"Colnial Battle Cry in the Congo 28mm" Topic
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| Almond | 04 Dec 2013 6:19 p.m. PST |
Lately, I been a bit obsessed by the confluence of my Holtz Hex mat, Richard Borg's rules and my collection of figures. This post continues in this theme by using the ACW set "Battle Cry" with my evil Force Publique versus my evil Arab slavers in the Eastern Congo setup.
The essential reading for this scenario is "The Fall of the Congo Arabs" by Sidney Langford Hinde (published in 1897). This is the story of the war between the "forces represented on the one hand by the Arabs from Zanzibar, and on the other hand by the Europeans from the mouth of the Congo".
It is a "curious little war" in which "a dozen white officers and 400 regular black troops on one side, and a couple of hundred Arab chiefs, supported by a few hundred half-bred Arabs and commanding large number of irregular soldiery, on the other" fought to decide wether an area of Africa the size of France would be exploited by Christian Belgians, or Mohammedan Arabs. The Belgians and their Nigerian and Liberian Force Publique soldiers were the victors, the Arabs were wiped out but the native Congolese tribes the undoubted losers.
This scenario takes place outside the city of Kasongo, where Baron Dhanis' forces have run the Arab princes to ground. The Arabs don't stand a chance, but the charm of the Battle Cry system is that two games can be easily played in one evening, the resulting medals from each game added together to decide the victor. I made a few tweaks to the Battle Cry rules to allow for the different troop types encountered in Africa, but not seen in America during the civil war.
More on my blog: link |
 chicklewis  | 04 Dec 2013 8:23 p.m. PST |
WOW, really nice looking paint and terrain !! I have read "Fall of the Congo Arabs" twice and also highly reccomend it. |
| 79thPA | 04 Dec 2013 8:27 p.m. PST |
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| GDrover | 04 Dec 2013 9:55 p.m. PST |
Really well done. Pretty setup.
My tabletop gaming is with Hotz Mats (5" hexes), 28mm figures, and my own versions of Command & Colors rules. I do Civil War, Napoleonics, and Ancients (second Punic War) so far. Hoping to add Franco-Prussiian War next year.
It's a really fun system and looks great on the table as is evidenced by your setup.
Cheers! |
| War In 15MM | 04 Dec 2013 10:43 p.m. PST |
Looks good. I believe this is the first I've seen of Eureka's African marketplace painted. Nicely done. Richard |
| Duc de Limbourg | 04 Dec 2013 11:46 p.m. PST |
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| Rogues1 | 05 Dec 2013 5:30 p.m. PST |
That is a really great looking set-up. I really like how you have broken up the table into sections using the terrain but not overwhelming the game space. Liked the clear objectives as well. Thanks. |
| clifblkskull | 05 Dec 2013 7:06 p.m. PST |
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| clifblkskull | 05 Dec 2013 7:11 p.m. PST |
Mac, would it be possible to get what 'tweaks' you used to Battle Cry for this scenario?
Thanks,Clif |
| Almond | 07 Dec 2013 4:08 p.m. PST |
Clif, here they are: link |
| clifblkskull | 07 Dec 2013 5:24 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
