@@punchyMiddleEarth - You obviously don't realise that every game doesn't have balance... why are you obsessed with balance? It's whether or not the game is fun, and this game is fun.
@CodmOdenUserAmbush is basically an overwatch shot. If something moves, and the unit on ambush can see it at one point, the unit may choose to fire. The unit on ambush can fire st whatever point the crossing unit is, so its best to fire at a point where the unit has no cover and is in close range. Rally is used when a unit has (multiple) pins. The unit rolls 2d6, and if the result is at or below the units maximum morale (ignores any pins the unit might have), the unit may rally. A rallying unit rolls d6, adds one, the unit removes that amount off pins It doesnt matter what kind of order u give when firing. The amount of shots is determined by the amount of firearms and what kinds of firearms the unit uses. A rifle gets 1 shot, an assault & smg get 2, an lmg gets 4 (5 if ur german) etc. Lmk if there are any questions!
@@Nazgull2k1there are indeed several hundreds of pages of rules. It doesnt really help that the rulebooks layout isnt straight forward :p But even then, i learn new things everyday! Jo mortenson has 2 quizzes with rules, great to learn new things!
I play lot of bolt action it is 1 of best explained begineers games i ever seen what was points were using for your armies and going to use teach people how to the play game i looking foward to next video
sick. I just started looking at Bolt Action recently. Tired of sci-fi/fantasy want to paint some regular dudes for a change, and REALLY tired of IGOUGO in Warhammer. this is awesome more please and thank you kindly.
I've got a collection of army men. I have all different eras and armies. I've never played bolt action before, but some day I want to give it a try. I saw a pack of 6 and they were almost £19. I tend to prefer action figures that are based on real life soldiers. I know things like warhammer are popular, their just not my thing. I also play the 3DO games army men. I get a lot of my figurines from BMC toys online!
I prefer the old Space Marine secretly placed Token system, combined with Heroes of Normandy limited number of activations and bluff tokens. It would be nice to also have a limited number of interrupts for units with higher initiative value.
Are there any good models out you can use for this game? :/ The Infantry Models in this scale look generally underwhelming in quality. The Vehicle are fine.
So funny thing, I actually learned how to play bolt action by watching miniwargaming batreps. The players in my area were surprised when we played and I told them I'd never played before. Having played 40k for over 20 years, bolt action is fairly streamlined.
Would you consider doing stuff for Beyond the gates of Antares alongside the Bolt Action and Konflikt 47 items? it’s a great little game that just needs pushing a bit more basically the same game system
Those pin markers they used are actually twist dials--they go from 1-12. I wouldn't use multiple markers like they did, because it detracts from the miniatures IMHO.
My only “ beef “ with Bolt Action is the COST of those dice ! I’m an Old School Gamer ( started in the Seventies) and I find it hard to pay $20-$40 for dice. Going to try markers first. ( yes, I use regular D6 of different colors for the draw.)
I'm an old school gamer as well. I'm learning how to use my 3d printer and I would happily send you some dice for free if you ever wanted to go "fancy". My brother's and I would use the cheap army men from the toy section and steal the dice from other board games to play or version of Bolt action. I miss those games 😞
To build up some excitement, would have been nice to have the basic intro videos all here for free, not behind the paywall. Off to learn Bolt Action elsewhere I guess!
The extra 4 dice come from Tough Fighters, which any Assault weapons such as SMGs confer. Models with tough fighters can roll an extra attack in CQC if they hit successfully in that combat.
The attacker rolls 4 extra dice because according to the “your mom” rule, every player is permitted to make rolls that frustrate people with ridiculous profile pics. 🪖🤣
Im gonna play this game with my friends whoever wins takes the money there has to be a bet to make it even more fun and if its a team vs team whoever has the most kills on the victorious team and manage to survive till victory gets the money
I don't know if my local gaming store has any events or players for this..haven't asked. At my store it's mostly Warhammer or Star Wars that you see being played for mini wargames. You can reserve tables though so if there is someone there who plays the game and they know someone else they can reserve a table to play at.
You’re trying to get under the number. So the lower the number, the harder it is to pass. If a regular unit has 6 moral -2 for pins = needing to get lower than 4 on two dice to pass.
"Challenging" presenter to teaching the game in 10 minutes just so you could paywall the rest of the rules is not very cool. Warlord Games deserves better than that.
Was he playing the Americans poorly? Are the different factions balanced generally? Looked like the Germans were easily going to crush them in every interaction.
première action ,premier assaut , le joueur allemand à oublier de se regrouper après avoir gagné l’assaut ( 1 dès de 6) pour ce regrouper,, bien jouer les mecs,,, mais avec Zou ,çà ne rigole pas !!
