The History Channel has an online, flash game about African Exploration. You roll dice (virtually), and try to accumulate miles and supplies, and avoid hazards. Its fun, and I can see a way to turn this into a neat miniatures game … I’m sure my friend Bob from Ann Arbor could pull it off.
Colonials
Guide To the Zulu Army of 1879
The Wargames Factory — makers of hard plastic historical figures — offers a free 22 page article on the Zulu Army of 1879. Not coincidentally, Zulus are the current product on their list.
The US v The Philippine Insurgents
Savage and Soldier magazine has a good introductory article on the US v Philippine Insurgents in the early part of the 20th Century. It’s always struck me as a period that would make for a good game.
The Elephant God E Book
Fans of colonial wargaming looking for a good read should check out Gordon Casserly’s The Elephant God. Written in 1921, it’s set in colonial India.
Of all the swarming herds of wild elephants in the Terai, the Mysore, or the Ceylon jungles no man, white or black, has ever seen one that had died a natural death — yet many have watched them climbing up the great mountain rampart of the Himalayas towards regions where human foot never followed. The Death Place of the Elephants is a legend in which all jungle races firmly believe, but no man has ever found…
List of Arabic Names
For colonial games fans, here’s a gamers’ list of Arabic names.