Osprey Lost Expedition game

[axabrax]

I've been on a bit of an Amazon expedition kick since the  last issue of wargames illustrated with the article about using Congo! for south American exploration.  Doesn't look like this new offering from Osprey will be a miniatures game,  but the age recommendation is 14+  and the author is a wargamer,  so I am hoping it might be good.  If nothing else, maybe useful as a campaign supplement for miniature gaming?

https://ospreypublishing.com/the-lost-expedition

[warrenpeace]

Oh yeah! Lost City of Z was a good book. And Teddy Roosevelt & Rondon's expedition down the River of Doubt was another adventure. Recently saw that Aloha Wanderwell and her husband flew into the Amazon in about 1930/31 in an effort to find Percy Fawcett. Good topic. Glad to see this Osprey coming.

[wulfgar22]

Oooh! That does look interesting! Thanks for the heads up!

[axabrax]

Very little info on this available so far but I did notice that the contents list doesn't include a game board. It may be entirely card driven? It's also playable solo. Osprey mentions that they will release the rulebook as a download a month before release.

[DoctorPete]

Hmmmmm.  I wonder if it can be converted to table top miniatures somehow?  Perhaps as a campaign guide with encounters controlled by your favorite set of skirmish rules.  Certainly worth a look.   

[carlos marighela]

If you are looking for some inspiration you might want to look for the Brazilian film Xingu. It's an account of the Villas-Bôas brothers and the 1943 expedition to the Xingu in Mato Grosso. It's a good film, worth watching. The Villas-Bôas brothers were highly esteemed by the peoples of the Xingu as protectors of native peoples.

I see someone has rather naughtily uploaded the whole film onto Youtube. There is a subtitled version available on DVD.

[Hammers]

If you are looking for some inspiration you might want to look for the Brazilian film Xingu. It's an account of the Villas-Bôas brothers and the 1943 expedition to the Xingu in Mato Grosso. It's a good film, worth watching. The Villas-Bôas brothers were highly esteemed by the peoples of the Xingu as protectors of native peoples.

I see someone has rather naughtily uploaded the whole film onto Youtube. There is a subtitled version available on DVD.

Perfect inspiration to fire up my Arumbaya game again.

[axabrax]

I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps Congo! or one of the Darkest Africa (we use Chris Peers' In the Heart of Africa) or one of the Back of Beyond Rule sets with some mods.

Hmmmmm.  I wonder if it can be converted to table top miniatures somehow?  Perhaps as a campaign guide with encounters controlled by your favorite set of skirmish rules.  Certainly worth a look.