Bolt Action - our first attempt

[pcjohnstone]

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

[Cherno]

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

[James Morris]

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.

[H.M.Stanley]

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

[pcjohnstone]

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.

[James Morris]

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

[Genialjim]

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 

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

Regards

James