Used the cards shown in my Zapped! post to get the East African Renaissance Campaign off dead center.

Worked fairly well, but the results were mundane.  Had been hoping for a civil war situation, which is the result of both colonial powers being supported by the Zanj or Inland Natives.

Here’s the results:

Ming Chinese

Natives are helpful neutrals, and will provide access to their cities and supplies.  The Zanj are neutral but open to other offers.  Government support is weak, and their initial troop strength is 10 bases.  Their primary objective is a port, with inland towns as their secondary and tertiary objectives.

Portuguese

The Natives are neutral, but open to others.  The Zanj are uncooperative and will fight if attacked or territory occupied.  The Portuguese also have weak government support, and only 10 bases.  Their primary and tertiary objectives are ports, with an inland town a secondary objective.

I’ll start using the Irregular Wars rules to set up some operational parameters.