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Post by ghostwalker on Nov 5, 2014 20:58:06 GMT
hahaha more than just that mate. Within each army there are theatre selectors. For example under the british airborne force you can choose Normandy or Market garden. Normandy allows access to more tanks, basic infantry and support, but restricts access to airborne mortars, artillery and recce jeeps. However Market garden allows more airborne mortars, jeeps etc. But flatly denies any vehicles that were not 'airborne' and you have no access to none airborne choices.
But outside of that there are the other options for things like Long Range Desert group, bog standard british infantry, mechanized infantry etc.... and thats just the british.
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Post by paladin7221 on Nov 5, 2014 22:20:13 GMT
If they'd flown in Tetrarchs on some of the gliders they could have had tanks.....
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Post by paladin7221 on Nov 5, 2014 22:20:15 GMT
If they'd flown in Tetrarchs on some of the gliders they could have had tanks.....
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Post by ghostwalker on Nov 5, 2014 22:52:15 GMT
tetrachs are available but in the grand scheme of BA they arent great lol
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Post by Stretch on Nov 6, 2014 7:33:37 GMT
What's my starting point then buddy? The book?
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Post by ghostwalker on Nov 6, 2014 10:37:00 GMT
You can have a fiddle with various army lists via boltaction.easyarmy.com/As to the army choice. Its really down to your personal flavour. British Airborne are great with their 'all veterans' forces meaning people will find it harder to break you down. Germans have decent troops, you can go a very green and inexperienced army, or elite SS battalions or german paras all with the advantage of better machine guns due to the hitlers buzzsaw rule +1 dice shooting. Russians can throw down hoardes of troops like no other army barring the japanese. Then theres the small army. Italians, finish, chindits etc.
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Post by ghostwalker on Nov 6, 2014 10:42:02 GMT
I also ofcourse forgot the Yanks. They have variety on par with the germans. Via normal infantry, mechanised infantry. Decent tanks and their rule that allows them to shoot better than most when moving.
Good starting points would be either of the 2 player boxed sets ( as long as you want americans or germans). Otherwise its fairly open to the flavour question.
Your average bolt action tournament army runs with 12 order dice for 1000pts. So its always worth bearing that in mind when planning a list.
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Post by Stretch on Nov 6, 2014 11:04:48 GMT
I'm leaning towards the panzer grenadiers if I'm honest. The mech side of it appeals and I do like the halftracks. That said the yanks can do it too.
Aaagghhh!!
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Post by Stretch on Nov 6, 2014 11:11:08 GMT
Now im torn between the Normandy box set with the big shiny rulebook and the d-day box set with the mini rulebook and the halftrack. Is the big book worth it?
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Post by doomzombie on Nov 6, 2014 11:12:22 GMT
Stretch it`s easy mate, what colour do you like...........Green or Grey ??
Doom....
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Post by ghostwalker on Nov 6, 2014 11:16:24 GMT
To be honest i have not seen the small book as i only own the big one.
I would probably go with the halftrack one though as it gives you something you want and can build around. Failing that, if you settle on an army, have a look at some of the army boxes warlord do as they have some themed ones.
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Post by Stretch on Nov 6, 2014 11:18:42 GMT
Never done a grey army so that might be the way to go.
Next question, is anyone else picking this up and thinking of doing yanks? If so, maybe buy the same kit and swap out the bits we don't want
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Post by Stretch on Nov 6, 2014 11:20:23 GMT
I would probably go with the halftrack one though as it gives you something you want and can build around. Sounds good logic to me. Looks like that's decision made then
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Post by Geifer on Nov 6, 2014 13:12:42 GMT
Now you only need to cultivate a German accent, Stretch. Zen vee vill show those American schweinhunds zee power of German steel. ... I've put up an old pic showing some I knocked up years ago on the off-chance it may help. I couldn't tell you, what with it being somewhat far off at the moment, but thanks for that. I'll take any idea I can get. Better to have it and not need it... It's probably got a better chance than 40k, although you could try it out with a couple of 750-1000 pt armies and see how it works for that (and let us know how you got on with it ) 40k has the distinct advantage of being established already. Walk into my local store, you can find a 40k game for sure. Fantasy, for instance, has basically died and if we play, it's all pre-arranged. Warlord games forum is a great source for info to be honest. Scenery can be as expensive or cheap as you want it. I have my board and all in thats about £4-500 worth of work. But i have seen plenty of boards made from nothing more than coffee stirrers, carpet matts and a heat gun. I've had a little look to get some info on Japanese uniforms, but I will definitely have to browse the forum further.
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Post by eiglepulper on Nov 11, 2014 22:32:35 GMT
Folks were talking about amounts of terrain earlier. With Bolt Action, your infantry are heavily dependent on there being plenty of terrain for them to receive cover from. Having too much then causes problems for the field artillery/anti-tank guns/tanks re fire lanes. However, that is also one of the nice things about BA: the layout of the battlefield forces you to make tactical decisions and choices. Here's a selection of the table set-ups we used in our BA Tournament held at Lisburn Gaming Club on 1st November: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.805306132855579.1073741885.175243865861812&type=3 As you can see, there is sufficient terrain to create interesting battlefields with a variety of different elements on each, but at the same time not so much that you can't actually move! The Ruined Hamlet set from Warlord is a worthwhile investment as it contains 3 sets of the single Ruined Farmhouse. However, there is no set "thou shalt build it like so" instructions with the set. Instead, you can use the bits to build things just how you like. The highest number I've come across of buildings made from this set is 7, although at least one of those consisted pretty much of almost ground-level walls, representing a small farmhouse outhouse. Someone else even made a rickety garden shed from the roof and upper floorboard pieces! If you do purchase one of the sets, don't expect the pieces to fit tightly together like a typical plastic model - they won't! But then these *are* ruined buildings you're building, so it doesn't really matter that much. Ok, enough wittering about terrain. Coffee stirrers make great fencing, as do matches. Teddy bear fur makes excellent grassland and crop fields. Army Painter produce a lot of battlefield terrain basing accessories including poison ivy which looks great either on the ruins or else on your tanks. If your game club is a member of the Gaming Club Network, then you should investigate the discount for Warlord Games. It really does help! As far as the Warlord forums are concerned, they are friendly, helpful and a great source of information. There are some very knowledgeable guys on there, and sometimes folks like John Stallard (Warlord's owner), Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore and even Paul Sawyer get involved in some of the threads. Roger
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