With the impending release (this Friday) of our ‘Duel in the Sun’ theatre book for Bolt Action – which covers the fighting across the African and Italian campaigns, the Warlord staff are all laying-out their plans to take their Bolt Action….action… into the Desert… Here’s a guide to starting your desert themed forces, tally ho! For…
Alessio Cavatore has updated the Bolt Action Errata and FAQ document, addressing our new range of Theatre books, in particular how to include special named characters in your force, as well as various other clarifications including sections on Paratroopers, Vehicles and Pinning, Tanks, Transports, HE, setting up snipers, and in depth Force Selection Q&A. You…
Andy Singleton of VolleyFirePainting has been preparing for a game recently involving a lot of reconnaissance units in his Bolt Action American list and shares with us some tactical advice for using the Recce rule (page 96 Bolt Action Rule Book). Andy: I’ve long wanted to do an American force for Tank War, as I’m…
The Web team’s RichC has been planning a small Bolt Action force based on our lovely plastic Fallschirmjӓger and looks at the idea & planning behind building a Kampfgruppe. View in Store RichC: It’s been a short while since the release of our new plastic Fallschirmjӓger and after reading Mark Barbers article Rules: Fallschirmjager Army Lists I…
No Engine – No Problem – just dig a pit, tow one out of commission panther into pit, and voila! Big gun – Hard target! View in Store By the later stages of the war the lack of any production or repair facilities let alone any raw materials, meant a huge loss of equipment and little…
If you’re interested or new to the world of Bolt Action and Historical gaming we’ve put together this bundle of essential resources especially for you! Every day, we see more and more new players taking up Bolt Action – we receive messages from all across the globe – and we see posts on forums and…
If you are looking for a challenging scenario then recreating the fighting during the Battle for Iwo Jima has to be the pinnicle, we suggest using the Bunker Assault scenario (reproduced below for your convenience), with the US forces, taken from the 1944-1945 Iwo Jima selector of the Armies of the US book, as the…
Maciej Krol, Warlords own Polish Sales Manager, & friend Jan Gradon recently laid out their battlefield and got stuck in Maciej; We played the Point Defence scenario (Bolt Action rule book page 112), I used my US Marines with my Sherman ‘Fury’ against Jan and his Japanese as a defender. I chose to take Air…
Warlord Games show coordinator Andrew Chesney is often found hunkered down over army lists and challenging opponents at events around the world, so who better to introduce us to selecting and using an army at a tournament: Why Japanese? Ches: My Bolt Action gaming up to this point had been mainly with a British Infantry army….
Burma, the end of February 1944, men of the 5307 Composite Unit (better known as ‘Merrill’s Marauders) embarked on an incredibly arduous march of about 1200 Km through the Himalayas to emerge behind Japanese lines in Burma. The three battalions operated as six distinct teams, conducting raids, demolitions and generally making themselves a thorn in…
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