pacarat’s Darkest Africa misadventures

[pacarat]

Pics from a game I ran at a local con this past weekend.

[Old Contemptable]

Good Lord, the attention to detail! Fun looking game. I think this game checks all the boxes for a darkest Afrika game. Excellent work!

[Atheling]

Good Lord, the attention to detail! Fun looking game. I think this game checks all the boxes for a darkest Afrika game. Excellent work!

The depth of detail is something that at first glace struck me too.

Superb looking game and made all the more fun by the lovely terrain.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Wonderful, superb!       

[traveller]

Very nice! 

[Umra Khan]

really beautiful !!
please tell us more about rule used and events cards.

[has.been]

Nice.

[FifteensAway]

Is it only me or have the photos gone missing?! 

From the comments, I really want to see this game.  Drats.

edit: Just reloaded and this time the photos showed up. 

Love it - all the wildlife, nice bits of terrain, a nice village and whatever the action was.

Photos are great but perhaps we can get a bit of an After Action Report and what rules were used?

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great looking set up! So many brilliant details. 👍

[marianas_gamer]

Great looking game!

[MaleGriffin]

Fantastic looking game! I LOVE IT! Thank you for sharing! Where did you get your elephants?

[pacarat]

Thanks gents, appreciate the kind words. The DA era/theme is near the top of my favorites list. Just so much there to work with - terrain, people, animals, etc. I finally have enough stuff painted to allow me to put something like this on the table.

Designed the game for six players, six signed, had five show (including  a walk up) and play.  Only a 3.5 hour slot so it was tight.

Multiple factions were provided general objectives and a list of “friend and foe” factions.

Factions were Frontier Police, Zanzibari Slavers, Big Game Hunters, Renegades, and The Ladies Flora, Fauna, and Winchester Appreciation Society. I had Ruga Ruga available as the sixth group, plus a half dozen or more NPC groups available based on random events and encounters.

The Zanzibari went after the villagers, capturing a handful by game’s end. The FP went after the Renegades, who as they were evading the FP ran into Pygmies in their jungle village. They then ran into the Ladies, (who had encountered and engaged the Jungle Lord to join them in protecting the environment and local populace).

The Hunters’ Big Men unit went after the bull elephant. They severely wounded the bull, and evaded his charge with just one casualty due to trampling. The City Slickers unit heard rumors of man eating lions threatening the village; eventually encountered and then took out one of the lionesses.

I used Triumph & Tragedy rules, with adjustments for small units (each faction had a hero plus three 6-7 figure units.) I like the rules, but may try some mods for next convention.  Given the number of players (none knew the rules), and the limited time slot I need something relatively easy to pick up and with a quicker pace. (This is not a knock on T&T at all). I’ll be reviewing my notes and feedback I got from a couple players to make some tweaks. I need to streamline the activation and make the combat a bit more deadly.

(A side note - I ran a Pleistocene Mammoth Hunt the night before, and by the third turn the players were running the mechanics without my assistance at all)

Below are some pics of the local fauna in my collection:

[pacarat]

Fantastic looking game! I LOVE IT! Thank you for sharing! Where did you get your elephants?

Papo, Schleich, and Safari Ltd.

[FifteensAway]

Love all the beasties!  In 15 mm, many hundreds already painted for my East Africa insanity with many, many more hundreds to do.  And hundreds of humans, too.  Probably use Fistful of Lead: Big Battles when I get around to running a game.  Hope mine will look half as good as yours!

[flatpack]

You’ve really gone to town with your game, well done.
It’s like a firework display, as I don’t know where to look next   
Great colours, great character. Brilliant.