Jim welch

Jim welch replied to the topic Lack of smoke – game design or mistake? in the forum Bolt Action 1 week, 3 days ago

Hi again you said you introduced your own simple rules what are they?

I’m looking at some ideas at this moment but my many problems are the range of a hand thrown grenade and what effect they would have. In any assault none as you can see in or out of smoke to haze a range that would stop any enemy closing fire would have to be so long it would m…[Read more]

Jim welch replied to the topic Lack of smoke – game design or mistake? in the forum Bolt Action 1 week, 3 days ago

hi if you keep the ranging in rules with mt simple rules above you can Dee the rounds getting closure. Even with a few over compensation of distance. As the miss distance max decreases each round.

i have just read about the tank generated smoke this seems to be a defensive mechanism so i wile fry letting tanks with this ability drop a 2”” smo…[Read more]

Jim welch replied to the topic Lack of smoke – game design or mistake? in the forum Bolt Action 1 week, 3 days ago

I agree Smoke rules are not Good. I use the rules below. The main reason is to use the British Airborne as in Historical realistic ways( British Airborne in op Market Garden had a 2” Mortars in every Section the crew men also carried personal weapons this was because they only had 6 Smoke rounds) so I use them being able to fire as either.

1. S…[Read more]

Jim welch started the topic Light Mortars in the forum Bolt Action 3 months ago

Hi, I have been doing A lot of reading on the light mortar and spoken to some ex Paras and come to the following conclusion. 1. 95% of the time they were fired directly. 2. 50% of the time they were used to fire Smoke. 3. Going into Battle only 8 Rounds where carried

To reflect this I will be using the following changes. I have changed the…[Read more]

Jim welch started the topic Inexperienced offices in the forum Bolt Action 4 months, 1 week ago

Hi, it seems to me players use inexperienced office as a cheap way of getting the office bonus’s. I have played a few games with a few rule changes which seem to make sense to me.

1. They only add a plus one to morale.

2. They do get the 2 snap toos however one must be used by himself.

I have also played with adding a Veteran Nco to him in w…[Read more]

Jim welch

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