Bolt Action Goes Big! New Battle Of The Bulge Starter Sets Stage For WW2 Wargaming #OTTWeekender

July 5, 2024 by avernos

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we talk about the newly revealed Starter Set for the next edition of Bolt Action where the fighting moves to the Battle Of The Bulge. Brand new plastic kits for the US and the Germans are on the way alongside a reworking and updating of the core rules for the most well-known World War 2 wargame.

Pre-orders are live for the new edition of Bolt Action now covering the Starter Set and the Rulebook ahead of the release of the game in late September. Are you going to be picking up the new Starter Set and will you be playing as the Winter US or the Winter Germans and those deadly Fallschirmjäger?

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Here is some of the wargaming, tabletop and miniatures news this week that caught our eye and made us go "ooooh!"

Bolt Action 3rd Edition - Battle Of The Bulge Starter Set - A brand new edition and a brand new Starter Set from Warlord Games featuring Winter US Infantry going up against Winter Fallschirmjäger as part of the Battle Of The Bulge
New Plastic World War 3: Team Yankee Miniatures - Some new plastic kits are on the way from Battlefront Miniatures
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Knights Of Silence & Monstrous Vampires For Carnevale - Some more awesome miniatures for the stunning skirmish game by TTCombat
New Spectre Operations Miniatures - Criminals & Crime Stoppers - Will you be using these for some Historical scenarios or something more Pulp and Hollywood?
Pre-Order New One Dungeons & Dragons Core Books - Could you be tempted by the new "edition" of Dungeons & Dragons and these brand new books?
Core Rules & Faction Packs For Warhammer Age Of Sigmar - Are you going to be picking up these books rather than the launch box?
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Let us know if something from this week made you "oooh!" and if we missed anything!

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toricova

happy weekender!!!!!

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limburger

Nuts!
That’s my answer.

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templar007

It’s the Weekender!

(Haven’t said that in a long time)

Looking forward to ‘Bolt Action 3rd Edition’ but still not convinced that this isn’t a cash grab ‘GW’ style. Hope that that is not the case. I’ll start with getting my hands on the book and reading thru.

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phaidknott

Is it just me, but when trying to watch the Weekender I’ve only got 24 mins of video (seems to stop after the Indie of the Week spot)?

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smithsco

Not a fan of the winter themed starter. Seems limiting. Also curious if anyone has an idea of what 3rd edition changes will be made

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avernos

well half of the war was fought in winter conditions, so it’s as limiting as summer themed sets are

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elessar2590

People say this but it’s really the big Western stuff doesn’t happen during winter except one. Germans and Soviets in the East in winter gear would be the norm half the time to a third of the time.

Well when they went with a western front starter it is limiting. Cold weather gear limits you to the Bulge and follow on operations. Regular gear covers Italy, Normandy, Market Garden, Hurtgen Forest, the push into German, and all associated actions. I would love a winter starter set for the eastern front for 3rd edition.

but they already make those if you want them you can buy them now.

you realise that they’re not taking the old miniatures off sale, there’s been close to 11 years of normal campaign dress available

Yes I do realize all of that. I’m merely talking about it as a starter set. Do they intend to keep the Band of Brothers Starter Set? I guess I read it as if you are a new player wanting a starter set for 3rd edition then it’s Battle of the Bulge. If I’m wrong cool. If I’m not then that is limiting to new players.

if they don’t want them they can get the rule book and an army box, I miss when people bought rules and figured it out for themselves because clearly starter sets seem to baffle people, they’re not the only way to start and if you don’t like it then don’t buy it.

I don’t know how my comment generated this much of a response. I have never bought a starter set. I’m thinking of new players because that is who it is marketed to. You get basic components necessary to start playing a game. From that perspective it seems like an odd choice to bring new people in with the Battle of the Bulge because most engagement between the US and Germany aren’t in winter and it’s supposed to be a historical game. I am constantly trying to recruit new people to wargaming because there isn’t much of a local scene for… Read more »

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guru335

I have a large Bolt Action winter US force (all metal minis). It’s still very tempting to get the 3rd ed starter for some extra Winter US and the Germans in the new plastic.