CONGO, The day of the STUDIO Tomahawk

[Overlord]

I don't think this has been posted so far: http://wargamesillustrated.net/rules-showcase-congo/

Gratuitous DA photo:

[David]

I liked them so much I got two sets
And two packs of cards.
I have had the foundry figures painted for years, so I just need to make the jungle and grass lands
Any ideas or help on this would be great?
I will do a game and how it plays
Cheers
David

[Argonor]

I have had the foundry figures painted for years, so I just need to make the jungle and grass lands
Any ideas or help on this would be great?

For some almost-instant terrain, get some aquarium plastic grass mats of various kinds and chop them up in smaller patches

http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/search/label/Jungle

Some aquarium deco plants can be put to good use as canopies for trees made of twigs from the garden/forest - I have plans to make some this fall/winter, as I also hear the call of the wild.

If you can live with a more 'pulpy' kind of jungle, cake decoration plastic palm trees can be found really cheap in fairly large quantities.

I used some for some desert-terrain as seen here (the ones on the cd-bases):

http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/2015/06/sotht-mission-accomplished.html

[HvM]

Unfortunately I don't have my copy of Congo yet, but can anybody give me some information about base sizes of the captains/ leaders/ kings? On the promo pictures it looks like their bases are slightly bigger than usual, maybe 30mm?

Thank you! 

[Drunkendwarf]

Unfortunately I don't have my copy of Congo yet, but can anybody give me some information about base sizes of the captains/ leaders/ kings? On the promo pictures it looks like their bases are slightly bigger than usual, maybe 30mm?

Thank you! 

The only base size mentioned in the book is 25mm round. Unfortunately I rebased my Belgians from 20mm square to 20mm round; from pictures I saw a few months back I thought that was the size

DJ

[Hobbyone]

Don't panic, it works very well also with 20 x 20 squares... Congo is not a rule of Nitpicking... 
Fred

[Drunkendwarf]

Don't panic, it works very well also with 20 x 20 squares... Congo is not a rule of Nitpicking...  
Fred

Isn't it a problem when your opponent uses different sizes for the basing? As a understand a unit must be kept in base contact so width can be different.

DJ

edit: I like the look of Foundry DA figures on a small base

[Hobbyone]

No problem !!!!!!!! 
fred

[Drunkendwarf]

No problem !!!!!!!! 
fred

Saves me a lot of work........... 

DJ

[Malamute]

Gratuitous DA photo:

And very nice it is too

[Calimero]

Very interesting... it's a shame North Star doesn't take Paypal

[Drunkendwarf]

Very interesting... it's a shame North Star doesn't take Paypal

Wargames Foundry takes PayPal: "Feel free to give us a call on +44 1636 526886 or email us at customers@wargamesfoundry.com if you need any help or have any questions . We are happy to take orders over the phone and you can pay by credit card or we can send you a Paypal invoice."

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/congo/

DJ

[axabrax]

Received my copy from Lon at brigade games in the United States yesterday.  Wow! The production values of the book are the best I've seen from a non-GW game book in a long time.  Rules look very interesting although I haven't completely read them yet. One thing that's sweet is that your "column" is really composed like a tapas buffet: you get lots of choices of "small plates" of figures, like 3 of these guys and 5 of these guys, etc.  very cool actually because you got a nice diversity of figures without having to paint huge units.

[Dr Mathias]

Received my copy from Lon at brigade games in the United States yesterday.  Wow! The production values of the book are the best I've seen from a non-GW game book in a long time.  Rules look very interesting although I haven't completely read them yet. One thing that's sweet is that your "column" is really composed like a tapas buffet: you get lots of choices of "small plates" of figures, like 3 of these guys and 5 of these guys, etc.  very cool actually because you got a nice diversity of figures without having to paint huge units.

Sweet, that's where I ordered from. I think my card just got billed yesterday though.

[Greenmantle]

Agree with the posts about the rules production values.  Beautifully done.  Most importantly, they look like fun.  Given the amount I have spent on figures I really think they are good value. 

It's a bit of a change from ordering tanks, guns and aeroplanes....baboons, .....really!