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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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Recce and failed order test in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
There was a first edition FAQ that addressed this in general for units fleeing as a result of FUBAR which didn’t make it into the second edition as a clarified wording or as an FAQ answer. None of the relevant first edition wording was changed, so the second edition answer should be the same.
“If a unit rolls a Panic result on the FUBAR chart…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Motorcycle Squads in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
@MReyne – “where do the Disembarking rules state that troops can dismount 6 inches away from the transport.”
See p116, Vehicles, Transport Vehicles, Dismounting From Transports, third para, second sentence. The unit is ordered to advance or run “Make the action as normal, measuring from the vehicle” – this allows a unit to dismount up to 6…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic German Army Propagandakompanie Cameraman in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 5 months ago
Note – “Please play some games with them and let us know how you get on, this has not been added to the errata or FAQ so it is not an official rule it is designed so you can have some FUN!.” – discuss with your opponent/event organiser if you want to give it a go.
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