Bolt Action Battles: The Demo Game Part 2
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Time for the conclusion to Warren and Andy's epic game of Bolt Action with Alessio playing rules master! Will Warren's lovely little STUG III get blown to bits or will German engineering hold up against the crack shots of the American army?
Give that German NCO that stormed the American Lieutenant an Iron Cross! Same with the sniper team. Absolutely amazing game. There was constant tension and chock full of movie moments. I can see how the adrenaline would start pumping at every moment.
Warren, it was an interesting way to pass a Saturday evening and since there was nothing on television, gave me the grounding I was looking for as I fully intend moving over from GW to Bolt Action in very near future.
Thanks guys for an interesting evening.
Love the way this works. No "I go/You go", no crazy overpowered units or characters and broken special rules. Warlord is now my favorite mini strategy gaming company. Just ordered the Normandy starter set and a few other tanks and vehicles tonight. :))
We need more playthroughs of this game, it was really fun and tense to watch!
Having Alessio as teacher/umpire was a great way to do this. Great job guys.
Really great series.
You guys are great. Warren you asked through out both videos some really great questions making sure that the rules where very clearly explained. Keep up the fantastic work.
I am a BIG fan of Bolt Action
Thanks
excellent demonstration, I am new to tabletop war games, and I am looking for a way to get my kids out of the computer, I think this game is for me and my boys, quick, and easy to learn. Thank you.
They have those devices, but still have to guess range. Their devices don't have fancy lasers, they have drawn on reticules that help estimate distance. So just like the soldier using his binos, you have to look at the board and estimate the distance.
I'm really surprised that I never got into tabletop war gaming. When I was younger, about 8 or so and I had no idea what wargaming was, I would get bags of those green plastic army men. When I would be playing, I would try to make rules for how to play with them because it seemed like it would be more fun.
Same here. You can use 1.72 scale for bolt action watch my channal
Fantastic demonstration. Really got my interest in this game. I've always thought of historical games as clunky and rule heavy but this looks really fun and very fluid to play
decided to purchase this game purely from watching this video! Collecting the Imperial army of Japan :)
I'm gonna stick with collecting Germans, it's mostly the history and weapons they made. (namely the Maschinengewehr 42)
Always thought meh to complicated ....but boy was I wrong,,, simple nuances and fast paced,,, on way to get box set and paint GREAT jobb....thx
That was a fun game to watch, made great by the German officer failing the moral check, to lengthen the game, and put more stress on.
Had a go at warlord games day today, after the game was done I went straight to the shop area and picked up assault on normandy. Such a fabulous game to actually play, this video is excellent but there is something special about doing it for yourself. And having input from Alessio aswell.
Game mechanics are brilliant, I love the random dice bag thingy.
I watched part 1 and 2. So impressed with the game I am off to my local game store to buy the rule book and starter set. Thank you for posting the videos.
just picked up bolt action it's great it's been a breath of fresh air for me
Great videos! Its 4am and i should be sleeping, but instead I'm watching this!
I don't see anything wrong
same lol
dr_BD That was five years ago! I can’t hang like that too much anymore. I passed out at 2am last night! But I did fall asleep watching a video about some miniatures, so some things haven’t changed.
@@brunneng38 6 years same profile picture respect
@@milotura6828 Probably because I don’t know how to change it. 😂
I really liked the part about Air attacks and yellow smoke. Such and interesting game.
This demo just sold me on the game. Good stuff!
Took me about 4 days to watch part one & two, Just because im always busy. Once you start watching this you cant stop!! Loved it
Great Video, looks like I'm going to be getting some more miniatures
Played a game with a fellow FoW player in my club; he said this game would be the down time break game when he is burned out of Flames; I beat him 7-1 and it was fun. Then I went home and the next day saw this video (Part #1 and #2), and was sold on the Normandy Box. Found out two buddies have Bolt Action one with both US and Germans and another building Brits; they are encouraging me to build Japanese....Im sold on this game as it has a flavor that resembles Band of Brothers and Combat TV
A fantastic video for a fantastic game! You managed to illustrate that although the rules are streamlined for fast play, the game system is full of interesting, nuanced decisions. I love it! More Bolt Action please.
Sold! I am getting a starter set! Found some local players and with their armies I am choosing the armies of Great Britain, I just want that Board as well
Looks lie a fun game, the Germans could use a better tactician however, one that does not run the Stug immediately into the range of both things that can kill it and one that patiently mowes down American infantry as they come out of cover and concentrates on one Schwerpunkt instead of wasting effort all over the place. However this is a very nice presentation of the Bolt Action games, looks like a lot of fun but also simple to learn and hard to master.
These rules are Larry Broms Sword and the Flame.Only dif is dice instead of cards for action.And of course it's WW2.
i cant believe i just watched that whole thng
I have quit 40k and now play Bolt Action all the time. So much fun and so much amazing replay.
