Warlord Games | Greg | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/herbstine/activity/ Activity feed for Greg. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:11:12 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 fa7221c5cfc4d20ae717d20f33216028 Greg replied to the topic Spotters in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/spotters-2/#post-191834 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:45:33 +0100 While we’re on this subject, if a spotter is shot at and takes a pin, does the firing unit have to take an Orders Test to fire?  This has come up in a few games recently.  I thought the Spotter in BA was treated as simply a line of sight, not an actual soldier sending a call for fire (unlike in real life, where he is).

]]> 0 ecbf9449c3cc13bcb2ee2ce694ca7545 Greg replied to the topic Spotters in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/spotters-2/#post-191833 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:41:46 +0100 Hi Kar98k.  What I meant was if a mortar team with spotter was shooting with line of sight from the mortar itself (so not needing the spotter), could another unit use the spotter?  Or is the spotter now tied up because the mortar team it’s attached to is engaging?

]]> 0 35ce0cdf1412a5dfc94190e21c5d965b Greg started the topic Spotters in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/spotters-2/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:15:42 +0100 I have a question:  If an indirect fire unit (like a mortar sqd) has a spotter, but doesn’t use it for the engagement they are firing, can another indirect fire unit (say a BT42) that doesn’t have a one use that spotter?

]]> 0 79a62053ba1d20a689fadbfde37c5e62 Greg replied to the topic BA v3 current Errata in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/ba-v3-current-errata/#post-191409 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:41:11 +0100 Thank you, Stuart

]]> 0 a4676bb7bcac04596f269f2f4ad0c28a Greg started the topic BA v3 current Errata in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/ba-v3-current-errata/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 01:35:38 +0100 What is the date of the most recent Bolt Action ver3 Errata?

]]> 0 619bc457654b9534495ad30b9beb259a Greg replied to the topic Firearms Issues in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/firearms-issues/#post-191390 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:01:55 +0100 I agree with you that Warlord developers don’t seem to understand how weapons (or tanks, trucks, etc) work.  That said:

1.  Pistols, when available, are much faster to use in close quarters than other firearms.  WLG shouldn’t have nerfed them.

2. 12ga shotguns with OO buckshot are lethal out to about 100 yards.  That puts them at about the sam…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e9242d01e10e00e1fe7478c7502dbb7 Greg replied to the topic Armies of Great Britain V3 in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/armies-of-great-britain-v3/#post-191369 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:15:38 +0100 What happened to the Gurkhas?  They’re not listed in the Armies of GB book.  What did they do, go AWOL?

]]> 0 73470c1a5d53f11ac9e7960c6dc43228 Greg replied to the topic Dismounting from a Recce vehicle after it makes an Escape Move in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/dismounting-from-a-recce-vehicle-after-it-makes-an-escape-move/#post-190545 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:47:59 +0100 Thanks, Stuart.  I’ll be watching during the Millennium Con Bolt Action tournament at the end of October.

]]> 0 1df2c04c3953620b3e34bcdcd236746f Greg started the topic Dismounting from a Recce vehicle after it makes an Escape Move in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/dismounting-from-a-recce-vehicle-after-it-makes-an-escape-move/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:47:37 +0100 A friend of mine relayed to me that in a recent V3 tourney, a player was dismounting bazooka teams from transports of his Recce Platoon after the vehicle made an escape move, using that to get his teams around without having to wait for a die to move the vehicle.  I haven’t found anything in the V3 rulebook allowing or prohibiting it, but it…[Read more]

]]> 0 307eb0c05f7f1dd6c68d624e6bdc1a59 Greg replied to the topic Kamikaze in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/kamikaze/#post-190539 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:26:24 +0100 Thanks.

]]> 0 2d1a2d6e08580123fc65a0c6172fcc2c Greg started the topic Kamikaze in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/kamikaze/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 01:03:46 +0100 Reading the V3 rulebook as well as the Build an Army app, I believe that the Suicide bombers merely have to contact a tank (as long as the tank is not Running) to automatically detonate.  So, no rolls to hit.  Am I correct?  (This has been an issue during some games I’ve played in V2.  Some opponents say you have to roll to hit.)