Yet another game im not interested in, I appreciate that you guys like it and that's fine 😊. Id much prefer to watch marvel crisis protocol or star wars legion, but if BA makes you happy then go for it!
Not even 1 minute in - "We gonna treat everything as veteran teams" - How am I suppose to know what that mean and how it changes how we look at what will happen?
Inexperienced, regular, veterans are the 3 grades of every unit in bolt action. The differences are for command (being able to successfully give an order while pinned), morale (likelihood of them running away when getting too many pins, defensive skill (how good they are at ducking when being shot and avoiding taking hits), special weapons (units like mortars cannot use indirect fire with a spotter etc.), special skills (things like medics and chaplains are more likely to succeed at their unique ability with higher grades), accuracy (how good they are at shooting at enemy units directly). Basically the regular is always the standard value to practice with, veterans are +1 for just about everything, while inexperienced roll -1 for just about everything. Im greatly simplifying, but that is the general idea, buddy.
You dont really throw them. When infantry assaults an armored vehicle, it wouldnt really make sense to imagine a bunch of rifleman stabbing the tank with bayonets or shooting the armor plate with pistols and hoping it somehow damages the tank. So there is a rule in place where infantry assaulting armor can only result in superficial damage or maybe spooking the crew with a suppression. BUT, if they have the anti tank grenades, and you can get very lucky, you CAN cause a small bit of damage (i imagine it is because they toss the grenades into the windows or down the turret). Basically if a squad of 12 paratroopers run bravely into a panzer during a gallant bayonet charge, theyre gonna be massacred. But if they assault with grenades, maybe you lose a few of them but they roll high and knock out a tread or disable the turret.
Bolt Action is a fantastic game, worth covering more.
I've been told its not balanced, and its only via the T.O's that put in house rules that there is balance in tournaments.
@@punchyMiddleEarth - You obviously don't realise that every game doesn't have balance... why are you obsessed with balance? It's whether or not the game is fun, and this game is fun.
@CodmOdenUserAmbush is basically an overwatch shot. If something moves, and the unit on ambush can see it at one point, the unit may choose to fire. The unit on ambush can fire st whatever point the crossing unit is, so its best to fire at a point where the unit has no cover and is in close range.
Rally is used when a unit has (multiple) pins. The unit rolls 2d6, and if the result is at or below the units maximum morale (ignores any pins the unit might have), the unit may rally. A rallying unit rolls d6, adds one, the unit removes that amount off pins
It doesnt matter what kind of order u give when firing. The amount of shots is determined by the amount of firearms and what kinds of firearms the unit uses. A rifle gets 1 shot, an assault & smg get 2, an lmg gets 4 (5 if ur german) etc.
Lmk if there are any questions!
I'm glad you are covering other games. It's nice to see variety on your channel.
This game is what got me interested in mini wargaming, glad to see it getting some love.
So happy to see bolt action! Hope to see lots more. Thanks MWG.
Nice. I've always been interested in bolt action due to being a huge WW2 buff. Keep up the great content
thank you so much for making this, i had been struggling for time to read the rules but now i can learn them in 10 minutes!
@@Nazgull2k1there are indeed several hundreds of pages of rules. It doesnt really help that the rulebooks layout isnt straight forward :p
But even then, i learn new things everyday! Jo mortenson has 2 quizzes with rules, great to learn new things!
Yessss!!! Let’s make more BA videos!!!
Really appreciate these tutorials. It's nice hearing it straight from the source than interpreting a book. Sometimes.
Fantastic to see something which isn't warhammer
Thats heresy 🤣
@@viriatoos according to the historical people it may as well be Warhammer. It's the Warhammer of Historical
It’s a really nice game! I will end up making a army and get into this
I play lot of bolt action it is 1 of best explained begineers games i ever seen what was points were using for your armies and going to use teach people how to the play game i looking foward to next video
Great demo, it made me want to play, as opposed to seeing 40k explained, which made me cry.
Great Video....now we need more Battle Reports :)
sick. I just started looking at Bolt Action recently. Tired of sci-fi/fantasy want to paint some regular dudes for a change, and REALLY tired of IGOUGO in Warhammer. this is awesome more please and thank you kindly.
Yes ! Excellent ! Do more of these please ! 😃
Awesome! Huge fan of Bolt Action. Keep making more content for it! Love it
Great demo of an awesome game!
Love it! Please make more content about Bolt, super super cool. Cheers!
I've got a collection of army men. I have all different eras and armies. I've never played bolt action before, but some day I want to give it a try. I saw a pack of 6 and they were almost £19. I tend to prefer action figures that are based on real life soldiers. I know things like warhammer are popular, their just not my thing. I also play the 3DO games army men. I get a lot of my figurines from BMC toys online!
