Master Chief

Your M5 Stuart with 18 shots …

Are you referring to the M3 Stuart?

The errata gives it 1 hull-mounted MMG, + 1 coaxial MMG (2×5 shots), option to take 2x hull-mounted LMGs (2×4 shots)? I don’t think the M5 Stuart has these options 🤔

Academy of Street Fighting, page 2:

On an Advance or Fire action, a unit may elect to throw a hand grenade instead. Resolve a 1” HE attack against a target within 6”.

On the box cover it says “WW2 Infantry in desert gear“, so I guess some “work” on your part will be needed.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Bolt Action latest FAQ under erratas for D-Day Overlord:</p>
The Dug-in rules should be as follows:
Dug In gives you the benefits of being Down (-2 to be hit, halves HE hits), and if you issue a Down order, you double the benefits (-4 to be hit, quarters HE).

The rules for mule teams are found on page 27 of the Empires in Flames book.

Yea, hence he is no longer a “sniper” is also in quotes 😄 Technically he becomes a 1-man LMG “team”, although still called a “lone sniper”.

…however if he ‘upgrades’ to an LMG he goes back to taking a team weapon without a crew so suffers the -1.

Yes, and he will no longer be a “sniper” and does not do exceptional damage (as clarified in the latest FAQ).

The Polish “Marksman” unit is a one-man sniper “team” that does not have the Team special rule, so he shoots without the -1 penalty.

Armies of Imperial Japan page 26:

Kamikaze. If a suicide anti-tank team assaults an enemy vehicle and the model manages to move into contact with the target, remove it and immediately resolve a hit against the vehicle with a Penetration value of +8 (no other penetration modifiers apply)
<p style=”text-align: center;”>The Kamikaze special rule…[Read more]

There is one for sale here:

https://www.gaddisgaming.com/products/chaplain

There is one here.

I think the model looks nicer if it is holding the bible, so other models will require some customisation.

I assume Nat is refering to this British Major, but he is holding a Thompson SMG, so…[Read more]

There is one here.

https://www.gaddisgaming.com/products/chaplain

I think the model looks nicer if it is holding the bible, so other models will require some customisation.

I assume Nat is refering to this British Major, but he is holding a Thompson SMG, so…[Read more]

Frontline Games sells resin German weapons packs (see links below).

German Weapons Pack 3

German Tank Hunters weapons

I found these resin German weapons packs at Frontline Games but have not bought from them…[Read more]

Besides Copplestones which I have used, I have also bought from Brigadegames, mixed with some customised North Korean and Chinese units from Warlord Games’ Korean War series.

Bolt Action 2nd Ed page 67:

Any unit hit by a flamethrower takes 1 pin marker because it has been hit, and a further D3 pin markers to account for the unbridled terror unleashed upon it, for a total of D3+1 pin markers on the target.

Page 102:

Note that if a weapon/rule applies pin markers automatically, and/or does not have a known Pen…[Read more]

@Nat haha yes, and also because to some of the “super smart, know-it-all, war veteran” players, this is so obvious that it does not warrant one, if you know what I mean 😉

The wording is definitely not clear, but it should be based on the experience of the chaplain. It is similar to the wording for the intelligence officer, but for the latter it was stated in the descriptive on page 25:

The ability of the Intelligence Officer is, for the purposes of Bolt Action, tied to their experience: the modifier for their…

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Latest FAQ:

The weapons chart shows that flamethrowers have D6 or D6+1 shots. Is that correct? Or should that be a 1 instead?

Yes, it should be a 1 in both cases. The issue is that the weapons chart tries to be helpful by stating ‘D6’ for the number of shots. D6 (or D6+1) is the number of hits caused by a hit, not the number of shots. You rol…[Read more]

A look at the 2nd edition Armies of Germany book (see attached) lists several types as an artillery unit.