]]> 0 9b5f35b2f752d2e98169086a4fcfe8e5 Greg started the topic Handschar squad in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/handschar-squad/ Mon, 13 May 2024 23:39:10 +0100 I swear I saw a listing in one of the books for an SS “Handschar” mountain squad.  Was I hallucinating?  If not, does anyone know which book?

]]> 0 ad6e59928d7bb0e897e8bdfb56a935cc Greg started the topic USMC War Dogs in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/usmc-war-dogs/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:19:38 +0000 This may be covered in a topic before, but since I can’t get the forum system to search for it, I’m asking about the War Dogs.  Specifically, if you choose to have 2 or more teams, do they have to stay within 1 inch of each other, or can they spread out over the table?  Also, with the extra selection attribute, does that mean you can get a War D…[Read more]

]]> 0 e0f3ef7a308d053754ccaa7fccf9352d Greg replied to the topic Infantry Assaulting Tanks in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/infantry-assaulting-tanks/#post-189441 Sat, 19 Aug 2023 03:37:39 +0100 Since the penetration was 11, and the armor was 8, wouldn’t there have been 2 rolls to damage?

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]]> 0 f595a687250c103c35dcde638b1bb84d Greg replied to the topic Infantry Assaulting Tanks in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/infantry-assaulting-tanks/#post-189379 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 13:53:34 +0100 “An infantry squad of 12 men with anti tank grenades charged a stationary 8+ armor tank. He rolled 11 4’s, 5’s, and 6’s for a total of an 11 penetration. He then made a roll to damage and rolled a 1.”

The second sentence threw me, as he said the roll was damage, not to penetrate.  So, 11 + 1, yes penetration failed.

]]> 0 8a9c10271340dad3de9c81e6c14a571f Greg replied to the topic Infantry Assaulting Tanks in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/infantry-assaulting-tanks/#post-189375 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:06:32 +0100 A 1 on the Damage Table doesn’t “miss”.  The crew is stunned and the vehicle is Down for the remainder of that turn.  (Per the Damage Results on Vehicles pg 226 of the main Rule book.

]]> 0 0a647b033d5c8eea77b24b11ad130e5f Greg replied to the topic One-shot flamethrowers in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/one-shot-flamethrowers/#post-189361 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 13:45:56 +0100 It’s the One-Shot Weapon rule, pg 72 of the main rule book.  As I read it, it works like a Panzerfaust: once expended the soldier then uses his other weapons (if any).

]]> 0 c84a772ec4526171c17fdc346784ba78 Greg replied to the topic Rules Question: Hitting squad behind hard cover. in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-question-hitting-squad-behind-hard-cover/#post-189330 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:22:01 +0100 @Kodiak,

My gaming buddies & I play in tournaments as we can, so we try to stick with the rules per the books & the Errata.  We found a while back that getting used to house rules would bite us on the behind at tourney.

]]> 0 41eaee89bc1220f55898d5773571be6d Greg replied to the topic Rules Question: Hitting squad behind hard cover. in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-question-hitting-squad-behind-hard-cover/#post-189325 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:47:30 +0100 It’s a “Beer and Pretzels” game, designed to be played in 2 or 3 hours so it simplifies many things.  Getting into the minutia of battle would give you a game that takes days to play and isn’t a whole lot of fun.

]]> 0 cb58caf5d80e44d280f319c4be3cba02 Greg replied to the topic Katyusha and crew in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/katyusha-and-crew/#post-189324 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:28:35 +0100 It counts as your tank or SP gun selection.  Crew figures are irrelevant, but scenic.  Multiple Rocket launcher, counts as a heavy mortar but never gets any better than a 6 to hit.  Any unit within 6 inches of the target (that isn’t inside the Katyusha minimum range) is also attacked.