Great demo vidéo ! Makes me want to play bolt action !
at 3:13 that TARGET IS DOWN should be a MINUS 2 right? Instead of PLUS 2.
I'm excited to see new games. It would be even more awesome if you added a little Konflict '47 in as well. Hopefully you have plans to do that.
Great ruleset for this game and glad you're playing it more on the channel!
I prefer the old Space Marine secretly placed Token system, combined with Heroes of Normandy limited number of activations and bluff tokens.
It would be nice to also have a limited number of interrupts for units with higher initiative value.
Looking at these models helps me with my self esteem with paint. I'm always super critical of myself.
Same. Just go painting! Theres no better way to improve then to just do it! Have fun
This feels like the perfect game to begin wargaming. It seems so simple and fun.
Great simple video, easy to follow and learn from. thanks!
Building the minatures is easy but the head getting them attached is annoying but there great. And thank you for
this amazing video.
Looks super fun, and very straightforward. As a jaded 40k player, this is pretty appealing.
Well explained and I can't wait to see another batrepp!!! Pls play a campaign: battle of the Bulge or Stalingrad 🥳👍
Great Video!
I think you almost got me with this video!
Looks like i really fun and easy game to play :)
More Bolt Action Please!!!
looks good but def more then 10 minutes of learning. Looks worth tho thx for video.!!!
Looks like great fun
Great tutorial. Quick question- does pinning happen every time a unit gets fired upon?
Only when the unit is hit, not when the unit is fired upon but gets missed
Bolt Action is a great historical game especially for anyone starting out in historical gaming.
immediately showing this to my mom!
Thanks for having me
Wis this was a full tutorial not just a 10m tutorial. love it is in the vault great way to get people interested in this game..
Please cover further episodes
-your new subscriber 👍
i got the starter box 2 years ago and still havnt got passed painting it :P will try it one day
Are there any good models out you can use for this game? :/ The Infantry Models in this scale look generally underwhelming in quality. The Vehicle are fine.
I like stuff from warlord games especially hail caesar, pike & shotte and of course bolt action : )
So funny thing, I actually learned how to play bolt action by watching miniwargaming batreps. The players in my area were surprised when we played and I told them I'd never played before.
Having played 40k for over 20 years, bolt action is fairly streamlined.
Better , easier and no codex creep with BA or any warlord games for that matter
Great Video! Please do more Bolt Action :)
Would you consider doing stuff for Beyond the gates of Antares alongside the Bolt Action and Konflikt 47 items? it’s a great little game that just needs pushing a bit more basically the same game system
Okay im interested!
I just picked up the mythic America's starter box
IMO Bolt is near to perfect game, easy ruleset, fast gameplay, cheap minis!
I heard its unbalanced 🤷 only get it when T.O's force limitations on what people can take in their lists
@@punchyMiddleEarthimo playing in early war is the best. Without all the bs later war tanks and shit.
Looks good. But is it as expensive as GW?
Not at all. Look at the 1000 point starter armies (the game is typically played between 750 - 1250 points)
No, and no broken hot garbage release cycle lol
Those pin markers they used are actually twist dials--they go from 1-12.
I wouldn't use multiple markers like they did, because it detracts from the miniatures IMHO.
Its probably for the viewers to easily how many pins it has
Why did he roll second time with 4 dice in melee?
My only “ beef “ with Bolt Action is the COST of those dice ! I’m an Old School Gamer ( started in the Seventies) and I find it hard to pay $20-$40 for dice. Going to try markers first. ( yes, I use regular D6 of different colors for the draw.)
I'm an old school gamer as well. I'm learning how to use my 3d printer and I would happily send you some dice for free if you ever wanted to go "fancy". My brother's and I would use the cheap army men from the toy section and steal the dice from other board games to play or version of Bolt action. I miss those games 😞
I love this game, got a good complete army for 50 bucks
More bolt action pleeez
Check out Chain of Command.
An even better game, IMHO.
Produced by Two Fat Lardies and they don't sell their own models and figures. Just rule sets.
wish people around me played Bolt action.
To build up some excitement, would have been nice to have the basic intro videos all here for free, not behind the paywall. Off to learn Bolt Action elsewhere I guess!
How does the learning of this game compare to Pre Age of Sigmar Warhammer Fantasy Editions?
great tutorial vid.
I want to play this but I take issue with the scale of the vehicles
Subscribed for Bolt Action
I have a question can you play the game without the order dice??
Need more B.A. Videos!!! 😁🤘
A few questions.
3:50 He rolled 11 d6, not 10 (edited out perhaps)
3:58 Why does the attacker roll 4 d6 again?
The extra 4 dice come from Tough Fighters, which any Assault weapons such as SMGs confer.
