"Is BONGOLESIA Just For Moderns And Victorians?" Topic

I think that's where I seem to catch most mentions of that fictional African country.

Is that fictional nation from a specific rule set? Who came up with that name?

Does it have various types of terrains, like jungle, mountains, savannas, etc.? Does it have any native architecture other than huts?

Does anyone ever play a "Bongolesia" before those periods, such as a Medieval or Renaissance setting, or even earlier?

Or perhaps some fantasy or superhero (Wakanda-like) version of that African locale?

Just curious.

Dan

I believe it is from the fertile mind of Murphy….

And I think it was either Rebel Minis or Two Hour Wargames that has an module for one of their rule sets for it….

It's Rebel Minis:

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They have minis for Government and Rebel forces too

A lot of it is inspired by AK47:
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After being inspired, everyone tends to go their own way:
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DBDD

IIRC there could be Zombies and Aliens, maybe both…

Its much easier for mind set of the stoic old men crowd to have a fiction nation in later wars. I have played more ancient and dark age campaigns using non historical maps and I think that is so because using most popular rules sets you can pit foes from 100 to 1000 years apart against each other.

Try getting a Napoleonic or WW2 player to do that

Jim, I'm sure if you ask nicely, most WWII gamers will allow you to bring your Mexican-American War army to a game against their Early War Germans, and I's almost sure you can find someone who will let you run 1066 English to defend against a Napoleonic French invasion. Not only that, but you should be able to finish the games in time for dinner.

It's not because we're old men. Even in my teen years ancients covered more than 1,000 years and abounded in unhistorical match-ups. Try thinking in terms of tech levels.

And the word you were looking for is not "stoic." Probably you mean "stodgy."

Long live Bongolesia! And the Maximum Leader, His Majesty, the President for Life!

my WW2 comment was about "fictional countries" not fighting 1000 years ago cultures

Tons and tons of Cold War games (and fiction) and science fiction are really playing WWII with fictional countries.

A lot of that, I hypothesize, has to do with a cultural norm in early post-WWII Western culture around an aversion to having the Axis powers not defeated. So, f'r'ex, Marvel's Hydra organization is really Nazis in green unitards. But they can't be actual Nazis, because actual Nazis have to definitively lose in any future/hypothetical battle. They can't just hang around and come back again and again and again. Surf Nazis Must Die!

I think that a lot of post-WWII games are really hypothetical WWII games, with different uniforms to assuage the corporate consciousness. I've seen some WWII players play such games, but that is just anecdotal, and not nearly enough info for a broad statement.

So … something back on topic? Is the PFL really just Mussolini in reducto ad absurdum clothing? For that matter, was Idi Amin?

JimSelzer

my WW2 comment was about "fictional countries" not fighting 1000 years ago cultures

Ah. Might have--oh, never mind. Actually, you just need to go a bit broader. WWII and Napoleonics rules tend to be based on specific historical armies, and inventing your own organization, training and equipment creates difficulties. When you want to just go wild on your paint job without inventing a superarmy, look for "moderns" rules rather then "WWII", and "horse and musket" rather than "Napoleonics." Plenty of "imagi-nations" to go with such rules.

The Bongoloids were noted for their lightning raids on neighboring villages, mounted on their native llamas.

Llamas? I thought it would be Cape Buffalo.

Dan
PS. By chance, are the Bongoloids neighbors with the Congaloids?

Nope, they are neighbors of the hemorrhoids.

Did someone say the Bongoloids wear buffalo plaid capes?

Congaloids were fairly linear people. They almost always marched in column.