A little fun this week provided by Roger Gerrish – what might have happened if ‘Blood and Guts’ had continued his wrecking-ball advance East, and into the Soviets? A Bolt Action 1946 ‘What if?’ situation by Roger Gerrish Whilst browsing the Ostfront theatre book my attention was caught by a couple of notes at the end…
Tatou! Tatou! – All for One and One for All – Part Three – by David Hunter From Olympus Pass To Forty-Second Street, Greece and Crete, April to May 1941 Continuing Davids look into the history and early actions of the 28 from part 1 and part 2, we now look at how you can…
Hi guys, Bryan here from the WWPD blog. I’ve been working on something special with my mate Patch down here in Australia for the last few months (not to mention some help from Alessio Cavatore) – a new army list for the Australians in Bolt Action. More specifically for the South West Pacific theatre 1942-45. View…
Throughout the Second World War, there was a huge amount of equipment-sharing… whether it be soldiers of the Red Army stalking from room-to-room amongst the ice-choked streets of Stalingrad, having picked-up an MP40 and Panzerfaust from a fallen German soldier… or the crafty British Commandos having pinched a Panther and made it their own –…
Fortifications often prove costly to attack, and difficult to destroy. None more so perhaps than the Pantherturm! View in Store From 1943, Panther turrets were mounted in fixed fortifications; some were normal production models, but most were made specifically for the task, with additional roof armour to withstand artillery fire. Two types of turret emplacements…
With the advent of Duel in the Sun, Carl Titterington, Andy Singleton and Sam Phillips have donned their sun cream and goggles to begin ‘Operation Sand Dune’ in earnest! Sam Phillips – Sneaky Beaky SAS To expand my British armies into desert warfare, I have chosen to collect the deadly SAS. The army will not…
51st Highland Division Operation Husky – The Campaign in Sicily – 1943 by Warlords Michele Isaja With the release of the much awaited “Duel in the Sun” I wanted to give the go ahead to a project that I had had in my mind for long time now, as I have Sicilian ancestors, I always…
The LRDG and the SAS, the elite of all fighting units. From the harsh environment of the desert, on to Italy, then behind the lines in Europe, these elite units gathered intelligence and became a thorn in the Axis side time and again. These army lists are perfect for Bolt Action skirmishes, and with Duel In…
The lads at TableTopBattle have been gaming hard in the Kasserine pass – 1943. Will their Bolt Action forces fare better than the Allied forces of that time…. Part 1 – to battle Damon and Joachim introduce themselves to Bolt Action in the desert: Part 2 – Final actions Resorting to the heavy tiger tank will…
TALLY-HO! Guns blazing the LRDG speed into action in this special scenario from Bolt Action rules writer Alessio Cavatore, representing a fast, mobile and well-armed force that manages to catch up with a retreating enemy force, which is larger in numbers, but low on supply. November 1942, after the decisive battle of El Alamein, the…
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