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  • Nat replied to the topic Lottorio Class BB in the forum Victory At Sea 5 months ago

    DP is Dual Purpose Shells used in the light guns.. basically shells set with an altitude marker to explode at a certain hight.

    The AA guns are the AA battery – those 12 x 90mm are what gives the ranged AA…

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    you’ll note that my comment was BEFORE WL released the sepecial rules TEASE

    I highlight that all we have are teases…we dont know 80% of the rules… so it could be that there are massive changes, or it could be that they are highlighting the big changes and everything else is the same.. we dont know till september.

    I do agree that depending on…[Read more]

  • SteveT replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    I agree L.T., Bolt Action is as good  as any other ruleset out there for resembling the kind of things that happen in battle. I’ve tried most of them. ASL was the most realistic perhaps,  but that is very bloated, and in the end it all comes down to much of the same thing.  I have never thought of BA as Hollywood—I find it gruelling to think abou…[Read more]

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    The issue here is you are straying out of the hollywood movies of ww2 (which is what BA is) and into the simulation of ww2 which is covered by multiple other game systems…

    Not to mention you end up with the missing / forgetting / mixing up of rules …if you know have 3 sets of firing rules for mortars (regulars, negative for inexp, positive…[Read more]

  • SteveT replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    Yes, it does seem odd. I think skill is often overlooked those on who focus on hardware. It is why this (and many other WW2 games) will never recapture the results that we know happened such as  1 Tiger taking out X Russians.

    They might argue, poorly, that their increased longevity means they are around to fire more and score more kills, but…[Read more]

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    accuracy – yes..

    ability to act – no
    chance to run away – no
    potential casulties – again no….

    BUT as we dont have a time frame for a turn / order activation i’m ok with that because we have no idea how many shots a RoF 1 actually is!  BA is a game with a historical skin, not a simulation with a gaming skin as it were…

  • Yes, I am with Wilber on this latest batch of  ‘doublespeak’:  MMGs being more survivable as no small man rule (??!) , and the ‘simplification’ of 1 roll into 2. Read like a bad attempts at persuasion.

    Of course, their primary aim must be always to sell more figures and books, as without sales the Bolt Action we like withers and dies. But n…[Read more]

  • So small teams is gone – theres no getting round that (like exceptional damage) WL have come out and said its gone completely.

    People have done the maths on FB & Discord and turns out its a bit of a wash (no real difference) on lethality between the changes in shooting with modifiers and cover.

    The streamlined thing …..theres a lot less…[Read more]

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    yeah it sounds like multiple pins are still around for orders and such, but the shooting is just do you have pins.

  • SteveT replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    Wondering if there are multiple pin counters allowed now? I know it says -1 to hit if pinned (a digital on/off state). But they still could keep units with multiple pins, just means harder to clear the pins.

    mm

     

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 5 months ago

    No wound rolls

    No long range

    Basic to hit is now 4+

     

    Source jugganoughts podcast guys

  • You had the original battle of Britain 2 player rules – which are the free download ones.

     

    You then had a 1.5 update version in airstrike, midway then used those rules but with the ground attack stuff removed

  • Starter box = all the air v air air missions plus some air v sea mission

    Airstrike= all the starter box rules plus air v ground/sea

    Wing commander= player progression campaign

  • airstrike is the offical rules .. its a 1.5. … BUT if you get the midway two player set then all it will give you is the ground attack missions a few more naval ones and the cards…

    While I recommend you get it wing commander isnt a requirement at all to buy unless you want to…what it contains is :  a campaign
    unoffical / ready room house…[Read more]

  • So points… you can buy equipment like rockets and such.. OR you drop an aircraft and up the pilot skill of multiple other aircraft.

    Trait cards are found in aircraft boxes – please do buy the rulebook & AT LEAST THE ACE BOXES!  If you dont buy stuff from WL, then WL will no longer support the game.  You will need to buy a starter box because t…[Read more]

  • hmm historic use of marksmen- picking off officers and important people…

    probably just better range, to hit, an extra pin & +1 PEN against infantry

  • And NCOs have nothing to fear from snipers…unless there is some other ruling that lets snipers pick casualties.

  • Nat replied to the topic Bolt Action Player Finder (UK) in the forum Bolt Action 6 months ago

    well one used to be official… until a couple of months ago ..so now called Unoffical Warlordgames Server :p

    https://  discord.gg/  m5SJPrSF

    (take out the spaces)

  • Or japanese with the type 91/93 armoured railroad car
    …. looks at the two Nations I play…. <dolt>

    re snipers… hmm in a vacuum if nothing else changes then they’ll be lacklaster.. BUT I think more stuff is changing.

  • Nat replied to the topic v3 Known Changes in the forum Bolt Action 6 months ago

    When one of the vocal questions has been why cant loaders pickup the squad weapon, I can see why it was removed…. and WL have said on FB that they are gone not reworked & re-named!

    Pistols losing assault, well tough fighter was 1 point, pistols were 1 point to gain tough fighter & a 6″ ranged shot… so again I can see why remove it.

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