In this pilot profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aces released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games. Continuing with Russian ace Lydia ‘Lilya’ Litvyak. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, (August 18, 1921 in Moscow – August 1, 1943 in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya,…
In this Aircraft Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aircraft released for Blood Red Skies, their history and their abilities in your games, continuing with Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Agile and fast the A6M5 Zero was a truly modern fighter. Severely underestimated by the Allies the Zero, in the hands of well…
With the upcoming release of Bolt Action 2nd Edition it’s a great time to revisit our friends over at Beast Of War as they delve into tactical choices with Warlorder Ches Coming September 2016! Pre-Order in Store Pre-Order in Store
With the upcoming release of Bolt Action 2nd Edition it’s a great time to revisit our friends over at Beasts Of War as they delve into tactical choices with Warlorder Ches Coming September 2016! Pre-Order in Store Pre-Order in Store
With the upcoming release of Bolt Action 2nd Edition it’s a great time to revisit our friends over at Beast Of War as they delve into tactical choices with Warlorder Ches Coming September 2016! Pre-Order in Store Pre-Order in Store
Andy Singleton continues his battle plan to collect a large DAK force in Operation Sand Dune: As part of Carl’s, Sam’s and my own on going trip to the desert with Operation Sand dune, I’ve managed to get the core of my force finished at last. The Plan So far the force consists of 3…
It can sometimes take a while to acclimatise to a new game – and one of the questions we see amongst the community quite regularly is that of tactics… how exactly do you go-about tackling the tough Battle Suits of the Ghar Empire? Luckily, Tim Bancroft… (or should that be ‘Training Sergeant Tar Romal’?)… has a…
With the biggest Ghar creation yet stalking the battlefield creator Rick Priestley examines the tactical options provided by the Ghar Command Crawler: The Command Crawler is a mobile headquarters vehicle for a Ghar Commander, a machine from which he can monitor and direct the battle around him. Ghar communications are not as effective as most Antarean systems. This…
With the X-Howitzer comes devastation! Games Designer Rick Priestley introduces us to this awesome piece of artillery and how he conceived its use tactically within the Gates Of Antares game: The X-Howitzer Rick: The X-Howitzer is a large magnetic artillery piece and as such it is the sort of thing we might expect to…
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…
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