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Aug 07, 2012 im reading through ruga ruga publications death in the dark continent african colonial ruleset, since i have some unpainted mandinka figures that need to get onto the tabletop the ruleset comes with 32 rulesets europeans and native africans, with more available through the website and the first supplement. In death in the dark continent, capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death. With a need to paint some up for the pdf of voyages extraordinaires sometime i have been on the lookout for a set of rules and have been intrigued by chris peers death in the dark continent after reading an aar somewhere wi. Once youve read any of capsticks books, yo what most people dont understand about biggame hunting in africa is that the animals have a much better chance against the hunter than one. Death in the dark continent players page has 654 members.
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