12 Days of Christmas – Day 6 Today’s surprise is an extract from the forthcoming Bolt Action Theatre Book – Ostfront: Barbarossa to Berlin. ‘For us there was no land beyond the Volga.’ Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitzev first distinguished himself during the battle of Stalingrad as a superb sniper. He killed 225…
On 19th November 2014, I had the privilege of sneaking-into one of the playtesting sessions for Beyond the Gates of Antares. I joined gamescribe Rick Priestley, and his loyal playtesting companion – Nick Simmerson. Aim of the Playtesting Session Today, we had a brand new scenario to try-out – featuring a Transmat Station (essentially a…
With the recent release of ‘Tank War’ – there are a whole slew of new aspects for Bolt Action players to explore – but we couldn’t resist sneaking-in a little something extra… Jon Russell – organiser of Warlord Games Day USA, and all-round ‘hero’ of ours, who tackles all manner of projects behind the scenes, has…
Armoured Fury allows you to dive into action as either an American Sherman tank commander or become a Panzer commander of lethal Panther tanks. Filled with loads of awesome plastic tanks this boxed set is not only a great way to get started with Bolt Action Tank War but is superb value too! View in…
Before we get into this article I would just like to point out this is a fun, optional rule allowing you to use the free miniature you get when you order Battleground Europe: D-Day to Germany from us. With the release of our first Bolt Action campaign book – Battleground Europe – due imminently, packed…
Warlord Games are excited to announce that we are working with the YouTube channel ‘TemplarsCrusade01’ – who is just getting started collecting his first Bolt Action force, and wants to chart the process in video form. The series – titled ‘Warlord Wednesday’ should prove to be a hugely useful resource for new players getting started with…
The German forces under the command of kommandant Bernard Lewis have been running amok – with three games under their belt, it was time to throw something of a ‘speedbump’ in their direction – enter the equally Teutonic force of Richard Dando! The chaps took up position in the Mail Order warehouse… a grass mat…
Saturday 4th October 2014 saw twenty two generals meet at Firestorm Games in Cardiff. Allies and Axis generals numbered eleven apiece and so in the tradition set last year, we broke out into a doubles 650 point Armoured platoon game again. Also as with last year we really wanted the friendly side of our hobby…
This week, we have discovered an imposter! A scout has infiltrated the Warlord warehouse – long-time friend of Warlord, Dave Warrilow has arrived armed with a troop of T-34s. The fate of Warlord hangs in the balance, and our man Bernard Lewis and his Germans are our final line of defence… Dave’s forces – Za Ookraeena!…
The Bolt Action Armies of Italy and the Axis book contains a lot of army lists besides the Italians, and we know that a lot of players enjoy collecting something a little more unusual. We have a great range of Finnish troops, but what if you want to collect one of the other minor Axis…
Graham Davey
Rich Dando
Andy Hobday