Learn How To Play Bolt Action 3rd Edition! A New Players Guide!
September 24, 2024 by avernos
Have you never played Bolt Action before? This is the video for you! Gerry joins Kieran from Warlord Games to show you the basics of how to play Bolt Action Third Edition. With this video, you'll know everything you need to about playing this awesome World War 2 28mm wargame.
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Bolt Action is quick and easy to learn but comes with hidden depths once you start exploring the different nations and their special rules. However, at its core, Bolt Action will have you up and playing World War 2 wargames very easily. If you're a fan of Band Of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan, you can experience that Hollywood action on the tabletop. If you're a history buff, it also caters for you with a wide range of rules covering different theatres of war throughout the course of World War 2.
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Granate!
Appreciate the video! I’m loving the changes from Second Ed – can’t wait to play!
Thanks for this. I’m counting down the days to the launch!
I do own a Flames of War starter that’s still on my painting list. Very fiddly to assemble.
This does look interesting. Last WW2 game I played is Tide of Iron in the pre-covid era.
Great looking bits
A thorough How to Play video.
I love the table setup, especially the trees, It looks great.
That explains the change. Sweet, looking forward to playing at some point soon.
Fun let’s play, Gerry managed to snatch video Tory for. Jaws of defeat. Doesn’t seem that they have fixed that silly art rule.
When Gerry takes his glasses of you know he is about to do some serious business ^^
also he can’t see what he’s looking at
ive been thumbing through my new rulebook and so far im happy with it. I quite like the slimmed down force listings in it (eg + x points for your half track to be an abc and – x points for it to be a xyz halftrack etc), I know they’ll be properly expanded on in later books though which is good.
can’t wait to give this a go
Interested in seeing the changes
Haven’t played more than a couple of battles of 2nd edition. Just didn’t get around to it rather than a quick turnaround of versions. Will probably get the latest book at some point.
Seems to be a good update. I don’t see anything that I have a difficulty with and the main thing is that it is still fairly quick going and looks enjoyable. Anything that you found annoying or equally good about the update so far @avernos?
shooting modifiers have really been streamlined, so you -1 for pinned, not -1 per pin. Which means that unit with 4 pins on them and a squad bearing down on their position *if* you can activate them, by an officer or whatever, they still do decent damage.
It shifts pins from being a pain in the hole all around to affecting morale and C&C far more .
Also, medics don’t gain VPs. So when Cpt Alpha breaks the convention and double taps one he gets nothing except a court-martial after the war
That medic – far too good a target to turn your nose up at. He should have gone down in turn 1.
He will indeed be making it back to uni!
I’m liking the sound of the changes
Will watch later. I really enjoyed Bolt action v2 but found that in the hands of the meta gamers it became quite dull. So hoping for the best
Looks good
Looks fun to play!
Excited to try out the changes for myself
Can’t wait till third ed.!!!
This will be my next video after the getting started
I will definitely want to get a winter themed army. Having painted Bolt Action forces in North Africa, European West and European East all in summer gear, some snowy bases and winter themes are a new for me.
Learning. Learning…