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SteveT started the topic First waves and reserve waves in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
This is questions that arose from an amphibious landing game, but applies to any situation with large transport units I suppose.
I have 2 landing craft each containing say 6 units.
First wave must consist of half my units, reserve wave then forming the other half.
I assume then I can only being 1 landing craft onto the map doing the first wave.…[Read more]
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Master Chief replied to the topic Squishy Landing Craft in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
We are preparing for an amphibious landing game but its looks suicidal.
Haha I have no doubt it is. I have always thought itnwas a kiracle for a soldier to survive D-Day, as the odds of being killed were so high.
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invisible officer replied to the topic Squishy Landing Craft in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
With 36 men I think you refer to the LCV . A look in the contemporary ONI 226 handbook shows it had no armor at all. The fuel tank was under the pilots position. Those with Diesel engines may be safe, those with gasoline – boom or burning.
Real world Riflemen are deadly, for example the typical German K98 user in Normandie had SMK rounds to f…[Read more]
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SteveT replied to the topic Squishy Landing Craft in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Thanks Master Chief. But it still seems that even a lone rifleman, as far as I can see, can take out a massive landing craft with a good shot. A boat so big that it can fit 36 passengers. This cannot be right?
This rule seals the deal brutally : “Remember that the superficial damage modifier only applies to armoured vehicles. Soft-skins suffer…[Read more]
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Master Chief replied to the topic Squishy Landing Craft in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Soft-skinned vehicles (6+) are not automatically destroyed when damage is scored by small arms fire rolling a 6. Damage by small arms against soft-skinned vehicles also need to make the additional roll on the Damage Results Against Vehicles table (Bolt Action 2nd Ed, page 108) to determine the final outcome.
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SteveT started the topic Squishy Landing Craft in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Just checking I’ve got this right…
I can find Landing Craft in a couple of Campaign Books. They have armour 6, except the big mechanised ones that have 7.
Now, it strikes me that the Armour 6 ones are going to take a hammering from any AT guns/tanks, and even a riflemen could destroy it with a single shot. Unless such craft don’t get treated…[Read more]
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Master Chief replied to the topic 6' weapons in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
My understanding is for 6in range weapons the Point Blank and Long Range modifiers cancel each other out, except for flamethrowers, they do not suffer the long range penalty as explained on Bolt Action 2nd Ed page 67:
Also, flamethrowers don’t rely on kinetic energy to penetrate a target’s armour, so they don’t suffer the –1 Pen penalty…[Read more]
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Master Chief replied to the topic Fixed, Team movement in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Bolt Action latest FAQ:
Page 67, Fixed special rule, fourth paragraph. The sentence should be changed to read as follows:
When ordered to Run, fixed weapons move the normal 12″ over open ground or 6″ over rough ground, obstacles etc.
It is always a good idea to check the latest FAQs and Errata, as many issues have probably been highlighted by…[Read more]
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Steeljackal replied to the topic Are Rifle Grenades a small arm or heavy weapon? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
*although if you manage to get a 6 to hit as its indirect it would be very unsportsman like to pull out the ‘it doesnt say its a heavy weapon’ argument :p
I understand that can be disputes, but to me is simple to resolve.
HE1 then PEN+1, then follow all rules of heavy weapon. Rules says “heavy weapon add a bonus to the roll to damage” and “HE rou…[Read more] -
Charge The Guns replied to the topic PIKE & SHOTTE (Japanese Army) Discontinued? in the forum Pike & Shotte 3 years, 7 months ago
Hi Marius, the period is probably not as popular as Napoleonic (Black Powder) or Roman Empire (Hail Caesar), but it has still has plenty of people playing it as evidenced by all of the different social media content I see. Warlord are still selling the Pike and Shotte rules, still have a pretty vast stock line for the period, and have brought…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic How does AA fire against Flights and Flight attacks on Ships ACTUALLY work? in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
You are the first person I’ve seen say torpedoes need to be less accurate… they are at a base -2, meaning they’ll never hit better than a 4+…and that’s close range in broadside!
also whilst the long lance has a number of people saying range is too long for games it’s the only one…..
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Nat replied to the topic How does AA fire against Flights and Flight attacks on Ships ACTUALLY work? in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
you missed the 3rd option… the ship doesn suffer a -1 to their AA (the whole flights section is contridictors.. AA doesnt suffer modifier, except against large or kamikazes..so why not evading as well)
This is why I’ve not done any crib sheet or looked at any scenarios.. I feel that the extra rules will alter what we have a fair bit!
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Nat replied to the topic How does AA fire against Flights and Flight attacks on Ships ACTUALLY work? in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
yeah thats rules lawyering to the Nth degree…
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Nat replied to the topic Are Rifle Grenades a small arm or heavy weapon? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
There is no problem… it actually came out of another discussion about small arms with a PEN value (while we agree that they cant get a positive PEN… in theory I suppose you could have a negative PEN value on small arms… but that would be a v2 for impovised weaponary….like a baseball bat or cricket ball :p) and if you could get a heavy…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Wardroom (facebook group) FAQ in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
<swaring> conflicting ‘confirmations’ oh how stuff works depending on when, where & who you ask!
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Nat replied to the topic How does AA fire against Flights and Flight attacks on Ships ACTUALLY work? in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
Hi Chrisitian, if you look in the thread wardroom FAQ, i’ve done a complete breakedown of how AA works in the FAQ thats attached.
In the QSR for aircraft attacking ships, they hit on their own score, no modifiers (only kamikazes say to use them, the others say not to) and evade will still take effect as its any successful attack.
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Steeljackal replied to the topic Are Rifle Grenades a small arm or heavy weapon? in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Rules are not clear in many parts, I agree with you.
But in this case there is no problem, HE1 means pen +1 then can damage and pin armoured vehicle, and all other things HE do.
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Master Chief replied to the topic Exceptional HE damage in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
Bolt Action rulebook 2nd Ed page 70 (last sentence of paragraph above HE table):
Note that the models removed as casualties can come from anywhere in the unit, not just from the models within the explosion radius.
So the answer to both your questions is “No”. For HE exceptional damage, the attacker chooses the model to remove. In the case the…[Read more]
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SteveT started the topic Exceptional HE damage in the forum Bolt Action 3 years, 7 months ago
If exceptional damage is scored whilst rolling within a HE template….. must the casualty be taken from a man within that template?
How about normal hits? Could they be taken from outside the template?
Seems odd if “yes”
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invisible officer replied to the topic Smoke and aircraft – Like to hear your opinions in the forum Victory At Sea 3 years, 7 months ago
There is the usual gap between history and simple game rules.
Can aircraft attack a ship prorected by a smokescreen? Surely not if the ship is not moving like Tirpitz in Norway. Smoke dischargers at the coast and on pontoons produced a Screen that made the RN and RAF attackers blind.
A moving ship will not be in such a thick screen. S…[Read more]
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