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…
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…
Legends of the Old West
A brief report today, mainly because I forgot my camera, so had to resort to the old iPad…! We’ve been playing about with scenario-based ‘Legends of the Old West’ games, mainly so I could make sure I was happy that the system was suitable for large multi-player games at the club, and would be easy…
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…