Die Deutsche Emin Pasha Expedition

[Ray Rivers]

Bravo!

Well done mate!

An excellent game report, fine terrain and beautiful minis!

[argsilverson]

Dear Plynkes,

Just now I found an interesting image, titled:

Meeting of Emin Pasha and Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Kavalli, 1888.

see it here:

http://www.ilnpictures.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductDetailID=71999

I think it is interesting for you!

[argsilverson]

Dear Plynkes,

I come back.
I was excited when I found the image so I posted the link, immediately.

After that while searching the search results there are a lot more interesting images about Sir Henry etc and other of colonial interest.

Search and thy receive!

[Bako]

Very nice and interesting battle report. I'm not familiar with the rules you were using, perhaps you could enlighten me. Would be a nice excuse to work out making a not-Indiana Jones(and any number of equally suitable hero-types) to lead some guys around with.

Looking forward to any battle reports you might do!

[Plynkes]

Thanks, Argsilverson. I didn't reply before because I had a day away from the computer yesterday.

Bako Ikaporamee, the T&T rules are somewhat connected with LAF, and have their own board here. There's plenty of topics and reports that might give you a feel for the rules.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?board=25.0

T&T also has its own website:
http://www.triumph-tragedy.de/index.html

I think T&T would be a good choice for Indy-style games, personally. Characters are powerful and can exercise quite an influence on the outcome of the game, ideal for heroic gaming with an Indy flavour.

It has some cool ideas that I haven't seen elsewhere, such as the card activation system that decides who acts at what time during a turn. It's also pretty easy to pick up. Two of the players in our Masai game had never played it before, but after a few turns were running the game themselves, with minimal input from me as GM.

[Bako]

Ah, I see. Thanks, and good gaming!

[thejammedgatling]

A great report, well finished minis and fun game. What more could you want? Well..more of the same obviously. I hadn't seen Masai played before so good to see something a little different and so well put together.

Are you planning any Tanganika entanglements with those Germans (no pun intended) or perhaps some Ethiopian escapades?

Thanks for sharing.

[Plynkes]

The Darkest Africa plans at the moment are to do an Ngoni vs. Schutztruppe battle some time, and after that I'm thinking about doing a campaign. Will be something like the one in the back of the "In the Heart of Africa" rulebook, but probably with a few changes, and perhaps some ideas from "Dark Continent."

Have to finish the armies first though. At the moment I have Force Publique, Masai, Ngoni, Ruga-Ruga, Arab slaver and explorer forces all at various stages of completion, plus Azande and Somali armies that as yet haven't ever seen any paint. Once we have enough up and running I'll start thinking about the details of the campaign.

[dodge]

Have to finish the armies first though. At the moment I have Force Publique, Masai, Ngoni, Ruga-Ruga, Arab slaver and explorer forces all at various stages of completion, plus Azande and Somali armies that as yet haven't ever seen any paint. Once we have enough up and running I'll start thinking about the details of the campaign.

So not much to do then 

Dodge

[Plynkes]

It's not so bad. There are only four of us, so we don't need all those armies to be finished to get a campaign started. The Masai and explorer forces are pretty much done, and the Force Publique and Schutztruppe too (though I'm not sure they'll be in the campaign, at least not to begin with). Just need a few things here and there to round them out.

Unfortunately my interest in the Great War keeps butting in and slowing down the Darkest Africa work rate.

[H.M.Stanley]

[applause !!]

I stumbled across this and had a happy 10 mins reading from start to finish

I have DOAG and Shuttentruppe Askari ... i can feel a Charles Stokes type expedition coming on despite my game-name

[Ignatieff]

Lovely!  Super stuff once again Herr Plynkes!

[Plynkes]

You're very kind. I think both my painting and photography have improved a bit since this was done. The paint-jobs are okay, but the photos aren't anything to write home about.

I'm rather depressed that all this time later I still haven't painted those armies I was talking about in the discussion above. One is finished, another is 'sort of' finished, but the rest nowhere near. Shocking. Absolutely shocking bad going.

[Elprez]

Thank you for digging this up Stanley, I hadn't seen it before either.
And don't worry Plynkes, all looks pretty good to me, and no project is ever truly "finished" is it? 
Wonderful stuff.

[Ignatieff]

, and no project is ever truly "finished" is it? 

Wise words.  I am a class 'A' back of beyond addict, and need help. 2,000 figures and (still) growing.  I really do need help.