[Ian]

Hi Stuart,

 

Thanks for taking the time to reply. That makes sense.

 

regards

Ian

[Ian]

Can you clarify if a forward air/artillery observer can call in the attack if mounted on an open topped vehicle? If so can he still do so if the vehicle has advanced? Ran?

 

Ian

[Ian]

Hi David

 

Welcome to Bolt Action. It is really an amazing game.

Here’s my small piece of advice if you want to take it

As a new start I would advise building up one squad at a time. You need a minimum of   1 command group (min 1 officer) and 2 rifle squads (min 5 men each unit). Obviously this is a bare minimum and it would be difficult to play a game with so few units. But i would say start with this , paint them up, make sure you are happy with your colour schemes, you basing techniques and that you also enjoy painting the figures. It also saves you from becoming overwhelmed with loads of figures and models and becoming drowned with having do do so much painting.

 

Once you are satisfied with these units slowly expand your army a couple of units at a time. I always start with the basic infantry units, then some heavy weapons,  a light mortar, antitank rife, mmg etc.

Then some support units ie, artillery observer, sniper, transport maybe even some artillery. Now you have the base for a well rounded army.

You can now add the fun items, like tanks, armoured cars, SPG’s,  snipers, flamethrowers and all the exciting units

It all takes a while but is well worth the effort.

Ian

 

 

 

[Ian]

I think this might be glitch in the rules system as this is a game changer!!!

[Ian]

I hope they take this opportunity to finally make squad LMG’s and MMG’s worth choosing in an army selection. At the moment they are poor points value and don’t reflect their importance on the battlefield.

[Ian]

Hi LT,

I’m not arguing about the definition of an LMG, MMG, GPMG or automatic rifle or what ever they are classed as. The BA rules are clear as to what is an LMG (basically the squad automatic weapon), what is an MMG and what is classed as an Automatic Rifle.    That’s OK, I get that, the rules are fun and not extensive.

The point I’m trying to get across is that, the way the rules are written at the moment experienced players very rarely pick an LMG in their infantry squad or chose an MMG unit in their army due to its cost and vulnerability.

This is wrong.

The rules should reflect the effectiveness of these automatic weapons in WWII and ensure that every player wants to chose them in their army lists, not avoid them!!!

[Ian]

Treat as a building with two floors.

No. Must be on the same floor

[Ian]

The big advantage of a half-track over a wheeled vehicle is that they, just like a tank, ignore obstacles. So its not just mud etc but any terrain classed as an obstacle. This would include  hedgerows, fences, steams and the like. These would stop a fully wheeled vehicle and limit its movement on the table.

However the advantage of  being able to move over an obstacle is at the loss of speed, halftracks move 9″ and wheeled vehicles 12″

[Ian]

Highland regiments only wore the kilt in the very early days of the second world war. After the evacuation of France there is little to distinguish Scottish Highland and Guards from other County Regiments.

The tam o’shanter bonnet was also wore by many other Scottish regiments but this was rarely worn in combat. Each Scottish regiment, highland and lowland wore a distinguishing regimental badge. In the North Africa, Italy and France the Black Watch wore a tam’o shanter with a red hackle on the left of the bonnet with a regimental badge on a small patch of the regimental tartan. The other detail is the shoulder flash on the battle dress tunic.

Generally, these details are so small as to not show on a 28mm figure.

In summary; for BA games the Scottish and Scots Guards are dressed similar to other British troops. You could add a piper (Lord Lovat had Piper Milne with his commando unit when he led the advance on Pegasus Bridge on D-Day). But again not to be used in combat.

[Ian]

I think I will stick with the normal two-man sniper team, costs 5 pts less and is more robust.

[Ian]

Great, Thanks for that information.

Paying the extra +5 points for only one man instead of a 2-man team seemed a bit counterintuitive, but I see the advantages now.

The LMG option is too expensive. 55pts +10pts for an LMG firing at a -1 to hit? Doesn’t make sense

[Ian]

Get some barbed wire. That will slow him down long enough for your infantry to whittle him down.

Which army list is he using that allows 5 Bamboo Spear fighter squads??

[Ian]

Hi Lindsay. Look us up. We are the Guernsey Wargames Club.

It would be great to get together but difficult at the moment as you say.

It looks like you have a fairly big membership?

We are all off out tonight for our Christmas meal. So I will tell everyone we’ve been chatting.

Catch you later

 

Ian

[Ian]

Hi Lindsay,

That sounds like a great idea. Do you run wargames weekend right through the summer or only on specific dates?

We are a small club (Max 10 people) based in Guernsey. We fight mainly historical battles we have just finished a BA game for the German invasion of Guernsey……….but in our version the Brits decided to fight it out instead of running away!!! We are now running a SAGA campaign with each member having a different faction. Our big favourites are Brother vs Brother (ACW), Men who would be Kings and  Black Powder. I’m not an IT fan but I think we have a face book page under Bailiwick Wargames Club? But dont quote me on that one.

 

I’m oroginally from Scotland but never been that far north before.

Kind regards

 

Ian

 

[Ian]

Hi Lindsay,

Looks like a cracking game. It also looks like you have a busy wee club up there.

If you guys ever fancy a weekend in the sun you are more than welcome to join us for a wargames weekend.

From the opposite end of the British Isles

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