We’ve been playing the new game from Studio Tomahawk (the people behind SAGA) – Congo – and thought you might like to see some of the points we’ve picked up on in our handy ‘Need to know Guide’ below.
For more Congo coverage check out our Rules Showcase published earlier this year and available below ,and our Congo Flipthrough which is available to WI Prime members.
YOUR CONGO ‘NEED TO KNOW’ GUIDE
- D6, D8 (yes D8!) and D10 dice are required.
- It’s token heavy, with all the tokens coming with the book along with a deck of cards.
- Historical accuracy plays second fiddle to Hollywood history and stereotyping.
- A force (called a column in the game) is made up of between 20 – 40 figures.
- Figures are individually based.
- Any scale can be used, although 28mm is assumed throughout.
- There are five different ‘cultures’ to choose from for your column.
- Columns are made up of groups and characters.
- Example groups include; Hunters, Askaris, soldiers etc.
- Example Characters include; The Scientist, The Brute, The witchdoctor etc.
