/index.htm), and (b) to use as a generic skirmish set that we can dip into from time…
Darkest Africa: Smooth and Rifled
It’s been a while since I posted…however, the truth is I have been pumping all of my time into making terrain and painting figures…so far I’ve completed: around 150 figures, all from the Foundry range 4′ x 3′ of terrain tiles, using the Sally 4th Terraformers range loads of trees, all made using woodland scenic…
More Darkest Africa
More Darkest Africa goodness last night, using our adapted version of Legends of the Old West rules. We used a variation on the ‘Avert the Massacre’ scenario from ‘Blood on the Plains’. Native and Zanzibar figures are mine, British figures belong to Steve Hardy. The Native Village is an old Games Workshop piece from years…
Darkest Africa – First Game
Well, I’ve been painting up Darkest Africa figures as you know – I haven’t got round to photographing each unit as yet, but will get to it soon. Tonight, we put on our first game at the club – I provided the Zanzibar Slavers, and my good friend Steve provided the British regulars. For rules,…