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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Mortar Team Zeroing in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
@Nat – you are correct, the ranging in process only affects whether you score a hit, not which floor.
The roll for which floor an indirect HE hit actually goes off on is after you’ve scored a hit, you still have to determine which floor each subsequent hit goes off on, and you would have to get 2″ from the building to re-set the ranging in on…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Mortar Team Zeroing in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
Criteria to retain ranging in includes the following in brackets – “to count as moved, the entire unit must be at least 2″ away from the area that it was covering before” – moving vertically doesn’t get you away from the area you were covering before, so as written would not reset ranging in.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Light Howitzer against Greyhound in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
@ Darin, a 2″ template isn’t going to hit any other units unless someone forgot the 1″ rule between units 😉 (you’d be lucky to clip anyone with a 3″) – remember with vehicles the template needs to be centred over the target vehicle.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Sturmpionieren Squad in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
Nat, if I remember correctly, the ROKS-2 upgrade is only available to the flamethrower team, not the flamethrower added to assault engineer squads.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Light Howitzer against Greyhound in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
@Nat
“@Stuart – indirect fire (the only way to hit top armour) has a +1 on the damage table as well…. but I cant think of anything you’ve not covered.”
It is also possible to get top armour hits from plunging fire (p123) – this would require being set up in an upper storey of a building and having the target vehicle within 12″ – that’s why I men…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Sturmpionieren Squad in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
Yes, he can.
It’s exceptional damage. Normal casualty removal rules allow specifically allow for any model to be removed, even models that are ‘completely out of sight and out of range of enemy weapons’ – what exceptional damage does is change which player gets to choose, it doesn’t introduce any restriction on which models can be chosen.
You…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Light Howitzer against Greyhound in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 4 months ago
Your next step is rolling ‘to damage’ with the HE pen +2 added to your D6. If your shot is against side or rear, you will also add that modifier (+1 or +2 respectively, you are unlikely to get ‘top’ with direct fire). There are no specific ‘to damage’ modifiers applicable to being open topped vs direct fire.
If your total is 7, you score s…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Flamethrowers and Buildings in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
Used doesn’t imply anything but ‘used’ to me. There is no suggestion of needing to score a hit/cause any damage to the target unit.
Reading more into things than is written is one of the biggest problems, not the rules themselves. It keeps tripping people up.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Flamethrowers and Buildings in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
It’s not even ‘shot at’, it’s “If a flamethrower is used against troops in a building then the building catches fire or D6 roll of a 4, 5, or 6…”.
As I read it, flamethowers are rightly lethal against the building, even if it does nothing to the troops inside directly by scoring a hit.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic anti-tank suicide bombers/close assault. in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
“The Kamikaze special rule should override the normal infantry assaulting transport rule, so the suicide bomber team does not fight close combat with the passengers. It should be removed immediately and the transport hit with Pen +8.”
‘Should ‘does not equal ‘does’ – the Kamikaze rule is specifically vehicles. Passengers from a loaded transport…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Looking for a Source of German Weapons in 28mm in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Units on transport in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
The question and answer you’re looking for is under AoSU and is actually asking about body armour:
“Does the body armour bonus apply against hits suffered in close
combat? And what about against hits from a destroyed transport the
engineers were riding in?
Yes to both, as most damage in close combat is caused by small
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Forward Observer Teams – what happens to them? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
“So, in Bolt Action Second Edition, what do players do with their forward observer teams after the team has completed their mission?”
Discussed many times as part of threads on the Bolt Action Facebook pages – here are a few examples of comments on the “Bolt Action” page, there are more on “Bolt Action International”, and “Bolt Action…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Forward Observer Teams – what happens to them? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
Discussed frequently on Bolt Action facebook pages. General consensus is they remain in play as there is nothing suggesting they are removed.
Examples (found searching by “observer after”):
Q – “Does anyone here sometimes turn their command team/ observers it a roaming SMG/ rifle team and use em to plug weak points?”
A – “After the observer…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic MG34 MMG/HMG Assembly in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic World War II Chinese Troops in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 6 months ago
One range people use is Copplestone Castings ‘Back of Beyond’ chinese.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Dug In and Cover cumulative? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 6 months ago
Nothing in the rules prevents dug in stacking with cover or any other ‘to hit’ modifier, it’s even specifically stated as combining with actually being down despite being based on down itself.
The only ones that don’t stack are different levels of cover, ie: qualify for soft cover and hard cover, you only get the +2 for the hard cover, not +3 for…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Timing of Going Down in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 6 months ago
You decide at the ‘target reacts’ step of the shooting sequence, between declaring of targets and rolling to hit.
There were a few places that used the first edition cock up from the HE wording, second edition changed that HE wording to be specifically before the roll to hit, then subsequent errata have fixed the errors in the HE vs buildings…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Flameproof tanks in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 6 months ago
First, you’re leaving out the +1 for flamethrowers always hitting top armour, makes it +4 total. That can damage a 10+ damage value vehicle.
Second, you’re conflating ignoring the pins with ignoring the mandatory morale check – the pins would affect a morale check, but ignoring those pins doesn’t suggest you get out of making the check…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Recce and failed order test in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 6 months ago
Steeljackal is correct, while the first edition guidance wasn’t included in the FUBAR and moving on/off the table text, it has been reflected in the vehicle rules.
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