With today’s release of the British A13 Cruiser, it seemed appropriate to dive into how to best utilise them on the battlefield. The A13 Cruiser MkIII & MkIV British tank design in the inter-war period focused on two separate concepts – the Cruiser tank and the Infantry tank. The Cruiser tanks were fast and lightly…
Our Western Desert campaign book gives you the opportunity to field forces from across the Commonwealth – this week, we’re exploring the special rules that set the different nations apart. The British 8th Army was a multinational formation from the very start. Starting out as the Western Desert Force, it was composed of the 4th…
We’ve all had those games where nothing’s gone our way. Units refusing to move, shots hitting everything but their target. Rob Cook has been taking a look at the maths behind the game, and how it can help us fix our bad luck! Another tournament, another finish near the bottom of the rankings. The Seagull…
With winter closing in around us here in Nottingham, we’re casting our eyes eastward to the frozen forests of Finland and the bitter struggle of the Winter War 1939! In three short months, the Soviet army suffered over 300,000 casualties. This appalling statistic neatly illustrates the brutality of the Winter War and highlights the numerous…
With the release of Cruel Seas, we add a different scale to our catalogue. This week, we’re looking at how each games models compare. We’ve lined up a Cruel Seas E-Boat, a Blood Red Skies Bf109 and a Bolt Action German Infantryman on our photography table to show how they scale up against each other….
We love getting the opportunity to showcase your models. This week, to tie in with the Battle of France, we’re showing off Greg’s 1000 point early-war French. Greg’s French force is part of his ongoing project to refight the Battle of France in Bolt Action, complete with a gorgeous terrain setup representing a provincial French…
We’ve just announced the release of our Battle of France campaign book. We’re going to charge straight in and have a look at what’s in the book! Germany’s campaign in the west during the spring and summer of 1940 would cement the Wehrmacht’s reputation as the most formidable fighting force on the continent and break the backs of…
We are hugely excited to announce that the new Battle of France campaign book includes some fantastic new rules for running a narrative campaign, tracking the heroic deeds of your soldiers across multiple battles. We’ve designed these campaign rules to add an extra dimension to your games of Bolt Action. They’re designed to be used…
To celebrate the upcoming release of the Battle of France book, we’re trundling into battle alongside the doughty French infantry this week with a spotlight on the formidable Char B1 bis. Background “It has been said critically that there is a tendency in many armies to spend the peacetime studying how to fight the last…
As the release of our new Battle of France book inches ever closer, we’re taking a look at some of the notable units that fought on both sides during the battle. This week, we’re taking a look at the British Army’s most senior regiment, the Grenadier Guards! As one of the oldest regiments in the…
Tom Mecredy