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Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #15 on: 21 January 2018, 09:31:21 PM »
He-He storm the mission!
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #16 on: 21 January 2018, 09:33:23 PM »
At the nick of the time, Reverend James is saved...

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #17 on: 21 January 2018, 09:35:04 PM »
I would like to thank Panos1975 (now a new LAF member) and Thanos K for the contribution of their excellent figure collections!
It was a game to remember!

Offline Hu Rhu

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #18 on: 21 January 2018, 09:38:16 PM »
Absolutely wonderful battle report.  :D :D   It looks like a most exciting game.

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #19 on: 21 January 2018, 09:40:36 PM »
Absolutely wonderful battle report.  :D :D   It looks like a most exciting game.

Thank you! I was on the mood  :)

Offline fred

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #20 on: 21 January 2018, 09:46:37 PM »
Great write up - having the words on the photos makes following whats going on really easy.

Thanks for posting.

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #21 on: 21 January 2018, 09:52:09 PM »
Great write up - having the words on the photos makes following whats going on really easy.

Thanks for posting.

Thank you! I have a few reports made in such a way in Powerpoint. And now that I finally found how to extract the pics...  :D ;D

Offline juergen c. olk

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #22 on: 21 January 2018, 10:13:48 PM »
Love the look of the game..really like the boats

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #23 on: 21 January 2018, 10:23:36 PM »
Love the look of the game..really like the boats

I know that the riverboat is scratchbuilt. For the xebec, I don't know, I may ask Panos or Thanos tomorrow.

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #24 on: 22 January 2018, 04:34:15 AM »
Very, very cool.
Love the story.
Semper Fi, Mac

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #25 on: 22 January 2018, 04:47:54 AM »
Ah, I love the look of a well groomed savannah - or floor carpet - as the case may be!   lol  Yes, very nice game and report.  Though not an African animal in sight - or was I distracted by all the action (no fair saying they ran off because of all the gunfire!)?!  

As to the comment on the carpet, I have a nice canvas ground cover I painted - eight different layers of paint, one color per layer that I think is generally very effective. However, close-ups reveal the same issue, some all too 'regular' lines in the weave of the material.  Oh, well.  What really matters is that it works in the game - and yours does.

And the animals?  Well, I just plain like to see them in a game for no other reason than I like to see them in a game.

Sad to think that those fine looking horses will soon be consumed by the ravages of the tse-tse fly.  I do hope you had unhorsed versions for the next game in the area to reflect this bit of 'reality'.   :D
« Last Edit: 22 January 2018, 04:57:30 AM by FifteensAway »
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Offline Panos1975

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #26 on: 22 January 2018, 07:17:39 AM »
ooo Dinos , you are the best , very nice game indeed , we play back there  a very exciting game , look forward to play again  with you and the other guys

Offline Guldor

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #27 on: 22 January 2018, 07:52:03 AM »
Very nice Dinthedin. (i know,  "you like this post")  lol lol lol

Offline Vagabond

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #28 on: 22 January 2018, 08:14:28 AM »
An epic game, I really enjoyed reading through this.

Lots going on and the narration and sense of humour made a good report epic.
Cheers

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Save the Missionary! - Darkest Africa
« Reply #29 on: 22 January 2018, 08:49:14 AM »
Very, very cool.
Love the story.

I'm glad you liked it, I tried to take pictures while we were playing, trying not to disturb the flow of the game.
At the same time, I had to take care of the correct photo frames, to match the narration I had in mind.

 

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