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Depends on which country, and of course which model. For example, the American truck (2½ ton 6×6 Truck CCKW-353) from Rubicon Models can be assembled with or without the MG.

Now, contrary to popular Bolt Action army lists, most trucks would not have an MGs, so it is not surprising that models do not include these bits as an option. That being…[Read more]

Besides Facebook, does anyone know if there is any other site to download all the Bolt Action Alliance stuff?

Just to agree with what ST said above. It is recommended to get the Armies of Italy and the Axis book. The Fortress Budapest is a campaign book. With campaign books, any scenarios and/or special rules are usually restricted to games played with that campaign book.

It seems like a pretty easy fix would be WYSIWYG and you can only hit what you can see. Only those that can see a target can shoot at so the reciprocal would make sense and doesn’t add any complexity to the game that I can see.

To repeat what was said earlier, the answer is simple – game balance (it stops you poking one guy out with say a rif…[Read more]

Well I give it a shot. Got some Green Stuff, assembled three 8th Army minis, and went to work.

Looks good.

What is Bolt Actions game scale. Not the figures, but distance. 1″ equals how many meters/yards/feet/etc.?

Bolt Action has no precise ground or time scale. These aspects of the game are somewhat abstract and tailored for gameplay rather than adhering to any actual scale. That is to say, ranges are adjusted for playability while maintaining a l…[Read more]

In a lot of cases it doesn’t really matter, but for those few cases when it does matter, and the player forgets to announce AP or HE, then we either just back up and redo it or just go with the best choice since we play a friendly game. But our club rules is that officially we would backup to that point where the mistake was made and start over…[Read more]

Just last weekend one of my gaming buddies showed me this new scenario from Bolt Action Alliance. It is called “The Thin Red Line” and we had a great time playing it.

We also tried it using the one of the different methods for activating units from the document linked above, but this can still be found on BGG. We used the method that assigns…[Read more]

Just realized this game’s been around for many years so kind of silly for a noob to think anything was new. LOL.

You will be surprised. Sometimes you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Is the Regiment Games Naval Party figure a metal one or a plastic one?

Hi Cliff, and welcome to the Bolt Action group.

I like what you did with your BA dials. Funny how a lot of gamers think alike. Back when I first started, I too had made some similar dials to you did, but yours look nicer!

Later though, I started to use markers that would blend in better with the game’s models and figures. You know, it was now…[Read more]

Yes, that is one of the really nice things about Bolt Action is that you can define all your terrain on your tabletop as you need or see fit. But as Stuart said, this has to be done before the game starts, and agree upon by all the players.

If you want a patch of terrain to be soft cover and count as dense terrain, than so be it. Or you can…[Read more]

Hello fellow BA fans.

So, a friend got me to try out this game called Saga Dark Ages. I’m not keen on ancients gaming, but I played Vikings and really enjoyed the game. I look forward to playing again.

Anyway, what I really liked about the game was the semi-FoW/CaC aspect. You roll special Saga dice and use these to order your units, but your w…[Read more]

1. Weapons teams. Absolutely ridiculous that …

We really like the Exceptional Damage as outlined in detail on page 58 of the rule book. It just works as a simple game mechanic for playing the game. However, what seems to upset you is that Sniper teams seem too powerful for what they are. Well, we agree with you on that aspect. To fix this,…[Read more]

Hello fellow Bolt Action fans. The other day I just stumbled across two more “Bolt Action Alliance” scenarios for Bolt Action. My guess is that some of you already know about these, so this is for those that do not know yet – until yesterday, that included me.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this with other Bolt Action fans because even though I h…[Read more]

One thing I would like to see that I didn’t notice is a change to HMGs. I recommend the range be extended from 36″ to 40″ to differentiate them a bit more

Like most, I am okay with the ranges. That is because ranges are for tabletop miniature gaming and not actual – the range of a medium AT gun is only 60 inches. What differentiates the HMG from…[Read more]

It’s a pity the early Brits and Germans aren’t compatable with the later plastics .. although I have used some of the arms on Rubicon figures.

Funny you should mention this. This was one of the points in the Stop the Madness thread:

I’m not reall…

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Fix SMOKE. Instead of letting opponent move it to their advantage when it isn’t on target (1st edition smoke must have been really broken), have it drift in a random direction 2D6 or D6+6 inches.

It seems the new smoke rules on page 97 are not favored by a lot of people because for the most part, this has already been in affect with a lot of B…[Read more]

There has been side talk about this and all, but is there actual real plans for a V3 of the rules?