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Offline Overlord

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In the heart of Africa
« on: September 20, 2009, 11:33:49 AM »
I played a game using Chris Peers ruleset last week.  The first Africa game in several years.  ::)

Excuse the photos as they were taken with my phone and the lighting wasnt great.


A unit of my spearmen spot a group of askaris


The askaris ready themselves for the attack


Drawing some ineffective fire the spearmen head towards a juicier target, the whitemen and their entourage


A general shot of 2/3rds of the table


The spearmen close with the leaders of the Stanley-Baxter expedition


The steady measured fire from the Europeans starts to whittle the spearmen down


Meanwhile, as the askari begin to relax a group of warriors see their opportunity


At the other end of the table my ambushing pygmy archers surprise the advancing Sikhs.
Sadly (for me) the biggest surprise was killing only a single man.

The spearmen did however crash into the whitemen wiping them out in a fierce melee.

Unfortunately we ran out of time at this point....
The askari will likely be in trouble now from the advancing warriors, supported by the remnants of the spearmen from the melee.  At the other end of the table the pygmys and a unit of spears are facing the Sikh regulars and a unit of heavily armed askari.  I dont fancy their chances...

Another game (hopefully to a conclusion) is planned in a couple of weeks time.  :)
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2009, 08:16:55 PM »
The spearmen close with the leaders of the Stanley-Baxter expedition

Three cheers for the name-pun!  lol

Looks like you had a good game. I'm undecided as to whether I should by these rules or not.
I already have plenty of good colonial rules, but I still want more  :?

I look forward to your next report. Maybe you could go into how the rules mechanisms work, to help poor souls like me decide what to do.

Cheers  :)


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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2009, 10:34:37 PM »
No bricks?  ;)

Looks like a fun game  :)


Offline Galman

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 02:33:10 AM »
Looks great and good report!

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 02:38:41 AM »
Those are some great pictures, even with a phone.  (Technology is amazing, who would have thought you could take pictures of a game of miniatures with a phone, fer cryin' out loud?)

What are the skulls on poles for?  Casualty markers?  But why are they on poles?  (6th photo down)

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2009, 02:46:53 AM »
What are the skulls on poles for?

Cannibal headhunters!  They're everywhere!

Good looking game, I've gotta start playing more Africa!
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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2009, 07:25:06 AM »
Looking good, sounds like it was a fun game. :)
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Offline Galloping Major

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2009, 11:21:51 AM »
Great stuff  :)


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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2009, 11:41:19 AM »
Great report, bad pun!  I Like them both! :)

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2009, 03:17:32 PM »
Great stuff, very inspiring.

I am in the process of sprucing up and rebasing my DA figs for Chris's new set "Death in the Dark Continent".

I will post a report when we get a game in.

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2009, 07:55:07 PM »
Ah, I misread the title. I assumed they were the new set in use, not the old skirmish ones  ::)

I have those, but not "Death in the Dark Continent".

Maybe Phil could postthoughts on the rules along with the report?

Either way, Im looking forward to reading it  :)

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2009, 08:50:16 PM »
Thanks for the encouraging comments chaps.  :)

Three cheers for the name-pun!  lol
In retrospect I should have fielded one of the whitemen in a period ladies dress, brandishing a Scottish accent.  :D

No bricks?  ;)
Not one, not even a building on the table  :o  ;)

What are the skulls on poles for?  Casualty markers?  But why are they on poles?  (6th photo down)
I had intended using them as morale staus markers, but they were used as casualty markers in this game.
Why are they on poles? It looked good (to me) when I was making them, nothing more.  :)

Ah, I misread the title. I assumed they were the new set in use, not the old skirmish ones  ::)
No, they are the "old" set. Its that I have only just got around to playing them.... ::)

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2009, 09:44:24 PM »
Like Kelroy said, the piccies are good enough, and show just how far mobile "phones" have come! (Wonder if anyone uses them as telephones anymore?)
I was interested in the square stands on your figures. Is that a requirement of these rules, a preference of yours, or just that it's easier to know which way a figure is facing! :)

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2009, 10:05:06 PM »
Like Kelroy said, the piccies are good enough, and show just how far mobile "phones" have come! (Wonder if anyone uses them as telephones anymore?)
Its better picture quality than the first digital camera I bought (not that many years ago).  ::)

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I was interested in the square stands on your figures. Is that a requirement of these rules, a preference of yours, or just that it's easier to know which way a figure is facing! :)
I usually go with round bases (1p or 2p coins generally).  I went for square bases at the time, but slightly regret it now.  It does help with facing, particularly firearms as they have a  90 degree fire arc and the sit a bit neater in the storage box  :?

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Re: In the heart of Africa
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2009, 04:10:56 PM »
I had intended using them as morale staus markers, but they were used as casualty markers in this game.
Why are they on poles? It looked good (to me) when I was making them, nothing more.  :)

I think they look quite appropriate on poles, what with it being in Africa and all.  Just seems to fit the style!  I was more curious if they were markers or simply terrain.  Thanks!

 

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