Do you hear that? That low rumbling sound. It is the sound of a Platoon of Type 97 Chi-Ha's! Try to take away our BANZAI, and we shall BANZAI with Tanks!
@@TikitheHutt if you play both early war chi-has with howitzer and late war ho-ros at the same time, lightning will strike you though. (To be fair if you play one of the twelve (!!!) ho-ros that were built lightning will strike you anyway) 😉
Come on that not true. Don'T take all of Mordians Advince. I think the Battle of the Bulge Starter... is MEH! A Rulebook...40€ where I live. Ok.... than a Bunch of Americans and a handfull of germans..... Its not good. I dont think it is good. What are you playing or planing to Play? The German Boxes are good. And the American Starter is also Fantastic. A Box of Infantry on top.... and thats it. Much Cheaper than Most Tabletop Systems.
Returning player here, starting from scratch. I went with the British airborne starter set. Plus a pack howitzer and AA gun. I also order the light tank to come with my rule book. I'll be using my 3d printers to produce many jeeps for the army. I'm looking forward to 3rd edition. The local chaps have organised an intro day in October so I'm building up a small force to go along to that with.
Great video! Good to know that the US Army Starter Set is good, I was thinking on making a army of Brazilian Expeditionary Force, and this Box Set seems great to build it!
Very useful, thank you. I didn't play BA for a while and I'm interested in restarting with this V3. As a belgian I'm also appealed by the battle of the bulge theme, so I will definitely order this new starter set
started playing bolt action a few months ago knowing that 3rd edition was on the way. I picked up the us army starter set so it's nice to hear my choice validated, really happy MGs are worth playing now!
Ahh I'm jewish and I have a full waffen SS army with Swastikas, it's a just a game, they were there, it not a political statment to play them. The Japanese and Soviets had an aurgably much higher body count, the German Heer as a whole was massacring jews, poles, and many other people's just like the SS. You have the separate the horrors of WW2 from this really cool war game about brutally killing the other side!
@@dannyhalas9408I admire you for this, mate, I really do. I can’t bring myself to play Germans as my grandfather fought as part of the British Expedionary Force and was taken prisoner when his unit was fighting the rearguard action to enable the British evacuation at Dunkirk. He spent the war being treated abominably as a POW, but at least made it home as a shadow of his former self. The Germans certainly had some of the coolest looking units and vehicles in the war, but I fear he’d turn in his grave if I chose them as a faction, even in a war game. The upside is that my grandfather leads one of my platoons and somehow manages to shoot a Bren gun single handed! Enjoy your games, my friend.
Mordian, I have the waffen starter set, all the other german infantry sets (besides winter ones), and I still feel like I need more boxes, just because the Germans have SO many awesome unit types that you can build. They have SO much potential from a modeling perspective.
I already planned on getting the new starter set and then follow up with winter heer for the Germans and us army for Yanks. I can't wait. Why start one army when you can start 2 💪💪
Stupid question. But does the starter set explain how to field a single vehicle? From what I understand vehicles must now be taken as a vehicle platoon in support of a rifle platoon, with the vehicle platoon having at least 2 vehicles, so 1 greyhound can't be used.
Just dont count to much on your StugIII or any turetless tank/ tank destroyers as they are difficult To play because of the mouvement rules and limited arc of fire. Remember to add a few trucks.
Just wanted to say, would be great if someone came up with a “how to build your battle of the bulge starter set” video. I’m new to bolt action and it’s taking me a bit to figure how to build them (both weapon options and unit type)
Pooma? Going all american?😂 Pewma my good man,surely? Im.planning in doing the Herman G panzer grenadiers with tank firends and paras (amongst maaaaany other things i wanna paint😂)
@@MordianGlory according to warlord store it's 5 crewed weapons platforms so I think it's still in the box. But they don't put it on picture for whatever reason. When I buy this box I was really surprised about I get 3mmg teams
What box would you recommend for 2 new players that are with a small skirmish but don’t want a winter army that battle of the bulge offers? With a plan on how it can be balanced .
What will be the status of Canada and other commonwealth countries in 3rd edition while I know they won’t be in the rule book but will they get they’re own PDF or will we have to wait till the armies of Britain comes out? P.S what do you think the Best Buy for a Canadian army be other than the Sherman troop?
