Welcome to part 2 of the 3 player battle report of Beyond the Gates of Antares. The fight intensifies as the Algoryn army and the Boromite horde surround the compound – can the Concord hang on? With the NuHu commander dead, and casualties piling up on every front, it’s all to play for as we…
New boy at Warlord HQ Rich Carlisle explains his approach to laying out a great battlefield: We all love our armies and lavish untold hours on their creation painting and then defeating our enemies on the fields of battle. This sometimes leaves our tables a little, shall we say, devoid of realistic representation. Is it…
With the highly detailed building and furniture ranges from 4Ground arriving here at Warlord, we asked the guys that made them how they used the terrain in their Bolt Action battles. This nifty set of house rules (no pun, etc…) was promptly returned, and we decided to share them with the rest of you: 4Ground House…
Behind closed doors, things are progressing at pace for the up-coming release of Beyond the Gates of Antares – with more new models (and races!) being worked upon in the Warlord studio. We have some extremely exciting news coming soon – so keep watching the Warlord Newsletter, and make sure that you’re a member of…
Dust off your orders dice because this summer we are running a massive Bolt Action event – an online campaign where you can post the results of your tabletop battles and try to affect the overall course of the war. Every Bolt Action player can join in – when the campaign starts you’ll sign up…
Bolt Action writer Alessio Cavatore has kindly provided us with the rules for fielding ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill – the exclusive miniature that comes with the new Germany Strikes! theatre book (when bought direct from the webstore or from our stand at events). Born in Surrey in 1906, Jack Churchill was a many-talented man – amongst other things, he…
With the recent release of our Senegalese Tirailleurs box set, we thought we’d shed a little more light upon some of the French Colonial troops which fought during the Second World War, with the help of Sam Phillips and Alessio Cavatore. Senegalese Tirailleurs The Senegalese Tirailleurs (Senegalese riflemen) were a military corps of West African…
A few weeks ago Alessio was invited as a guest by the Leicester Sabres – the gaming club of the University of Leicester – to take part in the “Falaise Gap” special Tank War big scenario. And it was great fun! Over to Alessio: I brought 1,000 points of my US tanks to the game,…
With the release of each of the Bolt Action Theatre Books, there are more and more additional rules being released for special characters – so we thought we’d ask Alessio to go back over some of the existing models which are provided absolutely FREE with each of the ‘Armies of..’ books when purchased through the…
With more releases and information spilling out into the eager hands of playtesters worldwide, Beyond the Gates of Antares is popping up all over the web on wargaming forums, videos, blogs – and it’s making an appearance at gaming clubs as players get to grips with the universe and the rules! A regular contributor to the…
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