Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Death in the Dark Continent is a set of rules for small scale battles set in sub-Saharan Africa in the late 19th century. What you have in your hands is the Lite version of the game - it contains all the necessary rules for playing introductory level DitDC battles, which lack none of the fun and excitement found in the complete game. The full rules exist as a hardback book, published by North Star Military Figures.