Key to the campaign waged in the Western Desert was mobility in order to cross the vast sandy deserts. As a result both sides relied heavily on tanks and transports. Amongst these were the BMW 75 and Zundapp motorcycles utilised by the Deutsches Afrikakorps and adding extra speed and maneuverability to your Afrikakorps force are…
Tobruk was the one rock that stood firm against Rommel’s inexorable advance in the desert. Churchill urged that the port should be held “to the death without thought of retirement.” From the 10 April to 27 November 1941, the forces defending Tobruk stood firm against Rommel’s surrounding troops. General Morshead, commander of the mainly Australian…
Following the December launch of the inaugural Warlord Games diorama challenge – the Warlord forums have been alight with project logs and progress reports – so, almost two months into the challenge, let’s take a look at some of the projects so far… Melvin “A couple of Months ago, I saw the Figure of the “Roman…
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…
This week we spotted something excellent for all you Italian players out there as Dan Hoyt from RedOverBlue showed off an interesting painting technique for weathering your armour, in this case the AB41 Armoured Car: Dan: Here is a tasty little addition to my burgeoning Italian army, the AB41 armoured car from Warlord Games….
Out today, Dodge ramp up production as we release their ¾ ton series WC-51 4×4 Weapons Carrier. View in Store The Dodge WC series was a range of light military trucks produced by Dodge and Fargo during World War II. They were known as the WC series ‘W’ being the letter code for 1941…
With our focus drifting across the sands to the blistering heat of the desert we thought it timely to give you the opportunity to grab your desert forces and prepare for war! When you select this deal you’ll get a complete set of figures to make a legal reinforced platoon including a choice of 1 Armoured Car…
To celebrate the imminent arrival of the final Bolt Action Theatre Book, ‘Duel in the Sun’ – we’ve gathered together all four of our existing Theatre Books for Bolt Action into one handy bundle! View in Store This bundle contains copies of Battleground Europe, Empires in Flames, Germany Strikes, and Ostfront – giving you…
As is standard with all of the books in our Bolt Action range, the up-coming Theatre Book ‘Duel in the Sun’ comes accompanied by a FREE miniature when purchased direct through the Warlord webstore. Here he is in glorious full colour: Sydney ‘Digger’ Robinson is a true ‘Rat of Tobruk’! This Desert Rat can easily be made…
The heat builds up as we go from one theatre with extreme conditions to another, this time desert warfare in the African and Italian campaigns. Duel In The Sun is now available to Pre-Order! …but first – a quick note from the editor… Please note that we have now received our first shipment of stock of…
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