One of my small dislikes with Bolt Action that I hoped they would change in this edition was the FG-42 being classified as an assault rifle in game. It was not an assault rifle. Its chambered in 8mm Mauser (same as K98k) not 8mm Kurz (same as STG44). It was supposed to be used for both sniping and squad support more akin to an automatic rifle. So it really should be classified as an automatic rifle in game.
@@dariostabletopminatures The FG-42 had a semi-automatic firemode (where it fires from a closed bolt) and an automatic firemode (where it fires from an open bolt, like the BAR and most SMGs from the time period). I agree that rules can be streamlined for simplicity, but there are already rules for automatic rifles (the BAR). Just apply those rules to the FG-42 instead of making it an assault rifle. Thats no added complexity. Besides limiting it to a number per squad of Fallschirmjäger (one or two per squad would make sense) there is no other work required here.
@@ubrot7995 Dont tell me that... tell that Warlord Games. Could be that they didnt want to have a rule bloat. I mean the US has the Bar...most take that over the lmg. The Germans would than have more Weapons Profiles than any other Nation. I think its ok the way it is. Did all the Fallschirmjägers bring a FG-42 or all Smgs/Rifles and a Few got the FG?
@@dariostabletopminatures 7.500 got produced so I would wager at most one person per squad had one if even that. Mass production got scaled down in '44 because the high command preferred building more STG44 which were much easier and cheaper to produce due to less complexity in design. I don't think this could really qualify as rules bloat as it would only apply to one type of squad in the German army lists. These were only produced for and used by the Fallschirmjäger after all.
@@ubrot7995 7.500 Thats not much at all. I saw a few Videos on youtube, people shooting that rifle. Everyone was impressed by the quality. Well write warlord! hahah. what rules would you give the FG? 30" Reach, 2 shots? Like the BAR? Would that change the Game in a dramatic fashion. Game balancing is a delicate thing you know?
You do you, Mordian, but I don't really like the idea of promoting Bolt Action as a "competitive" game. I think the competitive paradigm is what has made GW operate the way it does and the made 40k the unplayable mess that it is today. In the long run, most people who are interested in 40k and attempt to play, get put off by the expense, effort, and state of the rules. They give up on Warhammer and don't grow the wargaming hobby.
LOL Angry Waffels..... I was painting a mini and had to stop look over and realize I was painting "Angry Waffles" ... Had no idea that word is now verboten...
such a missed oportunity to make Soviet Vs Germans Eastern Front battle set..... would have been mine on day one. (not interested in this starter box cuz muricah)
Is just me? This 3rd edition has some terrible changes. I'm open to trying it and the Boys at warlord HQ reckon they can change my mind. But the changes to force composition will surely make the game prone to bad match ups and bloat the game, I don't like the dumbing down of shooting and the nerfing of combat. I'm probably going to stick to second. Also the free units (apart from the British one) were fucking cool.
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Do you hear that? That low rumbling sound. It is the sound of a Platoon of Type 97 Chi-Ha's! Try to take away our BANZAI, and we shall BANZAI with Tanks!
@@TikitheHutt if you play both early war chi-has with howitzer and late war ho-ros at the same time, lightning will strike you though.
(To be fair if you play one of the twelve (!!!) ho-ros that were built lightning will strike you anyway) 😉
I'm never going to financially recover from this.
Come on that not true. Don'T take all of Mordians Advince. I think the Battle of the Bulge Starter... is MEH!
A Rulebook...40€ where I live. Ok.... than a Bunch of Americans and a handfull of germans..... Its not good.
I dont think it is good. What are you playing or planing to Play? The German Boxes are good. And the American Starter is also Fantastic.
A Box of Infantry on top.... and thats it. Much Cheaper than Most Tabletop Systems.
@@dariostabletopminatures I was mostly joking about starting a new game system.
Returning player here, starting from scratch. I went with the British airborne starter set. Plus a pack howitzer and AA gun. I also order the light tank to come with my rule book.
I'll be using my 3d printers to produce many jeeps for the army.
I'm looking forward to 3rd edition. The local chaps have organised an intro day in October so I'm building up a small force to go along to that with.
You can purchase the new Winter FJs and put regular heads on them, swap out the FG42s and make them mid-late war germans if you want new sculpts.
