I wrote my initial thoughts about Bolt Action on the blog. My regular opponent Simon has gone Italian. I was initially tempted to go Greek, but in the end have gone with an irregular partisan army.
I have also managed to get some Home Guard in the guise of the Dad’s Army boxed set and an Armadillo.
I was given a Commando boxed set and two blisters of heavy weapons.
Written by veteran game designers Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley, Bolt Action provides all the rules needed to bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop. Using miniature soldiers, tanks and terrain, you can fight battles in the shattered towns of occupied France, the barren deserts of North Africa, and even the sweltering jungles of the Pacific.
Players get to decide which of the major or minor World War II powers they would like to represent, and then construct their armies from the lists provided. Army options are almost limitless, allowing you to build the kind of army that most appeals to your style of play. The choice is yours.
Created as a joint project between Warlord Games and Osprey Publishing, the leading independent military history publisher, Bolt Action is sure to be the most popular new wargame on the market.
Blog posts on Bolt Action
- Kroq-Gar riding a Carnosaur
- Home Guard Mark IV Male Tank
- Washing the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV Tank
- Tracking the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV Tank
- Armadillo Improvised Armoured Vehicle
- Citroen Civilian 1000kg Dropside Truck
- Painting the Rolls Royce Armoured Car
- Painting the Morris CS9 Armoured Car
- Camouflaging the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV Tank
- Painting the uniforms on the Bolt Action Royal Navy Section
- Undercoating the Bolt Action Royal Navy Section
- Basing the Bolt Action Royal Navy Section
- Adding the basecoat to the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV Tank
- Constructing and Undercoating the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV Tank
- In the end I bought…
- Alternatives for Team Yankee Chieftain Green
- Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV (male) World War One Tank
- Washing the Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV (male) World War One Tank
- Bolt Action Home Guard Mark IV (male) World War One Tank
- British Armoured Train
- V1 and Launcher Ramp
- It’s red
- Bolt Action Battlefield Debris
- Painting the Citroen Civilian 1000kg Dropside Truck
- Armadillo Improvised Armoured Vehicle
- Painting the windows of the Civilian 4,500kg Truck
- Painting the Citroen Civilian 4,500kg Truck with Canopy
- Citroen Civilian 4,500kg Truck with Canopy
- Painting the Citroen Civilian 1000kg Dropside Truck
- Undercoating the Tally Ho Rolls Royce Armoured Car
- Undercoating the Civilian 1000Kg Dropside Truck
- Constructing the Civilian 1000Kg Dropside Truck
- Undercoating the Citroen Civilian 4,500kg Truck with Canopy
- Constructing the Citroen Civilian 4,500kg Truck with Canopy
- Undercoating the Morris CS9 Armoured Car
- Char B1
- FFI (Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur) Char B1
- Tally Ho Rolls Royce Armoured Car
- Tally Ho Rolls Royce Armoured Car
- FFI (Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur) Char B1 for Bolt Action
- Call out the Home Guard
- It’s the Navy!
- I just need to make a call…
- More of the LVT-4 Buffalo Amtrac
- Painting the LVT-4 Buffalo Amtrac
- Building the LVT-4 Buffalo Amtrac
- Cleaning the LVT-4 Buffalo Amtrac
- Bolt Action Commando LVT-4 Buffalo Amtrac
- Bolt Action Partisans
- Bolt Action Citroen Civilian 4,500kg Truck with Canopy
- Citroen Civilian 1000kg Dropside Truck
- Tally Ho Rolls Royce Armoured Car
- Bolt Action on the Kindle
- French Partisan Band
- Bolt Action Partisan Band progress
- Bolt Action Civilian 1000Kg Dropside Truck
- Bolt Action Commando 3" Mortar Team
- Bolt Action Commando Vickers MMG Team
- "You know, when I was in the Sudan…"
- Partisans Band – Bolt Action Workbench
- Pre-order: Bolt Action Armies of France and the Allies
- Bolt Action Italian Army List
- Bolt Action Partisans
- Undercoating the Partisans
- Bolt Action Partisan Band
- Bolting
- An introduction to Bolt Action