A BIG Game of Bolt Action

A very talented terrain maker and member of Company of Dice, Paul, proposed a big game of Bolt Action, and a BIG Game we had!  Paul hosted this at Company of Dice West.

The scenario was June 1944 D-Day +.  It would be Germans vs Brits.  It would be played on Paul's magnificent Normandy themed Board.  The table size was a massive 12 x 4 feet!

We did not want to game all night so we came up with the following conditions

• 750 Points Per Player
• 6 Order Dice Cap
• Key Positions D6 + 6 Objectives (a 6 was rolled!)
• Objectives must be 12 inches apart and within 12 inches of the centreline
• Officer's could snap to action allied units
• 4 Order Dice would be pulled at a time
• A limit of 2 free arty observers for the Brits (they brought one to their credit)

Paul and his son Angus were incharge of the preliminary dice rolls and then we simply drew dice and got on with it!

It was an epic game and everyone had fun.  The Germans trumped the Brits on the Day, 10 objectives to 2.  The Brits blame tiger fear however they were both Panthers so they couldn't complain too much as we paid the points for it.

The Teams:

Germany:

Paul, Dave, Bryan (The General), John

Brits:

Angus, Spyros (no free minis but plugged Uncle Les), Andrew, Ian

I very much look forward to another big Bolt Action Game!



A big Table for a big battle - Stunning Table

My Humble Kampfgruppe - Green Fallschirmjager

Brits Take a salvo from the Nebelwerfer

The Field of Shame.  Destroyed dice entered it... Full of Brits

A nebelwerfer salvo got rid of those Brits

My MVP for sure!

The end result.  The field of shame.  Brits top, German Dice Bottom

Fallschirmjager Veterans - East Meets West

I have built up three more troops for my ever expanding Fallschirmjager Force.  I want them to be a cross between the Normandy Campaign and the Campaigns of the Eastern Front for a true representation of hardened veterans.

I deliberately chose some of the early war smocks to represent this.  I will be doing up some looted weapons shortly to continue this theme.

I have made a small LMG team and an additional riflemen.  I intend to get away from the FG42 and arm my troops with more rifles to keep them themed and more historical.

This first trooper is the LMG Gunner.  The look I went for was that of another Fighter Bomber, or what German's referred to as the Jabo (Jagdbomber) attack.  You can see the frustration and despair in his face... not again!

Deckung! Jabo! - Looking to the skies, another Fighter Bomber attack!

Next up is the dedicated loader.  His face says it all, it has been a long war!

Warlord Late War Plastic Grenadier with Fallschirmjager Head.

The final addition is a lone rifleman.  Again I have used an early/mid war jump smock

Warlord Fallschirmjager

My First Bolt Action Army - Fallschirmjager and Luftwaffe Field Division

I decided to run with a Luftwaffe Army with combined elements of Fallschirmjager and Luftwaffe Field Division.  Forgive the photos, I hadn't worked out a good technique yet.

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Warlord Games

 This was my first 28mm Miniature in a very long time and my test figure.

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Warlord Games

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Squad Warlord Games

My first lot of Fallschirmjager troops painted up

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Squad Warlord Games

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Sniper Conversion Warlord Games

A bit of Greenstuff for the sniper

28mm Metal Fallschirmjager Sniper Squad Warlord Games

Sniper Team

28mm Plastic Grenadiers Warlord Games

The begginings of the Field Division troops.

28mm Plastic Late War Grenadiers as Field Division

On the shelf with a 1/35 T34 in the background!

28mm Combined Luftwaffe Troops

Combined Luftwaffe Force with "The Pest"!

1/56 Plastic Stug III Warlord Games

First 1/56 Armour I have painted.  Stug III with magnitised Shirtzen.

1/56 Plastic Stug III Warlord Games

1/56 Plastic Stug III Warlord Games