To constitute a very French column, here is a group of soldiers (legionaries), a retired officer (!) And the flag, both legionaries too (all from Artizan Design )
Tirailleurs sénégalais (as trained askaris):
Tirailleurs algériens (as askaris )
To constitute a very French column, here is a group of soldiers (legionaries), a retired officer (!) And the flag, both legionaries too (all from Artizan Design )
Tirailleurs sénégalais (as trained askaris):
Tirailleurs algériens (as askaris )
Last complicated scenario with multiple objectives having their importance for the end of the campaign. Basically we must recover clues (personalized and unknown at the start) which will give bonuses for the accomplishment of the ascent (for Mary) and the ritual of awakening (for Ujuwa); It is also an opportunity to recover our latest discoveries (which will be your choice this time) and to acquire a final knowledge (again important for the ascent / ritual.
1er tour : confusion - cela signifie que les cartes actions sont prises au hasard ; La colonne d'Ujuwa obtient de bonnes cartes actions et se disperse rapidement pour récupérer le maximum d'indices/découvertes. Ses bundukis se mettent en position pour bloquer le passage supposé de la colonne de Mary; échanges de tirs avec les supplétifs, et clairement les bundukis n'ont toujours pas compris le fonctionnement des mousquets.
Idem pour Mary, mais c'est un peu plus lent (elle a moins de groupes)
Après la confusion les tours de jeux alterneront avec des averses (qui réduisent les portées du tir).
Les bundukis et les supplétifs continue leur duel à courte portée.
Mary envoi ses ruga-rugas de l'autre côté du rocher là ou Ujuwa a clairement décidé de passer. Je suis confiant, Ujuwa et ses novices, le tambour et les archers, plus 3 pygmées, devraient sans mal venir à bout des ruga-rugas...
Bon là, Ujuwa se dit que vu le stress des ruga-rugas ils peut les achever avec un test de terreur; mais non je pioche en deuxième pion stop dans le boost du sortilège - ça signifie la mort du sorcier- ; le premier stress stop j'ai pu re-piocher par un talent acquis , la j'utilise sa capacité spéciale pour l'annuler, mais dorénavant il va être sérieusement diminuer pour lancer ses sortilèges...
Sam and Florence Baker (among my favorite explorers! Wargames Foundry). I really like the sculpture for keeping it true to their descriptions.
A blocking terrain, made from a gift from the manufacturer, there was a minor defect - I covered up the defects.
Finally, a "terrible" carnivorous plant, a good scenario to do with it.
A film crew - I have a special game in view for them.
Two additional groups for my columns (bundukis and archers)
For once simple goals to achieve. A "barrier" of dangerous terrain crosses the diagonal. Ujuwa and Mary make their deployment at opposite corners of the other diagonal. They score a lot (!) of victory points by exiting through the opposite corner but the dangerous terrains to cross are infested by the Fangs, a cannibalistic tribe. We don't see them, but they fire poisoned weapons.
During this time the adventurers still tease my archers (I think they installed a powerful magnet, like Tintin, to deflect all the the arrows).
My bundukis are desperately trying to block Mary's passage:
Ujuwas finally decides to go out, going through the shortest (he took too long to try to stop Mary), and there disaster, between the Fangs and the fterrain, his whole group is decimated :
Mary has the way cleared after a cleaning in order by the trained askaris
The sixth round is aborted, and Ujuwa fails just outside the exit, due to a delaying action by the adventurers
Conclusion: Mary wins narrowly, I could even envisage the draw with the loots recovered by my archers in the dangerous ground.
Mary gains knowledge and goes to level 3! With two discoveries each, I'm keeping a small lead on accomplishment points.
Small disappointment, we did not have the appearance of the elephant - the dangerous animal of the scenario.
Only onescenario remaining before the ascent of Mount Cameroon, the ultimate goal for Mary, and the completion of the ritual of Ujuwa.
I made a translation of two official scenarios for Congo, which appeared in Wargames Illustrated 356 ("Les baies Bao-Bao", and ...