Excellent demo of the game. Tactical and truly immersive.
Do more bolt action is my request! :D
Great demo! Super informative and exciting as hell. Game looks like so much fun!
Finland was fighting independently agains the Soviets, and was in war with anybody else. (later agains germans in lappland war.) Fighting agains same enemy doesn't make you allies, but friends or brothers in arms.
they did happily take equipment and guns from the germans though when they were offered ^^
tbh it's just easier to remember them as allies... I mean usually people don't even remember that they fought in the war at all =(
just bought 25 german infantry and 30 blitskrieg german infantry....so it begins with this awesome game
Great battle report, certainly gave me a real interest into getting into Bolt Action!
This is a good explanatory demo, the one thing missing is, when the tank goes up why not have crew bail? 4 crew in a stug, roll to see who burns and survives, leadship test place them as a team?
Great game. Though I found myself saying "shoot the Sherman shoot the Sherman"
Great video to learn from.
I am not sure how I feel about the target selecting who dies in a LOS game, otherwise it looked fun. I think Warren made a few mistakes, like forgetting to shoot the Sniper turn 2, shoot his officers turn 3, taking the panzerfaust shot on a 6, and I think he should have wiped out the heavy pinned squad via shooting to give him a dice advantage of 4 vs 3 instead of the poor chance of getting the Sherman.
Really really really enjoyed this game. Great to have some historical stuff at last :)
so excited about this batrep. they need to do more, then eventually include some other Warlord stuff like Hail Caesar to test the waters.
Great video! Good work BoW. Lots more Warlord stuff please, it's really caught my attention!
I'm sold! Please keep making vids for this game!
I need more point of view shots use that handy camera a little bit more! also you guys need explosion pieces for destroyed tanks and such
Can you do one of these for black powder please if you could that would be awsome
Imagine Warren with cavalry!
Haha, that would be funny :)
makes the game far more fun. You may declare a shot and miss due to range
Great video...and glad to see all the different armies they will be including...but no Australians??? A shame...
It would be very easy to represent them with the British Commonwealth force. Which the Australians were technically part of anyway.
I would like to see that too, as well as the Canadians, maybe also partisans from countries from eastern Europe and the ones in Scandinavia that did things like disable supply lines and bomb railways.
Skringly Yes they were part of the Commonwealth...but I think they deserve their own representation... as well as the Canadians.
Stephen Howard they now have their own book and minis :)
Makes me want to bolt action now
Thanks!
Thank you guys for the BRep, brilliant, more please!
Awesome sauce has been split everywhere!
I played a demo of this and the gents giving the demo gave me a box of 30 US Infantry. the box is not specifically Bolt Action but they are the same exact scale and I was told that the models do not have to be specifically Bolt Action Models as long as they are the same scale. so looking at the box, it comes with sniper rifles, SMGs Carbines, M1Garands, and many other weapons. I borrowed my store's rule book (with permission) and looked up the US Infantry, but I saw no options for carbines in a standard infantry squad, is there a rule or way to bring them? and what benefit do they provide over the standard rifle?
Carbines are treated as Rifle on the weapon table. No difference.
Come to think of it, I'll probably try using Bolt Action rules for playing with my armies from the "grim darkness of the far future". I mean why not. It's a better system.
fantastic mechanics fantastic game im hooked!
When the american tank moved forward,why was there no opportunity fire option for the German stug?
Thanks for the great game! Best bolt action batrep on YT right now :)
I got a rules question: didn't you say that when you give a unit the order to go down, it passes automatically (and thus lose a pin marker)? If that is the case, for severely pinned squads, ordering to go down may be better than trying a rally order. With rally, you MAY lose D6+1 pin markers, but none if you fail the morale check. With a go to ground order, you just always lose one pin, is that correct? So when you gamble on reducing pin markers in the current turn and then act decisively in the next turn with the unit, going down now may be better sometimes?
Another question: do pin markers always reduce chance to hit? So a unit firing with one pin marker is always at -1 to hit, regardless of other modifiers?
Rally is more of a hail mary action... it can win you the game, it can be worse than going down ;)
yes pin markers always incur -1 to hit.
boycot gugle You only lose a pin marker if you take an order test and pass it. "Down" is automatic and does not require an order test, thus no test is passed, so you do not lose a pin marker. This is spelled out specifically in "Pinned and Down" on p22.
However, if a unit chooses to retain it's Down order at the end of the turn rather than returning the die to the cup, it then loses 1 pin marker.
great game Warren & Co! keep goin', we'll be waiting for the next serious battle report on 1000 pts per side
It's really great that BoW are puttin' aside fantasy wargames and now looking into the direction of historical ones like FoW and Bolt Action!
There are lots of them beauties-historical wargames and all players should learn that GW and Warhammer are not the only ones that we're playing and interested in...
