Number Crunching for Death in the Dark Continent

Here's the army list for the Beja in Death in the Dark Continent, which I've used for some number crunching to see how many points I can squeeze out of my 28mm The Men Who Would Be Kings field force. The standard unit size is three figures with two for skirmish bases, so dividing my sixty four foot figures by three gives just over twenty one bases, not allowing for any skirmishers. This would give me a total of 168 points worth of bases, divided up into units of six to eight bases each, the minimum size being two and maximum nine bases per unit.

I will also have at least twelve rifle armed figures as 'extras', so rather than absorbing them into the warrior units, I'll separate them out and use them as skirmishers which would give me a single unit of six bases. At nine points per base, that gives me 54 points or after 1883 at twelve points per base I'd have 72 points. I can also add a mounted Beja Chief and tool him up with a breech loader for an extra 33 points, bringing the whole shebang up to a fairly respectable 273 point army, which is near enough to 300 points to be worth deploying.

Of course, in 15mm this would all be a lot less work and I have enough Peter Pig figures to easily assemble more than enough bases and points, but I'm doing the 28mm figures anyway so it makes sense to kill two birds with one stone for the sake of some sabot bases. The bigger issue is providing some sort of opposition, as the 28mm British or Egyptian field force for The Men Who Would Be Kings is unlikely to stretch as far. It's no reason not to do the Beja cross over though, so I'm going to carry on with that in mind for the moment.