richard zamudio

Mea culpa. Having never actually read the Geneva Convention, I was following the terminology in the Bolt Action rulebook. Perhaps the writers of the rules should have used more technically correct wording.

Thanks to all who responded so quickly!

Without looking at the points, the Japanese lone sniper is probably cheaper either as a sniper or Lmg gunner. I am sure someone will provide the correct points!

For most of the conflict, the helmets were US style. However, many troops wore a headgear that was similar to to an Australian bush hat but with smaller brims. One side was often up and after awhile the hat had somewhat of an irregular shape. Since the continental French did not serve in Indochina (except for the Foreign Legion), much of the…[Read more]

Whatever the French were called, they returned to take over control in Indochina. Since the conflict in Indochina lasted until 1955, the description “Free French” would not be that historically correct. As far as gaming is concerned, use whatever is available.

Since the French in Indochina used a large amount of American equipment in Indochina, it would not be that strange to use the US troops that War Lord makes. There is also an excellent range of French paratroopers (and Viet Minh) for Indochina (Empress Miniatures), but as they are from England the postage can be a bit pricey. As far as making a…[Read more]

A rather short answer is that there is no rulebook based on the Epic range at the moment. There is talk of a rulebook Epic specific but that has yet to be published. Though Black Powder is a set of rules designed for 28mm, you can use it with the Epic range incorporating several changes. There is no real consensus as for the best ways of…[Read more]

Not that I am expert on Bolt Action, quite the contrary! However, I see nothing wrong with you doing Bolt Action in 1/72. As the figure/vehicles are smaller, you may want to fiddle with the ranges/movement speeds. My thought would be to play on a 4/6 table and keep the range/speed the same. It would give the range/speed  a  more “realistic” f…[Read more]

All of the responses were very useful, however I was thinking along the lines of making the guerrillas a very abstract force, not to be burdened with stats and such. The irregular forces are seen as more of nuisance than anything else. Since I am currently using 15mm figures with fairly large forces, the guerrillas would probably not even be on…[Read more]

Thanks for the prompt and helpful response!

Not a bad idea! As hardly anyone around here plays the French (for a variety of reasons),this could come as a rather unpleasant surprise!

And the important thing to remember is that, at the moment, this is all that we have to work with! Just hoping that there might be a book about the 1809 or 1813-1814 campaigns! One can only hope!

Well, in my own defense, I prefer game systems with points! I have always felt that games without a point system to be lacking completion. I really enjoy painting and using  obscure and sometimes rag tag units (Spanish guerrillas or Austrian Landwehr). Without a comprehensive point system, it is often quite difficult to use such units in games.…[Read more]

Thanks, gentlemen, for all the prompt replies. Makes me wonder why such costly books have the errors/omissions that they have!