Other than that I just need to finish a small village and I'm all set for the three Savannah adventures. You may remember the huts I bought at Salute.
Well, I've been reasonably productive and they are very nearly finished (some small details left to do and a quick varnish).
The hedge represents a thorn bush bomas. It's probably more just scenery in Congo but helps to define the edge of the village. It will be more useful as a terrain addition for DitDC. Speaking of which, I've also been busy adding to my African Kingdoms column to build an Azande force. Eventually this will also work for Men Who Would Be Kings. One army, three games!
The Azande force is based on the sample army given with the DitDC book and includes 3 units of elite skirmishers (with throwing knives), 2 units of traditionally armed skirmishers (spears), 2 units of skirmishers with muskets and a single unit of rifle armed elite skirmishers. The chief and bodyguard form a separate unit.
The Azande were all purchased at Salute from Foundry and I'm using the figures with ratan hats as the elite skirmishers. Interestingly the hats are very similar to those worn by the Malagasy and I have quite a few of those from my own adventures - must dig them out. Unfortunately, Foundry's figures only came with a few actual knives. But I have a cunning plan...
I have that African village for Congo, its a great game. I also have DitDC but not really had time to read it. I like the idea of using figures for different games. Have done the jungle terrain and need to work on Savannah. This is mostly finding suitable trees.
ReplyDeleteMy savannah trees are cheap wire ones from eBay that are bent into the right shape. Seems to work ok.
DeleteThat village looks great. I have recently been reading through Congo myself and keen to give it a go.
ReplyDeleteJust as an aside, I was looking again at your lovely Savannah mat, which I assume is the 6"x4" version and that the game says it should be played on the same size, but having played a couple of games, I was wondering if you felt that this was essential? The reason I ask is that my gaming table (our dining room table) is that big, but could probably take a 5"x3".
DeleteCongo is a fun game and definitely worth investing some time into. The mat is a 6' X 4' mat that has been folded to create a 4' X 3' playing area. There is a misprint in the book, the adventures are balanced for 4 X 3 boards ( same size as SAGA). The authors have confirmed this in a couple of forums.
DeleteNow that is interesting Lee, thank you.
DeleteIt's a superb book, full of inspirational stuff for the period! Huts look great and shall look forward to seeing all the new figs painted up!
ReplyDeleteI'm having a last big push with getting a few more bits of Savannah terrain finished and then I must start on the figures!
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