Warlord Games | Eric T Holmes | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/erictholmes/activity/ Activity feed for Eric T Holmes. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:38:20 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c0ab2296940b0f8a14d2db14b70c3f38 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Panzerschreck Costs in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/panzerschreck-costs/#post-191936 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:57:59 +0100 Hello … Mr Russel has the best observation in regards to this GAME … as I’ve been told by dozens of players from around the US … I’ve played in New York state, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Florida … If you want to play “Hollywood,”  okay, play the rules as written.  If you want to “Simulate” the combat conditions of WW2, play against s…[Read more]

]]> 0 634e8fe56d9331aa016f22884ad21c5e Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Special Figures in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/special-figures/#post-191935 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:36:41 +0100 I’ve been waiting for Warlord to create an Audie Murphy figure, a full set of “Combat!” figures, I thought they had a line of Nisei figures, but I think that went away, and they use some of the special figures to sell new editions of their “army” books.  I’ve stopped trying to create vignettes as objective markers because nobody seems to want to…[Read more]

]]> 0 d67a818caf9711096ee402984da9f596 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic H.Q. Units in Transport Vehicle in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/h-q-units-in-transport-vehicle/#post-191934 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:27:56 +0100 Umm … Stuart, you’ve neglected the fact that in the German Army an SdKfz 253 was an artillery spotting vehicle and there were some radio equipped versions of the SdKfz 251 that were used as artillery spotting vehicles.  Let’s face it, all  you’re talking about is a “moving, rolling” foxhole when it comes to a vehicle carrying a forward o…[Read more]

]]> 0 18a0bbc93b59dca9aa24a21ae827b35a Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Forgotten Forces Beta: A Unofficial Expansion for Bolt Action 3rd Edition in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/forgotten-forces-beta-a-unofficial-expansion-for-bolt-action-3rd-edition/#post-191933 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:05:47 +0100 Josh,

Wow, this is a very cool idea for a supplement.  I especially liked the Soviet-Japanese portion of your supplement.  When I had my Japanese army, I built it along the lines of the 1930s Army.

Now I’m gonna have to rebuild that army to play against my Soviets … damn … more figures to paint, LOL.

Roll Sixes!

]]> 0 51772e4fb69fa893dd2dc677f1bc00db Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Rules Questions in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-questions/page/37/#post-191932 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:59:01 +0100 Here’s another conundrum concerning MMG armed transports. Except for any internal hull mounted MMGs, passengers had been known to grab the external MMGs and use them for their own fire power.  Think of the German Panzer Grenadiers or the American Armored Infantry units. The guns went with them and their transports pulled away.  (Yeah, yeah, yeah .…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c7551fe95343f23abe88fc0318acd57 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Rules Questions in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-questions/page/37/#post-191931 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:48:53 +0100 Can Soviet Platoon Leaders and Company Commanders ride tanks if their platoon is made up of Tank Riders?  Also, can the Light Mortars, and any ancillary Teams ride the tanks, as well?

If the Officer has a Banner assigned to its team, and the officer team is riding on top of a tank, is the banner displayed?  This is dependent on the previous q…[Read more]

]]> 0 d3eb924cbc64e91afb9b4460f4d51b10 Eric T Holmes started the topic RULES QUESTION _ BOLT ACTION V3 and V2 in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-question-_-bolt-action-v3-and-v2/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:46:06 +0000 Are inexperienced units always considered “Green?”

I can’t seem to find anything definitive within the rules, nor whether there is any “Points Cost” for creating “Green Inexperienced” units. I know, for as long as I’ve been playing this game, I should know this, but I can’t find anything that specifically points to a “Green Inexperienced” rule. …[Read more]

]]> 0 15879fbfffa9c78554f389a5e7e8eded Eric T Holmes started the topic Dense Terrain in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/dense-terrain-2/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:20:05 +0100 Is there a movement limitation to Dense Terrain?  As a Biologist, I know that there are “mixtures” of terrain involving vegetation and cover.  There are two levels of vegetation when a Biologist describes a wooded area … Overstory and Understory … Overstory happens to be vegetation growth that is usually above 10 feet of the ground s…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd82e78bcf93a903d41d70543f718070 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Rules Questions in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-questions/page/33/#post-189918 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:28:05 +0100 Are forward Observers allowed to “Advance” upon the board and call in their appropriate strike?

]]> 0 252a1e64b372e29e744784a1680f26d2 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic New errata discussion in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-errata-discussion/#post-189917 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:24:11 +0100 … and since when is a screen door a closed solid door?

