SteveT

I don’t think veterans are +1 to hit. Not heard that mentioned anywhere.

Oh yeah there is something in Campaign: The Western Desert in the section DESERT COMBAT SPECIAL RULES.

The following rules apply to a hull down vehicle:

• There is a -2 modifier to all shots against the vehicle from the front arc, including indirect fire. • If a vehicle has a turret, then only turret-mounted weapons may fire.
• A turre…[Read more]

I think this might be the wrong forum. Sounds like Achtung Panzer or something?

Given no exceptional damage, I wonder how they  are going to allow a chance of taking a leader out for non-snipers. It is going to be comical if a HE burst always just leaves the leader and special weapons men standing there (and, yes, I know in 3E that of the others automatically finds that LMG and prises from the burned body of his dead…[Read more]

Yes, more streamlining… lol

“With Pins being easier to put on a unit in this edition,”   oh? How so?

See these sections:

Tanks Assaulting Infantry and Artillery

Tanks Assaulting Other Vehicles

I agree L.T., Bolt Action is as good  as any other ruleset out there for resembling the kind of things that happen in battle. I’ve tried most of them. ASL was the most realistic perhaps,  but that is very bloated, and in the end it all comes down to much of the same thing.  I have never thought of BA as Hollywood—I find it gruelling to think abou…[Read more]

Yes, it does seem odd. I think skill is often overlooked those on who focus on hardware. It is why this (and many other WW2 games) will never recapture the results that we know happened such as  1 Tiger taking out X Russians.

They might argue, poorly, that their increased longevity means they are around to fire more and score more kills, but…[Read more]

Yes, I am with Wilber on this latest batch of  ‘doublespeak’:  MMGs being more survivable as no small man rule (??!) , and the ‘simplification’ of 1 roll into 2. Read like a bad attempts at persuasion.

Of course, their primary aim must be always to sell more figures and books, as without sales the Bolt Action we like withers and dies. But n…[Read more]

Wondering if there are multiple pin counters allowed now? I know it says -1 to hit if pinned (a digital on/off state). But they still could keep units with multiple pins, just means harder to clear the pins.

mm

And NCOs have nothing to fear from snipers…unless there is some other ruling that lets snipers pick casualties.

The removal of the exceptional damage rules seems odd. We are going to end up with all the special weapons being the last to die. Perhaps they have reworked the concept as something else. Hope so.  And removing assault from Pistols makes them kind of pointless. But I suppose they wanted to address massive units of pistol wielders.

1. Reece – look like a cheap infamy platoon ( 1 infantry unit minimum size as opposed to the normal 2). The t Recce ability being purchasable for all their transports might make it worth it

2- yeah, they do all say Platoon Commander so you can pay what you want I suppose.  There are going to be loads of officers anyway, so I don’t think it’s a…[Read more]

Might be worth checking out (and even contacting) the chaps that run the SNAFU podcast. They focus on BA tournaments in your corner of the world. They also run their own. Very informative about the game in general too.

You could consider another National Characteristic instead of  Rapid Fire as that needs lots of rifles and you are “rifle light”. Perhaps Vengeance?

or the old “ricochet off the cigarette tin in my pocket” saved me but not the bloke behind me…

“I think I’ll model a FAO, but if I don’t like using it then it’ll just get used as a mortar spotter or something.”

Very wise. Will save you from having to  fill out all those Friendly Fire Incident Forms.

The removal of casualties in this game is indeed confusing. When I started  this game, my thinking was naturally that I was taking out the ones I could see first.

But you can fire at a group of  8 men, 2 of whom are behind a 20′ tall solid wall, get 2 kills and your opponent can remove the 2 that you have no LOS to at all.

Even with e…[Read more]

What Nat said.