Forgotten Forces Beta: A Unofficial Expansion for Bolt Action 3rd Edition

A update of a fanwork I did last edition, but further enhanced with better grammar and spelling, updated rules, clearer page layout, additional historical details and a expanded QnA.

This PDF contains rules to play historical nations that took part in the second world war but are usually glazed over or ignored. These include:

Mongolia: A cavalry centric army with most of their infantry units capable of purchasing mounts and firing regular Rifles from horseback (with severe penalties). One of the most mobile forces in the game, but coming at a cost as all these mounts must be bought independently in addition to Cavalry Carbines. Also suffer from a weak armour roster.

Abyssinia/Ethiopia: Focused on cheap disposable infantry units that gain a free move before the game even starts, numerous access to many cheap units with a few veteran choices to act as the core of the army. However you get what you pay for, and they lack many units that fall into the middle ground in terms of quality. They also have the worse choice of armour in the game.

Iraqi: A quirky army with a focus on the Chaplain unit, trucks that count as combat vehicles rather then soft-skinned transports and the new Camel unit with options to focus more on a guerilla force. Can form a force from a mix of British trained troops, Palestinian guerilla fighters and armed policemen all backed by German and Italian armour.

In addition there are also rules for Bows (yes they were used in WW2 believe it or not) and Camels, acting similar to Horses only trading movement for the ability to cross Rough Ground as Open and getting bonuses in Melee against other Cavalry units.

Just like last time if you spot any spelling or grammar mistakes, have any questions about the rules, have balance advice or spot a historical flub or the like, please feel free to comment below as I would very much enjoy as much feedback as possible for a potential final release.

Also I’ll be real I very much wanted to post this here despite the last version getting no traction as it’s now one of the first things to pop up when you good ‘Bolt-Action Homebrew’ and I was NOT happy with how that version came out so hopefully this might help replace it.