]]> 0 4ad49b1acae3f383fbe1dd3051d283c0 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic German Grenadiers - late, late war and long sleeves? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/german-grenadiers-late-late-war-and-long-sleeves/#post-189916 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:21:53 +0100 Use leftover arms from other sprues … ?

]]> 0 2e206d2664cc3bcf6038c7121d2e882c Eric T Holmes started the topic Senior NCOs in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/senior-ncos/ Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:03:34 +0100 Can someone point me to the rule concerning Senior NCOs.  I’ve seen the rule and I’d like to put the information on one of my Easy Army lists.  I especially like the rule used with a major.

]]> 0 73070621634c6ddc194cb4ed2ea7b1a3 Eric T Holmes posted an update: Alright ... someone please tell me why in an "assault-type" […] https://www.warlordgames.com/activity/p/24202/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:10:06 +0100 Alright … someone please tell me why in an “assault-type” squad, the included flamethrower and any included LMGs, or other assigned and paid-for weapons, cannot be used in an assault. Seems counter intuitive if you ask me.

]]> 0 4e5efe2b07942fa086ea8d651a24f905 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Game scale in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/game-scale/#post-189288 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:45:09 +0100 Hello fellow gamers:

If using Bolt Action weapon ranges, the scale is roughly 1 inch = 20 yards. Use of additional, varied, and denser terrain features gets you into a line-of-sight “see it, shoot it” game and still allows for maneuvering.

With a figure-scaled game 25mm-28mm at 1” = 5 ft or  25mm = 1.5 m (approximately 1::60 scale), theref…[Read more]

]]> 0 3b4b9e3d48cb8ce26e2c2cca6f6e2ea8 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Kit Bashing Figures - Easy Peasy or a PIA ? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/kit-bashing-figures-easy-peasy-or-a-pia/page/2/#post-189281 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:20:44 +0100 I’ve kitbashed all my Soviet Women figures just by exchanging female heads with the Soviet figure.

Harder conversions were usually finding an unusual figure and chopping off pieces and then replacing an item.

]]> 0 b66fddc3f7f67b71d218fbc88b4e25cb Eric T Holmes started the topic Is there a specialized rule for Panzergranadiers debussing from a Transport? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/is-there-a-specialized-rule-for-panzergranadiers-debussing-from-a-transport/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:25 +0100 At some time of my play experiences, another player utilized a chain of events where the carried Panzergrenadier squad departed its transport at the end of the transport’s advance move without an activation order from an officer.  There was no intervening or additional draw from the Order Dice bag.  Am I correct in my assumption that there needs t…[Read more]

]]> 0 182858275d520164f96ab451600338a7 Eric T Holmes started the topic LuftFaust - Fliegerfaust Proposals in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/luftfaust-fliegerfaust-proposals/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:01:19 +0100 Gentle Beings,

I’d like to propose an entry, based on historical data more than gameplay, for the “Luftfaust” AKA “Fliegerfaust.”

Fliegerfaust  (lit. “pilot’s fist”, “plane fist”, or “aviator’s fist”), also known as the “Luftfaust” (lit. “air fist”), was a German prototype of an unguided, man-portable, multi-barreled ground-to-air rocket…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc83c092b715122f51000c0170c4216f Eric T Holmes started the topic Flamethrower during an Assault in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/flamethrower-during-an-assault/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:02:51 +0000
  • Does the squad flamethrower get an attack during an assault?  This whether it’s an attacker or a defender.
    • ]]>     0     c7e4df3cbbca31ba1f076a15cf624c56 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Melee rules in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/melee-rules/#post-188755 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:58:20 +0000 Remember, those troops inside the building get the Defensive Position modifiers.

    ]]>     0     30bb08672fa139d2e1bfe6045d587ea0 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Unit cards in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/unit-cards-3/#post-182807 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:02:40 +0000 Make your own if it’s a tool you want to use.

    ]]>     0     3ad20b7a77c0949fe4d50f643b87cde1 Eric T Holmes replied to the topic Bren Carrier - Rules clarification in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/bren-carrier-rules-clarification/#post-180110 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:18:43 +0100 I tend to use the UC Bren Carrier as a weapons mount and thus only have a crew of three in the vehicle – Driver, Gunner, Assistant Gunner.  Now, I made my carriers convertible over three armies, Canadian/US, German (obviously a captured vehicle) and, Soviet.  Both the Canadian/US and the Soviet are machine gun carriers.  Heavy and medium re…[Read more]

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