I really like the battle of the bulge models and like half the Soviet winter infantry but not sure which way to go
@Rotebearda give the winter FJ Russian heads and weapons and you've got Sov scouts
Great video! Good to know that the US Army Starter Set is good, I was thinking on making a army of Brazilian Expeditionary Force, and this Box Set seems great to build it!
The American Starter is truly amazing. Everything in that Box is Good.
Very useful, thank you. I didn't play BA for a while and I'm interested in restarting with this V3. As a belgian I'm also appealed by the battle of the bulge theme, so I will definitely order this new starter set
started playing bolt action a few months ago knowing that 3rd edition was on the way. I picked up the us army starter set so it's nice to hear my choice validated, really happy MGs are worth playing now!
The Bersaglieri starter and 8th army starters are better now that you can use both artillery pieces in an artillery battery.
Yeah but that means you would have to build 8th army infantry lol
@@naughtandrwWhat's wrong with them?
@VorpalDerringer I'm just not a fan of prone minis especially when there isn't really a good rifle to put on them.
You can also paint the angry waffle germans as regular german army with splinter camo smocks to that gets around issues with the faction.
Autumn Camo!
Pea dot!
Those are both almost exclusively SS camo patterns 😂
Ahh I'm jewish and I have a full waffen SS army with Swastikas, it's a just a game, they were there, it not a political statment to play them. The Japanese and Soviets had an aurgably much higher body count, the German Heer as a whole was massacring jews, poles, and many other people's just like the SS. You have the separate the horrors of WW2 from this really cool war game about brutally killing the other side!
@@dannyhalas9408I admire you for this, mate, I really do. I can’t bring myself to play Germans as my grandfather fought as part of the British Expedionary Force and was taken prisoner when his unit was fighting the rearguard action to enable the British evacuation at Dunkirk. He spent the war being treated abominably as a POW, but at least made it home as a shadow of his former self. The Germans certainly had some of the coolest looking units and vehicles in the war, but I fear he’d turn in his grave if I chose them as a faction, even in a war game. The upside is that my grandfather leads one of my platoons and somehow manages to shoot a Bren gun single handed! Enjoy your games, my friend.
Mordian, I have the waffen starter set, all the other german infantry sets (besides winter ones), and I still feel like I need more boxes, just because the Germans have SO many awesome unit types that you can build. They have SO much potential from a modeling perspective.
They do!
When do we get the batreps? Love the bolt action stuff at the moment!
I already planned on getting the new starter set and then follow up with winter heer for the Germans and us army for Yanks. I can't wait. Why start one army when you can start 2 💪💪
Stupid question.
But does the starter set explain how to field a single vehicle?
From what I understand vehicles must now be taken as a vehicle platoon in support of a rifle platoon, with the vehicle platoon having at least 2 vehicles, so 1 greyhound can't be used.
Just dont count to much on your StugIII or any turetless tank/ tank destroyers as they are difficult To play because of the mouvement rules and limited arc of fire. Remember to add a few trucks.
Just wanted to say, would be great if someone came up with a “how to build your battle of the bulge starter set” video. I’m new to bolt action and it’s taking me a bit to figure how to build them (both weapon options and unit type)
Ha, I've been running US MMG teams for years, I've got ten painted up.
Pooma? Going all american?😂 Pewma my good man,surely?
Im.planning in doing the Herman G panzer grenadiers with tank firends and paras (amongst maaaaany other things i wanna paint😂)
Us army have 2mmg? My have 3mmg teams, one in redeploying pose
If its got 3 that's even better!
@@MordianGlory according to warlord store it's 5 crewed weapons platforms so I think it's still in the box. But they don't put it on picture for whatever reason.
When I buy this box I was really surprised about I get 3mmg teams
They Used to have 3 in them? I know!
What box would you recommend for 2 new players that are with a small skirmish but don’t want a winter army that battle of the bulge offers? With a plan on how it can be balanced .
I would love to do von Panvitz cossacs
Do that!
I mean there's a Fallschirmjager starter army but idk if it is good it's the German Fallschirmjager 28mm Starter Army
Taking 3 SS-Kai Armored Work Vehicles. Watching the world burn.
My brother is a combat vet from 82nd Airborne, and that looked possible to build from what I saw. I'm excited to field them against Japan.
