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Not really sure why you would want a spotter for your Hummel, but more about that soon enough.

Most probably already know this, but did you know that in the core rule book both the German heavy and medium field howitzer can have spotters, but in the Armies of Germany book only the heavy field howitzer can have a spotter?

That being said, how…[Read more]

“…an infiltrating squad and an army rule that allows you to start in ambush. This appears to have the effect of giving you control of objectives before the game starts.”

@Hoff – Yep, they can be sneaky that way.

“A recce unit can move as a result of it’s reaction, and ends with an Advance or Run order – do they not count as ‘an activ…

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@Hoff – good questions, but nothing to loose sleep over.

Typically, most if not all the situations you described would be rare, if at all. Because to take an objective, a unit has to be within 3″, and to do that it must move. Therefore, after its Advance or Run order, it claims the objective at the end of its activation. Provided there are no…[Read more]

Keep in mind, the “replacement” platoon officer’s only purpose is to issue “Snap To” orders, it does not confer morale bonuses. Play it both ways and tell me what you think.

If it gives something back that was lost (especially since inexperience officer teams are easier to eliminate), it just encourages people to keep utilizing that silly exp…[Read more]

Mike, I like your idea and will try it. I’ll let you how it works out.

However, I would remove the, “If a platoon officer (not company) is lost…” part. This only further encourages players to select inexperienced officer teams for their platoon commanders. This is just a bad loophole/technicality in the rules for army building that people take…[Read more]

The Army Special Rules on the three-page Hungarian Army List are not exactly clear because of a few missing details.

However, the official “The Hungarian Army – Bolt Action: Third Edition” web-link does say, “Roving Patrols is an incredibly powerful ability that prevents your opponent from using special deployment rules or outflanking – ess…[Read more]

Inspired by Jim, I recently picked up the new plastic British 6-pounder anti-tank gun (plastic) kit produced by Warlord Games. Now, I already have two metal ones I picked up ages ago, and even have assembled one of those, but after assembling this new plastic 6-pounder kit… WOW. There is no other way to say this, but compared to the POS metal…[Read more]

Why is the FG42, the automatic rifle of the Fallschirmjaeger considered an assault rifle?

Rise up and take control…

Here is another idea for dealing with “Meeting Engagement” (page 170) and using “Orders Phase – Random Ending”. In the unlikely event units in the first wave do not enter the game on turn 1, they automatically go into reserves with no choice to outflank.

Following Steiner’s (@spartan18a) lead, I was curious what ChatGPT (AI) had to say, so for fun, I asked it this Question:

If I were to write a WW2 skirmish rule set for tabletop miniature gaming were one figure is equal to one soldier and one vehicle model is one half-track, should the SdKfz 251/9 Stummel be given a transport ability to carry…[Read more]

Note that snipers and spotters have the Infiltrator special rule.

New players sometimes forget the additional +1 to cover saves. Provided it is not advancing or running (from an order die).

I built mine with the bench seats to emphasize its role as a transport vehicle in my army list (which I’ve since removed, since they nerfed it in the errata), but the vehicle can be built with space for them.

@Kepler: Please elaborate. Why you think they nerfed it in the errata? For the newest errata, it only says to change this:

PAGE 74. S…[Read more]

“It does come with bench seats, and I was able to assemble it with the four passenger models it came with plus the loader standing in the aisle.” “…the model could fit 8 passengers just as well as the stock Hanomags would be able to carry 12.”

Interesting, and I have to ask. What model do you have? My model (see pic below) can just fit the crew,…[Read more]

But the simple fact remains. The SdKfz 251/9 Stummel was only used for close support and not designed to carry passengers.

I was never fond of prone figures, but I think this was because of a bad childhood experience. When I was a kid, I bought multiple boxes of Airfix American Civil War figures. In fact, I bought all the boxes the hobby store had at the time, which were, if I can remember correctly, two boxes of Union infantry, three boxes Confederate infantry, and…[Read more]

First, the background story: A long time ago I picked up a couple of Rubicon Models Pak 40 (1:56 scale) plastic model kit because frankly I didn’t want the metal Pak 40. Rubicon Models also released the Pak 36 AT Gun, the Pak 38 (Pak 97/38) AT Gun, Flak 36/37 (88), Flack 38, and others. All in plastic. Just recently I picked up a couple of the n…[Read more]

Hopefully a quick question. Do the Army Special Rules in the “Armies of” supplements supersede those in the Main Rule Book or are they additional?

Hopefully a quick answer 🙂

It is either one or the other, but not both

Now for a longer response 😉

You and your opponent must decide whether to use the “Army Lists” and their special rules fro…[Read more]

That’s why the Fallschirmjager FG42 is an automatic rifle and NOT an assault rifle.

@L.T. Russell: Yes, and many Bolt Action gamers agree with you. Now, if only Warlord Games can get it correct.

Also, for more details see:

It is clear as d…[Read more]