For those interested, the always helpful Beasts of War have had Alessio and Andrew from Warlord over for a demo game: http://www.warlordgames.com/38295/bolt-action-demo-game-by-beasts-of-war/
Oh god that's long. sweatdrop Maybe I'll get Mac to proxy a game with me in Vassal sometime.
Does Vassal allow for the randomized unit activation though?
Besides, if you want to learn to play a new game, you should set aside the time for it and at the very least be somewhat prepared for your first game. 3nodding
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:56 pm
Lady Blodwynn
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For those interested, the always helpful Beasts of War have had Alessio and Andrew from Warlord over for a demo game: http://www.warlordgames.com/38295/bolt-action-demo-game-by-beasts-of-war/
Oh god that's long. sweatdrop Maybe I'll get Mac to proxy a game with me in Vassal sometime.
Does Vassal allow for the randomized unit activation though?
Besides, if you want to learn to play a new game, you should set aside the time for it and at the very least be somewhat prepared for your first game. 3nodding
Hmmm, probably not, but we could probably find a randomizer of some sort that did. And indeed, I'd need to review the rulebook again, it's been a few months since I did my read-through.
For those interested, the always helpful Beasts of War have had Alessio and Andrew from Warlord over for a demo game: http://www.warlordgames.com/38295/bolt-action-demo-game-by-beasts-of-war/
Oh god that's long. sweatdrop Maybe I'll get Mac to proxy a game with me in Vassal sometime.
Does Vassal allow for the randomized unit activation though?
Besides, if you want to learn to play a new game, you should set aside the time for it and at the very least be somewhat prepared for your first game. 3nodding
Hmmm, probably not, but we could probably find a randomizer of some sort that did. And indeed, I'd need to review the rulebook again, it's been a few months since I did my read-through.
Just grab an old sock and coloured tokens already. wink
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:49 am
Lady Blodwynn
This excites me to no end, I know what I'm getting for Christmas! cat_whee
Warlord Games
We are very excited to announce the forthcoming release of the Pegasus Bridge battle set for Bolt Action. You can now place pre-orders for these superb battle-sets below.
This awesome set contains everything you need to recreate the daring raid that paved the way for the Allied D-Day invasion. And as if that wasn’t enough, we are also releasing a Collector’s Edition of the set, dubbed ‘Ham & Jam’ after the mission completion code words, that will be crammed with even more models and scenery.
As you can see below, ace artist Peter Dennis has worked his magic with the cover art – quite possibly his best yet for Warlord Games!
The Mission
The mission, in the opening minutes of the Normandy landings, was to capture the Bénouville Bridge and the nearby Ranville Bridge in order to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beaches, where Allied forces were pouring ashore. 180 men, led by Major John Howard, landed close to their targets in gliders. Using the element of surprise, they were tasked with seizing the bridges, and more importantly, hold them against the inevitable German counter attack. Bénouville Bridge was later renamed Pegasus Bridge, in reference to the shoulder emblem worn by the British Airborne forces.
What do you get?
Using the contents of the battle set, you can really set the scene for this pivotal battle. The centrepiece is a laser-cut wooden model of the bridge itself (the bridge even swings open!), accompanied by models of the Cafe Gondree, as well as a machine gun pill box, a 5cm KwK 39 gun emplacement and even wooden telegraph poles. It also includes 20 plastic German infantry, 12 metal British Airborne soldiers and an exclusive sculpt of Major John Howard himself. Full-colour waterslide decal sheets are supplied for both sides. There is also a mini-campaign booklet allowing you to recreate the firefight over the bridge and following actions.
The Ham & Jam! Collector’s Edition adds 6 resin sandbag emplacements (which can be put together into 3 machine gun emplacements), 3 more MG42 machine gun teams, 6 dead livestock models, a resin sandbag emplacement for the top of the control tower, 8 more telegraph poles and 12 resin Dragon’s teeth tank traps. In addition to this are 20 more plastic Germans, a Marder III Ausf. M tank destroyer, and 20 plastic Royal Marine Commandoes led by Lord Lovat and Piper Millin. We’ve even added a copy of Osprey Publishing’s Raid: Pegasus Bridge book to give you even more reference material, giving a full historical account and detailed uniform guides!
So click here for the full contents list and to pre-order your copy which will be released early to mid October 2013. The Allied invasion is depending on you!
The regular set (£175.00 + £15.00 shipping for non-UK customers) contains:
Laser-cut Bridge Laser-cut Cafe Gondres Resin Gun Pit Metal 5cm KwK 39 anti-tank gun and 3 crew Laser-cut Pillbox Metal German MG42 MMG team 2 laser-cut telegraph poles (on the Cafe sheets) 20 plastic German Infantry and plastic bases Major John Howard and plastic base (exclusive new model) 10 man British Airborne squad and plastic bases 2-man PIAT team and plastic bases Scenario booklet Decal sheets for the Paras and Heer
The "Ham & Jam!" collector's edition (£275.00 + £24.00 shipping for non-UK customers) contains:
Laser-cut Bridge Laser-cut Cafe Gondres Resin Gun Pit Metal 5cm KwK 39 anti-tank gun and 3 crew Laser-cut Pillbox Metal German MG42 MMG team 40 plastic German Infantry and plastic bases Major John Howard and plastic base (exclusive new model) 10 man British Airborne squad and plastic bases 2-man PIAT team and plastic bases Scenario booklet Decal sheets for the Paras and Heer Marder III Ausf M Lord Lovat and Piper Millin metal miniatures 20 plastic Commandoes inc weapon sprues 6 resin sandbag emplacements (two make a single MG pit) 4 Heer MG42 MMG teams 6 dead livestock models Resin Sandbag emplacement for the top of the control tower 10 laser-cut telegraph poles 12 resin Dragon's teeth tank traps Pegasus Bridge Osprey book
Some pictures of the sets incorporated into a gaming table:
Pictures of my Soviet army. About 2,600 on the table I think. Also just finishing up a forward observer team and seriously considering getting another infantry box to use as Strafbats..
eek Omg, even this game has Finnish troops. surprised We´re being regonised!! 4laugh
BA seems to be pretty good about adding expansions for most countries, as far as I've seen. smile
This is the second one I´ve seen, first one was in Flame of War.
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:52 pm
Flames of War suuuuuuuucks. scream
Bolt Action has lists for most major players of the second world war, biggest ones missing right now are both Imperial and Communist China, the Free French and other armies in exile, like the Polish and Dutch. ninja
It's all personal bias really, but at first it was a game all about tanks, tanks and more tanks, then they changed the rules to more drastically favour infantry over tanks. They're also not the cheapest and their starter set plastics are quite terrible. But as I said, this is all personal bias.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:09 am
And s**t, they've put out on pre-order plastic USMC, now I'll be having a really hard time ignoring the Pacific. sweatdrop
