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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: pcjohnstone on September 13, 2012, 06:22:22 PM

Title: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: pcjohnstone on September 13, 2012, 06:22:22 PM
On my blog:-

http://pcjohnstone.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/bolt-action-080912-tom/

Any mistakes are down to me as my son refuses to read rules (then blames me when we get them wrong!)  :)

Norman
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: Cherno on September 13, 2012, 07:04:35 PM
Haha, got the same thing going on when I'm playing with my friends. I'm always to blame when we got some rule wrong :)
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: James Morris on September 13, 2012, 07:52:46 PM
Really useful and well written report, thank you!  I've bought the rules and will try them very soon.  I have no interest in points-based units and will just play historical scenarios, but the speed of play looks attractive.
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: H.M.Stanley on September 14, 2012, 12:14:27 AM
Quote from: James Morris on September 13, 2012, 07:52:46 PM
Really useful and well written report, thank you!  I've bought the rules and will try them very soon.  I have no interest in points-based units and will just play historical scenarios, but the speed of play looks attractive.

I tried it for the first time this evening. I'm reasonably impressed.

I'm going to use it for SCW too.

James
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: pcjohnstone on September 14, 2012, 06:43:16 AM
Thanks all

@Cherno - at least the only rule I appear to have got wrong (when I forgot to -1 for small target) was in his favour

@James - I think they'll be fine without the points system. The one worry I have is if you start to field more than one tank then their MMGs will rule the battlefield given that the hull and pintle can fire at a different target even if the co-ax is prevented from firing because the main gun fires - I think I've got this right.

@James - it's a toss up between these and "A World Aflame" to try out for SCW next. With Bolt Action classing armoured vehicles as armoured car, light etc I just need to figure out where to put the Panzer 1. I'd be interested to hear how your SCW game goes.
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: James Morris on September 16, 2012, 12:23:20 PM
I think if I field more than one tank in my games, it'll be an Italian CV35!  Probably not the most dangerous thing on the battlefield!  :)  [I'm planning to do East Africa 1940/1]
Like HM Stanley, I'm sure I'll try SCW with it and maybe Italo-Ethiopian War 1935/6 as well.

Cheers for the info and looking forward to my first game.

James
Title: Re: Bolt Action - our first attempt
Post by: Genialjim on September 16, 2012, 06:36:50 PM
James,

Re your plans for East Africa, whos minitures are you planning to use for this?  I have always fancied gaming this my self, has the feel of WW1 colonial struggle with diesal punk armour and planes  :D

Any way back to Bolt Action, I will be intrested to see the feed back from interwar games.

Regards

James