Nat

To be honest, I’m going to pick up the supplement Close Quarters which has some cleanup of the rules for aircraft in it.

Your opponent might already now about it due to the radar rules.  It says at the start of the turn… so I read that as the plane activates before any activation die are pulled from the bag.

re flak – i read it as per…[Read more]

Another couple of options are….ps some shocking idesa here….

play some of the campaign scenarios/ randimise which mission you do play

Play lopsided battles – ie you have 1K + a king tiger, they have a normal 1K army.

Play tank war /armoured platoons

play larger point games where multiple units are activated under a single order die

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Yeah I read that as a statement of an idea not a ‘heres a scenario we’ve written’ as well…..

true…. how about something like this?

Grenade, range 3″, shots 1 Pen 0 special: assault, thrown weapon, grenade

thrown weapon rules – ignore cover mods, never gets the point blank bonus,

grenade weapon rules – has +1 PEN against infantry, if hit does D2 hits

dont want them to powerful as they are free on most models

@richard – you mean almost realistic?  just a head and weapon showing whilst firing!… although I would have balanced it with the negative of the unit gaining the FIXED rule whilst in a ‘dug in’ position

Flamethrowers (preferably on a tank!) and /or smoke seems to be the way to deal with dug in troops

To help differenciate the two squads… otherwise there would be no point in the rifle squad entry* as if you wanted a green rifle squad you’d just take the LMG squad and not buy the LMG!

*Aside from the free ‘conscript’ squad…..

– I keep saying this, but this is a Hollywood game based on History not a historical simulation game

Ostfront & Fortress Budapest have minefields in the IIRC.

Basically every campaign book has enviroment and some additional rules…

Well for house rules I’d say the following could happen:

Each model counts as 2 for the purpose of ’embarking’ in to a building.  (this then builds in the 1″ gap)

Only 1 unit may man a wall at a time (making it easier to keep track of)

Only units that are manning a wall can be targeted by an assault against that side of the building (no…[Read more]

Dont think there are any…. but hay people have got time on their hands to make up a campaign pack that allows this!

All players start with a generic platoon, with equipment /unit limitations to 1939 then you get so many XP per unit for suriving a game, kills, completing objectives etc which can then be spent to upgrade the unit

I’ll counter that with where does it say you can have more than 1 unit per floor?

Its a permissive rule set, that states you need to have a 1″ gap between friendly units… bering in mind that page 115 allows transports to have more than 1 unit embarked and so gives us a pass on the 1″ gap rule.

So the rules say you need to have a gap between…[Read more]

@paul – on Preparatory Bombarment.  There is nothing in the rules about using a template so its just 1 hit. (the rules only talk about 2 man units taking 50% casualties but not biger units, so yeah 1 hit is just that 1 person getting hit)

To be honest my Japanese arent even made yet!

I’m just wanting to make sure I have the rules staight in my head…. and knowing me at one point I will roll multiple hits with mortarts in one go! (they’ll then fail to do anything for the rest of the game……)

:p

yeah you declare down as a reaction, when the to-hit die has been rolled its to late to make a reaction.

The only exception to this is IIRC is prelimary bombardment when you get to decleare your going down after the roll to see if the unit is hit but before the template is placed….

The crux of the question is then, do the mortars count as separte units when firing?

Because the rules are clear, you only take PINs once per firing unit – at the highest no. available ie 2 flamerthrowers is only +3 PINS not +6

Reading the US introduction page… and I have a couple of questions

what is coats striking group? and how does a cruiser provide air cover to it?  – USS Chester paragraph

How long is the range of the New Mexicos guns if she can shell islands in the pacific when she returned to the Atlantic at the start of the war?

yes, I think its…[Read more]

for what its worth …some of the FAQ /Errata has been rolled in to the Bolt Action FAQ (free on the warlord store)….

However its also worth noting that Tank War is a Bolt Action V1 suplement so has a number of rules ….mishmashs shall we call them…. where the core rules have been changed.

Kamikaze planes – 35 points for an inexperienced pilot with 1 bomb

would I be right in thinking that I need to fly over the target then hope that the defender doesnt get a single 6 (as 1 forces a disengage) … after that I’ll need to get a 4 or less to actually HIT!

(<5 starting point, +2 point blank, -2 inexp crew, -2 shooting vessal at full…[Read more]