The new Matabele range from North Star carries on. We have taken delivery from designer Mark Sims of Eight Warriors Firing Muskets and Eight Warriors Firing Rifles. We also have underway a group of characters, including King Mzilikazi, plus his son and heir Lubengula.
Photos of the newest figures will be posted next week, but the first figures that are ready are photographed here.
The North Star Africa! Matabele range is a 28mm-sized line of metal figures, supplied unpainted.
The rules that inspired this range, Death in the Dark Continent by Chris Peers, carry on as well. Chris has been providing free army lists to download for the last year, and his latest free supplement is on the site now. Supplement 12 is the best so far. This is not a set of army lists, but new rules for Death in the Dark Continent.
Firstly, there are a list of Stratagems. These are ploys that certain armies can use, and include such things as Witchdoctors, Drums, Terror and Pantomime Cows!
Secondly, there are a series of random events, that only Africa can spring up: Malaria, Funga Safaris and Hippos, plus much more.
Have a read even if you don't play the game. Click on Ruga Ruga Publishing, then click on Death in the Dark Continent to read the supplements.
To tempt you to get involved in 19th Century Africa, we have dropped the price of Death in the Dark Continent. The first print-run is down to a few last copies; we are re-printing with a new cover, but the game remains unchanged. So we are selling off the last copies of the original print at a bargain price.