Craig

The real observer was an expert. Specially trained and normally doing nothing else. A spotter was just an ordinary man that had a base training in gun spotting. Every officer and NCO had that ability in the big armies.   So the different rules are historically correct.

But  armies tended to misuse specialists. But mostly in desperate si…[Read more]

The name of its entry in the Japanese forces book is something of a giveaway.

“TYPE 97 CHI-HA MEDIUM TANK”. :p

It mostly seems to be a criterion of which slot it gets put in armour lists, and/or how it was used, and yes, the bizarrely named “damage value”.

Tank size occasionally crops up in some rules: like a tank ramming a building, or (fr…[Read more]

Wakeless rule is to show that the torpedo makes very little to no visable effect on the surface when traveling through the water…. note even when firing a wakeless torpedo from a submarine you still have the air bubble raising to the surface which in standard weather are visable.

Evade Order means that the ship is braced for sudden violent…[Read more]

You do have the equipment card, bomb shackles, for fighters….

Soviet fleet for VaS!

feedback welcome

The Rulebook contains a ‘get you by list’ …this is rather  basic

The main Japanese list is in ‘armies of Japan’  whilest its a v1 book its still the current one.

Each campaign book is  a bit different. The early ones  throw scenarios at you to pick and choose. Some campaign books present more balanced fights, while others tend to be a bit more historical  you get what you get and good luck!.

Some later ones go for more a linked series feel, giving a very nice feel of events of the time. The very best on…[Read more]

Looks like some more Hungarian units incoming in the next Campaign book (Case Blue).  Good, good.

I wouldn’t worry about that. It is just stuff like late war tanks or specialised troops should not be in early war lists. It wouldn’t make any sense to have the end war high tech stuff  steamrolling over 1941 opponents.  You can always avoid even these few restrictions if you go down the generic reinforced platoon rule that can include pretty m…[Read more]

@Jermaine

Bolt Action is written as Rulebook + ‘armies of … ‘  plus one campaign book/ series.

Each campaign book /seriers (like Italy or DDay) are written as if the others dont exist*…. this means there may be some perculair interactions if you do use them together.  However having said that most (but not all) units will have comments a…[Read more]

The new units in the Budapest book can be used in the Theatre Selectors in the Italy and Axis book, but some can only be used in later war ones.

It’s a good book, gives you some nice options.

3 new theatre selectors too:

Carpathian Mountains Border Guards Reinforced Platoon
Assault Artillery Battery Armoured Platoon
Hungarian Armoured Field…[Read more]

You need the Italy and Axis book. The Budapest is scenarios plus a few new units.

Nice event.

I like your custom boom shits but that is another lesson learnt from mass air battle like this : not enough of them ^^

Your airfield is a killer too.

IIRC the guard was only used as a self contained corp…

No. There is a bold answer I await correction.

Garry

Welcome on board.

Nice paint job here.

No,  remove models is a specific step that occurs after taking casulties.

You make your green check at the taking casulty step, so therefore the commissar bypasses this.  However you havent suffered any casulties, therefore you can still take your green check if you then get shot later in the game.

Thanks Stuart. Replacing them with unarmed seems a bit silly. No pistols for you!

Hi Dennis – I’m not aware that Warlord have made any comment about Croats/Cossacks, yet.  I suspect they would be in resin if they do them as I’m not sure they would go the plastic route for a troop type they might not sell very many of.  Maybe they are waiting to see how many 30YW versions of the Epic stuff they sell first?  You may need to lo…[Read more]