]]> 0 1f5feed7ddf90e626a0bf96162a124a4 Greg replied to the topic Rules Question: Hitting squad behind hard cover. in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/rules-question-hitting-squad-behind-hard-cover/#post-189313 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:27:14 +0100 Yes, it’s possible though somewhat improbable.  If the vehicle didn’t move then the Basic To Hit Factor (THF) is 3, Point Blank modifier gives THF 2, Hard Cover Modifier gives THF 4.  If it had moved the THF would be 5 (no Stabilization for the MGs).  For a Regular level unit the To Kill Factor (TKF) is 4.  Your HMG has a penetration modifier to…[Read more]

]]> 0 c701a5defb62e180f6d80098f8d95314 Greg replied to the topic Japanese Grenadier Squad question in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-grenadier-squad-question/#post-188463 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:12:50 +0000 Go forth and slay!

]]> 0 970dddee857da06d4c175416ad55bd26 Greg replied to the topic Japanese Grenadier Squad question in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-grenadier-squad-question/#post-188461 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:56:18 +0000 Thanks for the head’s up!

]]> 0 3557936affbf6c27f367ace9cc4fd78a Greg replied to the topic Japanese Grenadier Squad question in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-grenadier-squad-question/#post-188458 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:53:11 +0000 He sent that reply to my query in May 2019.

]]> 0 8f80806196fca29fc7cf3e6842584246 Greg replied to the topic Japanese Grenadier Squad question in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-grenadier-squad-question/#post-188456 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:26:01 +0000 I asked this question several years ago.  Here’s Lorenzo Pala’s reply:
Good afternoon. Yes you can decide to fire with the rifles instead. No, the whole squad fires at the same target. Kind regards, Lorenzo

On
Sun, 5 May at 2:16 AM
, herbstine <herbstine@earthlink.net>…[Read more]

]]> 0 10d24b898a83dd2fc104ca7cd78f657a Greg replied to the topic Japanese Lone Sniper in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-lone-sniper-2/#post-188370 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:01:43 +0100 I use one occasionally.  The biggest drawback I’ve found to the Lone Sniper is that if he gets hit by an arty strike or by small arms that gets a kill (but not exceptional), there’s only the sniper, no assistant to dump the kill on.  He could be lost on a 6 in a preliminary bombardment for example.  Just something to consider.

]]> 0 24da96bc5ea935e09b3c6fadd6208356 Greg replied to the topic Japanese Lone Sniper in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-lone-sniper-2/#post-188356 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:15:36 +0100 The LMG adds 10 pts.  Cheaper & more effective as sniper IMO.

]]> 0 87d0bb5515cb1ae0926be5c56e8250e1 Greg replied to the topic Japanese Lone Sniper in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/japanese-lone-sniper-2/#post-188354 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:20:28 +0100 The Lone Sniper doesn’t take the -1 for no assistant as he is not a Team element.  He also ignores the 1st pin he might have in the orders phase.

As an LMG, he takes the -1 for no assistant.  No exceptional hits (unless you roll 6 twice to damage).  Range is the same as any other LMG.  No benefits.

Better to use him as Sniper.

]]> 0 544fe7a8dcb2c11433f193d5e77d02c1 Greg started the topic Cavalry with submachine guns in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/cavalry-with-submachine-guns/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 01:13:45 +0000 The Armies of the Soviet Union book list Cavalry Squad with the option of equipping each soldier with a submachine gun.  My question is:  Do the sub guns fire as normal while mounted?  Cavalry lists in all the other books I have seen only refer to the Cavalry carbine being fired as a pistol while mounted.  I would think the submachine guns are…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fc80dde895084269aff01c99523e138 Greg replied to the topic Define "Short Range" in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/define-short-range/#post-186664 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:18:36 +0000 Thanks for the clarification.  The narrative mentions point blank, but I’ve learned to ignore the narratives as the actual rules and characteristics don’t follow them.

]]> 0 801e40ecc87c64371fb9eba38635d885 Greg started the topic Define "Short Range" in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/define-short-range/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:04:46 +0000 In the Armies of the Soviet Union book, the M42 Anti-tank gun gets a +1 to its penetration at short range.  Is that Point Blank?  Or whatever isn’t long range?

]]> 0 53770d15715033c27cc373c5d6295e67 Greg replied to the topic Sniper in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/sniper/#post-185300 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:08:51 +0100 There’s also the Nationalist Chinese sniper (Sgt Tung I think), who is also alone sniper & kills on a 2 no matter the targets skill level!

 

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