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Bolt Action, Bolt Action - Battleground Europe, Gaming & Collecting, Scenarios & Additional Rules

Rules: Lights! Camera! Action! Using War Reporters in Bolt Action

Before we get into this article I would just like to point out this is a fun, optional rule allowing you to use the free miniature you get when you order Battleground Europe: D-Day to Germany from us. With the release of our first Bolt Action campaign book – Battleground Europe – due imminently, packed…

Bronze Age, Hail Caesar, Uniforms & History

History: Egyptian Chariots

Introduction Chariots developed out of earlier vehicles mounted on disk or cross-bar wheels, with the origin traced to the Near East, where spoke-wheeled and horse-drawn ‘true’ chariots are first estimated to originate the earlier part of the second millennium BC. The early usage of chariots was mainly for transportation purposes. With technological improvements to their…

Battle Reports, Bolt Action, Bolt Action - German, Bolt Action - Tank War, Gaming & Collecting

Tank Escalation Campaign Part 5 – Friendly Fire!

The German forces under the command of kommandant Bernard Lewis have been running amok – with three games under their belt, it was time to throw something of a ‘speedbump’ in their direction – enter the equally Teutonic force of Richard Dando! The chaps took up position in the Mail Order warehouse… a grass mat…

Bolt Action, Bolt Action - German, Painting & Modelling, Stage-by-Stage Guides

Hobby: Matthew Davies’ Pak 36 Carrier

Matthew Davies talks us through how he constructed his converted German captured Universal Carrier: The Universal Carrier was true to its name, and found itself in a ‘universal’ role, in several armies during World War Two. As well as a transport, it was also used for logistics, reconnaissance, and some were used as support weapons…