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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic The 1 inch rule in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
“To me as always reulesbook is not clear. ”
I have to disagree with you here.
The rule is quite simply stated – p36, Units, One-Inch Gap, “… units must always end their move 1″ or more from any other unit whether friend or foe.” with a stated exception for close quarters. The second para then adds that you can’t move within 1″ of an enemy…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic HE vs soft skin in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
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.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic HE vs soft skin in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
@ 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]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic HE vs soft skin in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
One incorrect statement I spotted in MasterChief’s reply:
“For multiple HE hits, place the templates as described on page 69. Each template is a hit, so roll as many dice as templates.”
Once placed, multiple templates act like a single irregular shaped template, not as individual templates. Each model under them is only hit once – not once per template.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Hidden setup confusion in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
First line of the rule – “Where indicated in the scenario, units can be hidden at the start of the game.”
There is nothing mentioned about hiding during set up, just ‘at the start of the game’ – set up is completed before the start of the game, so I would go with B.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Exploding houses in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
As Nat says, obvious cut and paste error by the person compiling AoG second edition – first edition rules required 12 or more hits to bring down a building, Goliath rules were drafted under first edition (Ostfront, p45).
Even without that, it’s just a reminder of a rule rather than a special rule in and of itself. If there’s a difference…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Green or Veteran, makes no difference in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 9 months ago
Correct, there is nothing to indicate otherwise that I am aware of.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Unit cards in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
The cards Master Chief mentions were riddled with errors so most people stayed away from buying them – they were quietly dropped and have hardly been mentioned since as they weren’t worth the stock they were printed on.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Ambush timing in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
Simple principle – if you are interrupted by an ambush say 4 inches into a 6 inch advance move, you move each of the remaining models up to 4 inches so the unit is in a coherent formation, resolve the shot, then complete the move with only the remaining 2 inches of movement for each model. If you string your unit out by only moving some models…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic An LMG Tean costs? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
Because Warlord uses different authors for the supplements and doesn’t use a continuity editor to prevent such glitches/enforce consistency.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Veteran Squad Benefit in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
“American veteran tank crews also have the benefit of ignoring the -1 to hit from advancing just like American infantry, depending on the tank”
Note, this only extends to the specific weapons with the gyro-stabiliser rule (usually only the main gun on the majority of US tanks – not all tanks have them and none of the tank destroyers etc have…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Veteran Squad Benefit in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
No, that’s the only benefits to being Veteran – morale 10 and damage value 5+
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Azad hind or also known as indian legion in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
The Japanese version is in Empires in Flames, p80. It’s just a single squad entry for inclusion with Japanese armies, but the author forgot to include the paragraph on which selectors it can be used for.
I don’t think there’s a specific entry for the German version anywhere, but nothing would stop you fielding them as a variant SS squad, Heer…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Units on transport in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
See the FAQ page for AoSU, body armour question.
“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
arms, and damage from burning transports does not have a Pen
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Baffled by setup instructions in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 10 months ago
“Apart from attacker/defender scenarios & if in reserve, ”
There is nothing preventing their being set up using forward deployment during attacker/defender scenarios, only if in reserve. The second para even tells you the order they set up for attacker/defender scenarios. “In an Attacker-Defender scenario the defender sets up his spotters, o…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic M3 White Scout car firing rules in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 11 months ago
Yes, the skate rail went all the way round, but it would be rare for it to be clear to actually slide the guns around, and they were usually clamped in one position on the rail – see illustration from a model below or there are walk around videos showing the pads that were attached, various stowage that would interfere with free travel of the MG…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Question about equiping Nid-late war US Marine NCOs with pistols in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 11 months ago
Another FAQ response ignoring a clearly stated rule – p73, Weapons, Weapon Special Rules, Team Weapon, Squad Based Team Weapons, third sentence “Choose which model becomes the loader – you can pick any model in the squad except the NCO, …”.
Again the Western Desert author creates a discrepancy with the rules and it’s fudged in the FAQ rather…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Pintle mounted Bren – bren carrier in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 11 months ago
You are restricting yourself more than the rules require.
When empty, you can fire one weapon – you nominate which you are firing that time when you declare targets, it isn’t pre-set, so you can choose to fire either the front arc LMG or the pintle MMG each time there is an opportunity to fire.
In order to fire both, you need a passenger to man…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Multiple automatic cannons. How to fire them. in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 11 months ago
The rule applies to ‘units or weapons’ that fire multiple HE shots simultaneously – it doesn’t matter whether you’ve got one barrel or 20 firing at that target unit, the same rule applies as it’s all coming from one unit. The automatic cannon is just an example of a way you can get multiple HE hits.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic First game… Questions in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 11 months ago
Looks like you’re right, the only German language edition on the web store looks to be the first edition cover, no sign of a translated second edition:
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