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Hi Rudedog – that shade looks pretty good to me. It looks just like the front cover of the Osprey Men-at-Arms on Gustav’s Infantry which features the Yellow Brigade.

I have plans for this regiment in the future. I’d love to hear your recipe?

Hi Craig,

I have just found this thread after wondering why I couldn’t post in Pike and Shotte 🙂

I have posted with a link and some pics. Sorry I posted it twice as I thought I had done something wrong the first time. I guess both are in the spam folder?

What is the suggested way to post pics in the forum now, or would you prefer posts without them?

As I said before, look at the section on Commanders in the BP2 rulebook. There is a small table there that you can roll against that gives your Commanders traits. These may be positive or negative and each has an instruction on how he will act.

Thank you Nat, that was very helpful.

So, tell me about leaders with unwelcome staff ratings like 6 and 5. Can those be a deduction from your points? Is there a table to where you have to roll to take on an incompetent leader?

Speaking of SdKfz.10s, I just recently learned that Rubicon Models will be releasing one of these soon. I already have a resin SdKfz.10 model (from Blitzkrieg Miniatures), but I think it’s time to replace it. Also, a good time to get more of these as well as getting the RM SdKfz.10/4 add-on kit. Good times ahead.

I have been very impressed with…[Read more]

As Nat says, massive damage is a possibility with 3″ or 4″ templates vs a soft skin, so it is possible to have two rolls on the damage results chart despite only having one hit and one roll on the roll to damage.

Nice one, Nat. I was just about to look it up as I’ve just got back home from work.

From the Napoleonic supplements:The default is 0 points for a Staff rating of 7, 25 for 8 and 75 points for staff rating 9.

staff rating 10 is reserved for special characters,  some nations have lower costs such as the Russians pay 20 points for SR 8 (to a max of 50% commanders) and can’t have 9, then the old guard list pay 35 for SR8 &  f…

@stevet – as I said earlier massive damage still applies

Here we go again…

Hi Craig, posted a thread advertising  a new campaign in the Victory at Sea subforum. Included one Youtube link. Thread held for moderation.

Pretty sure that’s rather…strict. o.O

It’d be interesting to test the Kongo-class at a cheaper cost: 300 instead of 375. Anyone up for a match commanding two Kongos? We’d count it as a 600 point force, instead of 750. As opposition, I’d bring the USS Arizona, USS Indianapolis, and a Fletcher (590 points). According to the game’s official points, you’d have a 27% advantage, but I think…[Read more]

I’m not aware of how the points work for Commanders. I don’t use points, so don’t know. I can take a look in the supplements later to see how they’ve handled them. Maybe the Hail Caesar army lists will give a clue as there are quite a few pointed armies in those.

Bolt Action latest FAQ:

When allocating orders out by using an officer’s ‘You men, snap to action’ special ability, can I allocate Order dice to other officers’ teams within range? If so, can these other officers also then in turn use their ‘You men, snap to action’ special ability to order more units within range (including potentially…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing, Garry.

Thanks Big Al,

so a unit with a morale save 6+ is 4 points, 5+ is 8 points, 4+ is 12 points, and (going theoretically lower) 3+ is 16 points, and 2+ is 24 points. So do I understand that correctly now?

Also, again, what about leaders? Do they cost points? How are they calculated.

I agree with you that the game is for friendly enjoyment and not…[Read more]

@ Steve T, correct – see p107, Vehicles, Shooting at Vehicles, Hits From HE Shells, first para, second sentence – “The vehicle itself takes a single hit, as the unit consists of a single model – just roll to damage the vehicle using the pen value of the shell (see page 70).”  Note there is no distintion between types of vehicle, this applies to…[Read more]

So… from one HE strike each soft-skin take only 1  hit  (and 1 roll maximum on the damage table)? I assume so otherwise this will be a massacre :p