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Bolt Action Faction Chats: The Japanese

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Bolt Action Faction Chats: The Japanese

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We talk with Sven, aka Neves1789 about building and playing with his Japanese forces.

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sercoffee
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Khorne berserkers have nothing on these guys 😛

chesh
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I ummed and arrred between the Soviets and the Japanese about a month or two ago and went Soviets, maybe Japs will be next.

donlou
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the sniper team is looking good! would be interesting to see how the Japanese army does against all the others! and why should the Japanese capture a tiger 2 weren’t the germans and japanese allies…..;)

72draco
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I would say that given a choice and Jingles’ Salt Mines – I would choose slaving away in the Beasts of War plastic soldier factory. 😉

macadams00
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The Japanese sound awesome

apocryphal
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Here’s the interesting quandry though – obviously a game is just a game and anything goes – but why hold the Japanese player to not selecting better tanks if you’re going to allow him to take part in operation Market Garden against the Germans; or fight in North Africa against Patton? Part of the reason I won’t start a Chindit army is because I could only feasibly fight japanese opponents in realistic scenarios – I mean, yes, I could play any army against anything and that has it’s attraction, but part of the bolt action appeal is the historicity… I’m… Read more »

stkelly82
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These Japenese might fare the best charging across the bridge table

eddieharr
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sigh. I play the Italians. I like the punishment I suppose

ozzie
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They look great but I still favour the U.S marines if I get into the Pacific Theatre.

maledrakh
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Did not the Japanese suffer massive casualties when charging allied machine gun positions with their bayonets?

rahmich
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surprisingly effective charging almost anything even my inexperienced troops managed to fight off loads of veterans

rael
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Japanese, the Orks of WWII.

greaper
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well another reason to start bolt action

fireblarney
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The wife’s choice of faction here, devastating if you let them close in.

nooboi
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It’s going to be interesting to see whether over the weekend different armies from different faces are going to have to fight each other.

kadmon
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Never played with or against Japanese yet

blackspiral
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LOL Alessio trying to correct @Warzan on pronunciation is a losing battle!

igotskills
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Mini of the officer with katana is amazing!

neves1789
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Thanks, though that kit almost builds itself! Very dynamic figures 🙂

branded1865
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Huh.

ghent99
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So after hearing some of the other tid bits, if you give the Japanese flame-throwers then they will be nearly impossible to stop.

spamelot
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They sound pretty cool. Charge for effect!

tomd
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island fighting sound cool ! bunker, jungles, and japanese

blipvertus
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Not a bad army at all. One of the better units being the grenadier squads with two light mortars per squad.

bodders303
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I would really consider doing some pacific forces now. Just got to make all new terrain :/

jodain
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Only one word on the Japanese – Banzai!

rfernandz2001
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I can’t be the only one who would pick a Japanese force because of a love of Godzilla movies.

Does anyone know if they have a rule that takes into account their “fight to the last man” mentality?

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