George

The temple of Ramses III relief show the carts  drawn by more than two oxen (= Slow) and with just one axle in mid of base (= unstable)  They seem to be ordinary trasport, carrying the belongimgs and kids. So more like a modern camper, not an APC.

Instead of adding power to a force they would seperate the fighters into the “crews” of a few p…[Read more]

Count them as ordinary infantry types (spears or archers) as if in square. This means that they ignore all break test results except “unit breaks.” A square is limited in the way it moves. Normally, it cannot advance, but can retire, but as this is a wagon, I would suggest that it moves slowly and cannot charge.

@lawrence well you’ve got a couple of issues…

1 – game balance, LMGs went up to RoF 4 in v2 because they werent in use
2 – time frame – the RoF is not actual but game balance slant on effectiveness
3- Role – just because something isnt a X weapon in the view of modern eyes doesnt mean it wasnt used in that role… examples would be the MG43 or…[Read more]

Its still in beta, but aside from the fact that ALL types of soviet comissars disapeared last update is pretty much there.

Actually …. scrub that… cant use it today – no abilty to select a nation to create a list!

The answer to that is very nebulus…

Its down to the TO…thats the bottom line of Tournaments.

Its their choice to what books they allow… they can over-ride the FAQ, and often do limiting armies to units from X books… Some will make allowances for a specifc army ie theirs a tournament near me that will only allow armies of books, but allow…[Read more]

Guts & Glory is the BP Epic …

its two small (single re-enforced brigade) sides… OR 1 moderate force

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.

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

No. There is a bold answer I await correction.

Garry