What will be the status of Canada and other commonwealth countries in 3rd edition while I know they won’t be in the rule book but will they get they’re own PDF or will we have to wait till the armies of Britain comes out?
P.S what do you think the Best Buy for a Canadian army be other than the Sherman troop?
One of my small dislikes with Bolt Action that I hoped they would change in this edition was the FG-42 being classified as an assault rifle in game. It was not an assault rifle.
Its chambered in 8mm Mauser (same as K98k) not 8mm Kurz (same as STG44).
It was supposed to be used for both sniping and squad support more akin to an automatic rifle. So it really should be classified as an automatic rifle in game.
I think It had a Burst Fire. Most say its like BAR. Somehow you have to streamline the rules for simplicity.
@@dariostabletopminatures The FG-42 had a semi-automatic firemode (where it fires from a closed bolt) and an automatic firemode (where it fires from an open bolt, like the BAR and most SMGs from the time period).
I agree that rules can be streamlined for simplicity, but there are already rules for automatic rifles (the BAR). Just apply those rules to the FG-42 instead of making it an assault rifle. Thats no added complexity. Besides limiting it to a number per squad of Fallschirmjäger (one or two per squad would make sense) there is no other work required here.
@@ubrot7995 Dont tell me that... tell that Warlord Games. Could be that they didnt want to have a rule bloat. I mean the US has the Bar...most take that over the lmg. The Germans would than have more Weapons Profiles than any other Nation. I think its ok the way it is. Did all the Fallschirmjägers bring a FG-42 or all Smgs/Rifles and a Few got the FG?
@@dariostabletopminatures 7.500 got produced so I would wager at most one person per squad had one if even that. Mass production got scaled down in '44 because the high command preferred building more STG44 which were much easier and cheaper to produce due to less complexity in design.
I don't think this could really qualify as rules bloat as it would only apply to one type of squad in the German army lists. These were only produced for and used by the Fallschirmjäger after all.
@@ubrot7995 7.500 Thats not much at all. I saw a few Videos on youtube, people shooting that rifle. Everyone was impressed by the quality. Well write warlord! hahah. what rules would you give the FG? 30" Reach, 2 shots? Like the BAR? Would that change the Game in a dramatic fashion. Game balancing is a delicate thing you know?
Is it Already Warlord Wednesday!!!!!
Crazy you can't name a factual correct thing or you don't get paid😂
Can I do a polish all cavalry army, or am I keeping my money?
@kdhlkjhdlk dude....do it if you can! The memes demand it!
Iam not hyped..I am intrigued but that's it....what do we do now? :)
I'm gonna roll up to my first 3rd edition game with a platoon of Churchill AVREs
HE 4 for the WIN!
You do you, Mordian, but I don't really like the idea of promoting Bolt Action as a "competitive" game. I think the competitive paradigm is what has made GW operate the way it does and the made 40k the unplayable mess that it is today. In the long run, most people who are interested in 40k and attempt to play, get put off by the expense, effort, and state of the rules. They give up on Warhammer and don't grow the wargaming hobby.
I’m not sure I understand the whole new army lists yet. I need the new book. 📕 I’ve got loads of Russians and Germans already
Is there already rules for the french ?
Angry waffle germans...nice...I would have called them the SigSig bois
Is it just me or are the Germans missing an order dice 🎲? 3 squads and a command squad
I am never going to look at a Waffle House the same way again, thanks.
Also am pleased about the change to Stg44s and your Grenadiers recommendation, since I just started painting my G's during naptime today.
LOL Angry Waffels..... I was painting a mini and had to stop look over and realize I was painting "Angry Waffles" ... Had no idea that word is now verboten...
I like another youtuber refers to their commander as either Mustache Man or Mr Hankity Plankity 😂
The best starter army is the Japanese one. Because it contains the Japanese. 😂
Will the US get access to the M2 Carbines. Sprew or rules wise
such a missed oportunity to make Soviet Vs Germans Eastern Front battle set..... would have been mine on day one. (not interested in this starter box cuz muricah)
Is just me? This 3rd edition has some terrible changes. I'm open to trying it and the Boys at warlord HQ reckon they can change my mind. But the changes to force composition will surely make the game prone to bad match ups and bloat the game, I don't like the dumbing down of shooting and the nerfing of combat. I'm probably going to stick to second. Also the free units (apart from the British one) were fucking cool.