Hey, ya'll. Shaped Charged weapons don't suffer the long range penalty, right? Because the rocket, grenade, etc does not rely on velocity.
Great video though, I thoroughly enjoyed the walk through of the game. Thanks!!
The video are ace and make playing this game so much fun
@geekworkshop
I think you missed a rule there. A rifle cannot hurt an armoured target at all.
Also why are the wheels down on the airplane models? That's quite odd
Picked up a set at Historicon. Great Video. Thanks.
It contains the full hard copy mate. Have a look on Basecrafts youtube channel and the Bolt Action Assault on Normandy unboxing vid.
OK...so what happens if the US would have killed the German officer carrying the "intel" before he was able to get to the end of the table?...
Would the US then have to get to that location of the dead officer to retrieve it, or would the game have ended, or what?....just curious, incase this ever happens during my game-play...
MASSwwii they would have had to recover the plans and take them off the edge
MOAR!
Hey guys how come no more bolt action videos??
Did the Germans forget to pass an order test with 'tank fear' modifiers before assaulting the Sherman?
comes with the hard back book
To assault a tank with infantery without antitank weapons you must roll for morale with -3
Awesome. Bolt Action is amazing.
Full size hard back book mate
What a great game! Such a simple mechanics, but produces plenty of tension and forces you to make meaningful decisions all the way! Congratulations to designers! Sounds like FoW is all but dead, Warren? Just introduce Dave to Bolt Action and he'll never look back, I am sure ;-)
If you have multiple pin markers on one unit and it fails a command test (fails the order and forced to go to ground). Does the same amount of pin markers remain on that unit, on the next round? Or are pin markers only used up when you pass a command test?
If a unit has a lot of pin markers can it be be almost impossible for them to pass a command test and therefore out for the rest of the game?
you can give a rally order that lets you remove alot of pins markers. You only remove one pin if you pas a the test
Ok I see the flaw in this game system. The dice hurts your ability to compete. If your opponent has a lucky turn you are behind the eight ball for the rest of the game. Sucking mud till you lose.
I want MOAR!
55:30 Shouldn't it be 6 followed by a 6 sense it's a shaped charge, cover, small team, and long range? Or is the rocket not at long range?
Hello! Im new to this.. genre and I am not good with painting or modeling and I want to know where should I start with making or buying a table and units?!
+Aleksei Krasnov Alesnarovich If you don't want to paint miniatures your gonna have to pay a painter, as far as terrain, here is a good site. Start with 'table tops'(pay attention to scale), then go to 'terrain sets'. www.gamingterrain.com/shop/
*****
Thanks mate, I started painting and I love it! but since I don't have a air brush you can see brush marks here and there. Thanks for the site too, that's going to help A LOT!!
interesting game mechanics.
And why is the top armor the same as side armor? Most top armor was 5 to 15mm thick as apprised to a side armor of 30 to 70 mm very big difference
I think its more of the illusion of the fog of war.
If you look at the Warlord Games site you'll see that it's the Hardback that's included. :)
Does the starter box set include the hard back book, or a smaller A5 paper back version?
Great game. Where do i get a game mat like that?
I am new to this style of board gaming, I was wondering; Flames of war or Bolt action? Which has more players?
+Jake Dyson Like most things, it depends on where you are. I have seen quite a few people talk about Bolt Action on the internet, but I only know people who play Flames of War. So here (near Edmonton, so likely no where near where you are) I would say Flames of War. That being said, looking at it, it is probably easier to pick up and put together two sides of Bolt Action quickly so that you could get people to play with your two armies, which, after watching this, is something I am considering.
Great report
The battle reports for Bolt Act. is fa more interesting then War Hammer
looks really interesting, had a check on the site and the start kit is £60 thats a bit too pricey for me, and thats from someone coming from gamesworkshop! island of blood is the same price and you get lots more for the money,. a shame, still the game was fun to watch
Question do you have to make a motor boat noise when you move the tank? LOL
How do the Germans get air strikes at this time in the War?
Ya guys check Ethan Thomas and Jamie tranter they give all sorts of stuff for bolt action
I love it
Looks like a great game... I wonder if it converts to 20mm easily enough?
That was awesome!!!
great video, awesome game.
But this plane is not a Thunderbolt, it's P-51C. ;-)
Who deploys tanks in the opej?
when you are in melee both sides remove all pin markers
cocked die on flat surface is a 7 :P
Aside from morale, that would generally be a good thing in this game :D
so there is a dungeon master in this too? a game with rulers? sounds like they are ganging up on the novice...
1. Wow Guys, what an Epic table! Can you please tell me the sizes from the table? I immediatly fall in love with this and want to build my own.
2. This looks like an very interesting and fun making game and your video is definetly an reason to Start with Bolt Action.
3. Last Question, is all the terrain on the table from Warlord Games?
Thanks in advance and sorry if I wrote or spell something wrong.
Regards from Germany
It includes the hardcover rulebook.