The Demo Gamers is an Australian Bolt Action-based blog full of great content. This article in particular caught our eye as something a little bit different… We enjoy playing Bolt Action wargames and want to share that fun with others. So how does one do this? Running a Public Participation game is different to running…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 6 Today’s surprise is an extract from the forthcoming Bolt Action Theatre Book – Ostfront: Barbarossa to Berlin. ‘For us there was no land beyond the Volga.’ Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitzev first distinguished himself during the battle of Stalingrad as a superb sniper. He killed 225…
On 19th November 2014, I had the privilege of sneaking-into one of the playtesting sessions for Beyond the Gates of Antares. I joined gamescribe Rick Priestley, and his loyal playtesting companion – Nick Simmerson. Aim of the Playtesting Session Today, we had a brand new scenario to try-out – featuring a Transmat Station (essentially a…
With the recent release of ‘Tank War’ – there are a whole slew of new aspects for Bolt Action players to explore – but we couldn’t resist sneaking-in a little something extra… Jon Russell – organiser of Warlord Games Day USA, and all-round ‘hero’ of ours, who tackles all manner of projects behind the scenes, has…
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…
With further games under our collective belts and the slew of recently released units, we felt it time to release a fresh update for Bolt Action to address some rules queries raised by the community, and to provide rules for all of those shiny newly released vehicles that you’ve all been buying! download pdf download…
Now you can design your own Tank Ace and storm into a Tank War battle! Artwork courtesy of Osprey Publishing With ‘Tank War’ shipping-out early, and in the eager hands of Bolt Action players worldwide – we sat down with our resident Italian, Alessio Cavatore, for a few guidelines on how to go about designing your…
It’s time to unleash the full force of your armies as Alessio Cavatore brings us some exciting new optional rules for massive games of Bolt Action: The rules of Bolt Action have been designed for platoon-level engagements involving a few reinforced platoons, and played on a 6’ x 4’ table. They play best with twenty…
Following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire about 2100BC there was a period of disorder during which the country was ruled or at least dominated by the Gutians. No-one knows exactly who the Gutians of this period were (the same name was later used to described other peoples who lived in the Zagros Mountains much…
As the characters and the (mis)adventures portrayed in the Dad’s Army TV series are not all that serious, neither are these rules – we don’t recommend these for use in tournaments! Fielding the Dad’s Army Home Guard Platoon We suggest you incorporate these models into the Home Guard Section on page 23 of the Armies of Great Britain book. Captain Mainwaring…
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