Warlord Games Take Us into the Armoured Combat of Tank War
July 9, 2014 by dracs
Warlord Games will soon be bringing out a new supplement for the game of Bolt Action allowing players to engage in fully armoured battles, and have now taken the time to preview what we'll find in the pages of Tank War.
Tank battles played a major part in the Second World War, but while they have been an integral part of Bolt Action we haven't previously had the rules for fielding entire formations of these war machines.
Tank War will bring more tactical challenges to Bolt Action, as players have to deal with the challenges presented by mechanised combat and the issues of each nation's tank technology. Plus, it's tanks! Tanks are awesome! Just listen to BoW John for five minutes.
Are you looking forward to engaging in Tank War?
There are gamers in our community who have far more Tanks than they could possibly need. This book will only fuel their habit to buy more.
I love the look and action of Bolt Action, but I am hesitant to see it as an armor vs armor game just due to the 28mm size. A battle between tanks on even a 4 x 8 table would be like a knife fight in a phone booth. I don’t have much experience at this scale, so please correct me if I’m wrong.
Would it work if you used Bolt Action rules and Flames of War models? I like the look of this game, but like you I don’t want to see the ‘carpark’ effect you get with WH40K.
Judging by the page shown above it’s not just purely tanks. It looks like the normal game but the maximum amount of tanks can be increased to 5.
Will it work at 28mm ? I don’t know but I’m curious to find out it. Not all Tank encounters were in flat open countryside. I suspect your going to need plenty of terrain.
I like the idea – allows for fun point blank tank tactics in ‘bocage’ style terrain.
I wonder how much there is in this book. Warlord’s initial rules for armoured platoons were one to two pages of PDF. I’ll be having one either way.
PS TAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS!
Don’t give me none of those negative waves Moriarty.
It’s a beautiful tank.