African Exploration Games

[Kingscarbine]

Hi,

I'm searching the forum for info on rules for setting a campaing-like expedition into de Dark Continent. Does anyone have an idea of what I'm after?

[Plynkes]

I've got two, myself.

First there's Adventures in Jimland which is a campaign system for exploration, which randomly generates terrain and natives on each blank map square as you enter it, and also has its own tabletop battle rules. With a bit of work it is adaptable to use as a campaign mechanism for whatever tabletop rules you want to use. Such things as dinosaurs are entirely optional, you can play it as a straight historical game if you want. One day I shall use it as the core for a 'Source of the Nile' campaign, but haven't got around to it yet.



Available from here:
http://minden_games.homestead.com/Jimland.html



Secondly there is Dark Continent, a role-playing game of African exploration. Of less use to a tabletop gamer perhaps, but chock full of interesting source material and written in quite a wry, humorous style. Worth having just as an enjoyable read. Not currently in print, but still crops up here and there. I was lucky enough to get a copy from Spirit Games a couple of years back.





I always wanted a copy of the board game Source of the Nile , which had a hex map of Africa that is blank in the interior and you fill in as you go with coloured (wipeable) marker pens or crayons. Thought that might be useful for the campaign element of a miniatures game, but it is long out of print. Have yet to obtain this one, so can't really say if it is worth having or not.



http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1577/source-of-the-nile

[KevinH]

Depending how rich or desperate you are there's a copy for sale here:

Look at this on eBay:

Source Of The Nile (AH) Fine Board Game

http://bit.ly/sZL4SK

[Plynkes]

Thanks, Kevin. It's very tempting.

[Kingscarbine]

Thanks! Those are great suggestions. I remembered reading something on Savage and Soldier by Howard Whitehouse
and there it was... Notes From the Dark Continent. It looks very interesting and detailed.

http://www.savageandsoldier.com/articles.html

[Conquistador]

Not miniatures oriented but educational - http://www.history.com/interactives/expedition-game

Gracias,

Glenn

[Kingscarbine]

Fun game. Good idea for an expedition "campaign"

[Siaba]

Full rules for such a game were published in french magazine VAE VICTIS. If you are interested and can read french, I can find you the exact issue 

[Kingscarbine]

Pas de problème! I can read French... Speaking it is another story 

[Plynkes]

Source of the Nile arrived all the way from Americky today.  It's in lovely nick considering it's from 1980. Doesn't look like it has been played with much. The crayons haven't been worn down hardly at all. A supplement was included too.

So thanks for pointing out that auction for me, Kevin.

[Ignatieff]

if anyone knows of any others, I'd be interested

[General]

Anybody know how to design some simple rules for an Exploration-type game?