Friday, August 26, 2022

Great War in Africa - Homebrew Rules

Apologies upfront -  It's been a while since being on the blog - again. Something about summer activities have been keeping me away for too long. Anyway, just got back from a great game run by one of my buddies - all the figures and terrain are his. He also used his own rules - it had some elements of Arc of Fire, and used D10's for activation rolls, and D6's for movement and firing/combat. D20's were used to track suppression (similar to pins in other games). Not too difficult to pick up and was quite enjoyable. The scenario had the British (and native troops) in a train heading toward the coast with the Germans and their native troops attempting to stop the train and also take over a telegraph station occupied by British native troops. I commanded the British forces and take full responsibility of the train's engine being destroyed by the Germans - as well as having the telegraph station blown up. However, the Germans failed to move off table as it was one of their objectives. So, in essence it was almost a tie in the end. Here are some pictures from the game.











It was great spending time with folks I hadn't seen and gamed with in a while. Until next time, hope you're all having a good summer and staying healthy!

19 comments:

  1. Great looking game and train Dean!

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    1. Thanks a lot, Mike! Warmest regards, Dean

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  2. A most excellent looking game, Dean. We have had a couple of WWI in E Africa games, using mainly Brigade Games figures, as seems to be the case here too. It's a great era with lots of different and interesting troop types.

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    1. Thank you very much, Keith. This was only a fraction of my buddy's WW1 Africa figures. Some are OOP makers like Par Room. Kindest regards, Dean

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    1. Thank you very much, Michal! Best regards, Dean

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  4. It looks amazing Dean, what a treat.

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  5. Looks like your friend put on a great game and good to hear you two had fun!

    Christopher

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    1. Thanks a lot, Christopher. Warmest regards, Dean

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  6. Amazing colonial battle! Very good looking!

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    1. Thank you very much, Vladimir. Warm regards, Dean

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  7. Smashing looking game Dean. Your friend puts out a good table.

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  8. Great to see that live tabletop gaming is back and running again after the long hiatus caused by the pandemic lock-down.

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  9. Great looking game and really interesting period!
    Best Iain

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  10. Great game, desert eye candy, good looking table and obviously fun being had.

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