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SteveT started the topic Small arms vs Open top in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 1 month ago
If infantry shoot at, say, an open-top AFV, I assume the best they can achieve is a pin?
How about a sniper vs an open-topped vehicle (of any kind)? Do they just kill the crew one at a time?
I am not very clear on how Bolt Action handles these things.
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Nat replied to the topic Units on transport in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 1 month ago
@nI know – good point I never said anything about order of resolution 😛
@stuart…except the part of the rules that literally says don’t apply anymore damage results and remove the vehicle as soon as you get a damage result!
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Questions in the forum Blood Red Skies 4 years, 1 month ago
Hi bill, no it doesn’t affect the hand size… it is just removed from the deck before the game starts so you start with one fewer card.
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Questions in the forum Blood Red Skies 4 years, 1 month ago
If you download the faq or read the updated rules in air strike you’ll find a dirgam that shows you -yes the front arrow must be in the rear arc to get tailing
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Nat replied to the topic Units on transport in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 1 month ago
No the unit is NOT hit by the weapon that hits the transport vehicle… they are hit by sharpnel and debris of the vehicle. THis is why you get get PEN bonus to the wound rolls. Source is the FAQ.
As they are not hit by the flamethrower but rather the vehicle they where inside they only test if they lose 50%
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SteveT replied to the topic Concord Sprue in the forum Beyond the Gates of Antares 4 years, 1 month ago
Thank you! Excellent!
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Nat replied to the topic 1809 French in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 1 month ago
sorry only seem to have posted half of what I was going to say!
The extrapulation (as I dont have the peninuslar box either) is that they are made to fit WLs rules… that is a battalion of 24 models with 4 grenadiers, 4 voltiguers and a command group as thats what the pictures on the store show (which seem to be pretty accurate)
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SteveT started the topic Concord Sprue in the forum Beyond the Gates of Antares 4 years, 1 month ago
Hello all,
On the Concord plastic sprue are some things I cannot identify:
On the lower right side are what look like heavy weapon pieces but they don’t seem to fit in hands.
And more mysterious on the left is a thing with a semicircular antler-like…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic 1809 French in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 1 month ago
Warlord late war Battalions are 24 single piece models, with pack and heads separate 8 which had epaulettes. There are multiple different Shakos
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Big Al replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 1 month ago
Page 20 (main rulebook) under Formations. It tells you all about Skirmish formation.
Basically, it tells you about the different way that units use the formation “Skirmish Order”. As a line unit in “Skirmish Order” is not a unit of skirmishers, they do not benefit from being skirmishers.
I don’t comment much on the supplements because I tend no…[Read more]
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invisible officer replied to the topic Italian Uniforms in the Chinese theater in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 1 month ago
The ca. 100 men at the Beijing Radio Station in Italian concession under Lt. Cmdr. Baldassarre had been a mix from army and navy. The Navy officers and OR wore white naval tropical dress, the OR had a Khaki drill one that some may have worn. The army guys wore the standard tropical khaki uniform . They had only light arms.
3/4 decided to f…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 1 month ago
That makes sense, however in the Clash of Eagles light infantry do have the special note – skirmish – yet you also have Russians Line Units with the rule ‘poor skirmisher’ which states that they dont benefit from the +1 bonus for skirmishers shooting…. when they can only do that in mixed formation (Russians dont have the option to form compisite…[Read more]
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Big Al replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 1 month ago
The line aren’t skirmishers, so the modifiers don’t apply to them. They aren’t skirmishing, they have just adopted Open Order to move through the terrain. Skirmishers are trained to operate in the way that they do and are normally in small or tiny units. There can be exceptions, where a full regiment of light infantry are working as a line unit.…[Read more]
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Big Al replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 2 months ago
No, there is no penalty. The line infantry are trained to operate in a loose formation in certain terrain conditions. When they leave the terrain they must adopt their default formation as soon as they can. The skirmish units already have certain advantages in their favour already – dice modifiers for shooting and being shot at. In woods all…[Read more]
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invisible officer replied to the topic Getting Started – Pionere in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
Well, not enjoying modelling and painting is a big problem for a gamer. Some just buy ready made armies, a question of money.
Something I would never do, for me that is 3/4 of the fun. Esp. some converions. I just finished my Blitzkrieg and Pionier sprues (the same, just extra metal parts) from two boxes. I did them in groups of 8 – 12.…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Metal figures on 25mm lipped plastic bases in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
Personally I stick the metal model to the bottom of the base then fill it up with a putty to levelish of the metal base.
Other approaches are to cut the metal base off and then pin the model to the base, or trim the metal down
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Big Al replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 2 months ago
No we don’t. Must Form Square is a charge reaction.
The part that states Tiny units can only keep to Skirmish Order is advisory. It is not part of the game rules, or it would be repeated in the rule fo Forming Square.
However, as you know, BP allows you to make changes and tweak them to suit your play, so you do what you like, really
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 2 months ago
So we have 2 conflicting absolutes… on one hand tiny units section says they can only can form march column (but only on roads and tracks… unlike all other units that can form it any where) or their default of skirmish order. Then on the other hand you have the statement that all regular units can form square.
personally I’d take the sp…[Read more]
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Big Al replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 4 years, 2 months ago
No, it states that they can also form into March Column.
I understand what you are saying, but look at page 89 and the Form Square Rule. Nowhere in the book does it say that a tiny unit cannot Form Square. Page 88 tells you that only regular units can Form Square.
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Nat replied to the topic Chaplins in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
The major Chaplin is found in the konflict47 part of the store.
but to re iterate what IO said..any officer should do with proper painting
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