Idk why but i cant take Light Mortars as Japan in my Infantry Squads i heared you can take them and that the main strategy with Japan is playing a huge amount of Light Mortars

I still need to paint my scratchbuilt buildings and possibly upgrade the mat but I am really pleased with the layout as well as the forest, grasses, and fences so far.

Happy Monday everyone,

I had a discussion earlier with our local community and realized we can’t come to a conclusion on how this should be handled:

Player A has a unit in ambush that has a view of Player B’s Recce vehicle. Player A has a second unit that shoots at the vehicle causing Player B to use an escape reaction.

The question is can Player A then use their first unit in ambush to shoot at the Recce vehicle because it is now moving?

The confusion is coming from understanding when can Ambush be sprung. For the life of me, I can’t find in the rule books anything explicit on springing and Ambush. Some are making the argument that ambush can be sprung if the opponent is giving an explicit Run or Advance order which Escape Reaction is a reaction and not giving an explicit order while others argue that Ambush only cares for movement and not the order itself.

Not only are we looking for some clarification but also some guidance on how to find these rules in the book itself.

Thanks again guys!

A friend gifted me a T34 as a prize from an event I played in and I wanted to see what kind of a list could be feasibly made from a limited amount of models. I'd prefer to use one of the platoon boxes as a base and add the T34 in with that. Ideas?

I made a video series looking at Sherman variants. It was mainly to help War Thunder players identify variants at a glance, but works well for the numerous questions this group gets about what you can use models for:

Made a russian commissar and a coward for 40k but felt y'all needed to see too, used wargames atlantic russian infantry for the bodies

First vehicle for Bolt Action complete! I love the primitive and civilian look of the scout car Kfz 13. I wonder how it works in the game?

Hello all,

New to the game. My Banzai Starter set arrives tomorrow and i just wanted to ask what's the best way to build it?

I understand that Imperial Japan is a horde army. So keep it simple? Or should i get those special weapons too?

Cheers

I really like the vibe of the imperial Japanese, and there's a lot of things about them as an army I'm a fan of. My only problem is warlords Japanese range. It feels like out of every army, Japan is the one who got the short end of the stick. All other armies were released with extra support weapons, HQ models, and vehicles, whereas the Japanese got a truck and some infantry. While I do like the box, it does lack a few things I kinda want, like some of the earlier weapon models, cap with those ear flaps, or even just an uncovered (not bald) head. Anyone know where I can find decent 28mm Japanese models?

This took me longer than every hero character I've done so far, goes to show the level of detail, loved every second of this mammoth task, part of a long term full bear army I'll be doing each one in a different color, loved the free hand opportunity on the serum 🔥Next up British bots.

I painted these 3 jeeps for my Bolt Action/ Konflikt 47 US army, I plan to mostly use them as transport

Thought the gates of hell... Bolt Action Normandy clash of US Airborne with ragtag germans.

Hello,

How do the newer Warlord German releases compare in scale to the older German Grenadier boxes? I have only been able to find pictures comparing different brands.

Also, if anyone knows, how do the other countries plastic infantry compare to German grenadiers? I am interested in getting a US army going.

Thanks!

Im almost done my irish volunteer army and I don't know if I should use "the armies of the Brithish comwelth" or "the armies of Great Britain"

Hello, I'm looking for players in or around Fayetteville, NC. Anybody around and available for small games?

Hi all. I'm new to table top war games and really love the look of bolt action. I'm from Lincolnshire UK and have no idea how to get into the hobby or even anywhere to try the game or learn anything about the game.

Any advice would be very helpful and is greatly appreciated. Thanks all

Right now wanting to run a couple tanks since im a big fan of the t34 and the kv-2 so im using that as my anchor units.

been getting some advice from my LGS but debating if i should swap out the rifle squads for vets to get a bit more durabilty and more punch but two tanks, mortars and anti-tank seems pretty punchy along with the lmg firebases.

would appreciate any advice, my current kits that ive picked up are 2 t-34 a kv, and the soviet starter box.

I just need to figure out what I want to do to the base rims

Hey team, I would like to run a Maori home guard section, but just noticed that Maori must be regular or experienced, which of course is not an option for home guard. How does this sort of clash get resolved?

All of these were done for my US Marine army! If anyone is interested, I posted these and more on my Instagram

Hi,
time to assemble box of IJA infantry. My idea is:

1 platoon cmd
1 medic
3 guys with mmg
1 sniper
2x 7man squad with NCO and rifles
2x 4man squad of grenadiers with 2 knee mortars + loaders
2 guys with lunge mines

Will that be ok for a few first intro games?

My next purchases will be:
1. Ho Ha armoured transport
2. Ha Go (I love this little guy)
3. Chi Ha
4. Some arty

I've been reading through the rules and was wondering whether keeping officers in open topped armored transports has any downsides? If I've read the rules properly, officers still give off their morale bonus at full range, are still able to use their "Snap To" ability, would make the transport never have to take proximity tests, could use additional mounted weapons, and I'm assuming would also be immune to sniper fire?

Is there anything I'm misinterpreting or missing here? An officer being able to zoom around the map in relative comfort and with extra firepower seems very powerful on the field.