Models with tough fighters can roll an extra attack in CQC if they hit successfully in that combat.
The attacker rolls 4 extra dice because according to the “your mom” rule, every player is permitted to make rolls that frustrate people with ridiculous profile pics. 🪖🤣
More tutorials we need little padawan ...
Hey Dave you just learned ba so how about now you can try kinflict 47 it’s pretty fun and weird
im a bit confused as initially you draw a dice and then move that unit ... then the guy says choose a unit and do what you like!
Im gonna play this game with my friends whoever wins takes the money there has to be a bet to make it even more fun and if its a team vs team whoever has the most kills on the victorious team and manage to survive till victory gets the money
I don't know if my local gaming store has any events or players for this..haven't asked. At my store it's mostly Warhammer or Star Wars that you see being played for mini wargames. You can reserve tables though so if there is someone there who plays the game and they know someone else they can reserve a table to play at.
Looks real good, shame about the dice bag mechanic, i HAAAATE double activations, and this mechanic seems like an even bigger infractor
Umm- so the Order Check is the Unit's base Morale minus the number of Pins? That seems wrong. Pins making Order Checks easier?
You’re trying to get under the number. So the lower the number, the harder it is to pass.
If a regular unit has 6 moral -2 for pins = needing to get lower than 4 on two dice to pass.
Clean!
Melee seems OP for the charging unit
So why did the first american unit got whipped and the rest of the units got pinned? Im so confused :/
Imagine if 40k had a fun activation system like this
I think, I'll stick to painting miniature
awesome
"Challenging" presenter to teaching the game in 10 minutes just so you could paywall the rest of the rules is not very cool. Warlord Games deserves better than that.
What
So, basically a chance game where your ability to win, depends on the roll of the dice not your ability to control the progress of the game. Next...
So just like 40K 🤷 but without all the broken profit driven hot garbage
It would be so much easier with an app to learn
Is this the most popular war game outside of Warhammer?
Was he playing the Americans poorly? Are the different factions balanced generally? Looked like the Germans were easily going to crush them in every interaction.
Please do more bolt action games!!!
No. Get a less boring name.
@@RogersGirl88 failed troll looooool
@@johnlewis3436 how did i fail? You just fed me. Im satiated.
@@RogersGirl88 loooooool.....dead.....Get a less boring life you sad sap 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Blasted youtube subscription alerts hid this from me...
Confusing.... looks like fun though.
looks fun, too bad it looks so damn expensive
It's actually not bad as far as table top games go. You can have a playable Army for about $100 USD.
I accually try to make it at home
YESSSSS!!!!!!!
Great video -- but distracting countdown!
première action ,premier assaut , le joueur allemand à oublier de se regrouper après avoir gagné l’assaut ( 1 dès de 6) pour ce regrouper,, bien jouer les mecs,,, mais avec Zou ,çà ne rigole pas !!
The models look cool. I'd say you've explained the rules in 10 mins but still too complex to remember how to play 🙄
The best part is that he got some of the rules wrong.
@@ronnipedersen6004 that's brilliant 🤣
I thought that the Germans MG42 got 5 total shots not 6?
I'm interested in this now as I'm tired of the overpriced Warhammer 40k stuff. I'm tired of the constant rule changing and nobody ever playing it now.
Uhm, Dave - no Chaos in historicals . . . .
Only the chaos of the horrors of mechanized Warfare
truck couldve shot at the infantry, no?
Yet another game im not interested in, I appreciate that you guys like it and that's fine 😊. Id much prefer to watch marvel crisis protocol or star wars legion, but if BA makes you happy then go for it!
Its not all about you mate lol
Not even 1 minute in - "We gonna treat everything as veteran teams" - How am I suppose to know what that mean and how it changes how we look at what will happen?
Inexperienced, regular, veterans are the 3 grades of every unit in bolt action. The differences are for command (being able to successfully give an order while pinned), morale (likelihood of them running away when getting too many pins, defensive skill (how good they are at ducking when being shot and avoiding taking hits), special weapons (units like mortars cannot use indirect fire with a spotter etc.), special skills (things like medics and chaplains are more likely to succeed at their unique ability with higher grades), accuracy (how good they are at shooting at enemy units directly). Basically the regular is always the standard value to practice with, veterans are +1 for just about everything, while inexperienced roll -1 for just about everything. Im greatly simplifying, but that is the general idea, buddy.
I have enough models to paint already, but looks like I've got another project.
I'm still trying to figure out how throwing grenades into a half track works.
You dont really throw them. When infantry assaults an armored vehicle, it wouldnt really make sense to imagine a bunch of rifleman stabbing the tank with bayonets or shooting the armor plate with pistols and hoping it somehow damages the tank. So there is a rule in place where infantry assaulting armor can only result in superficial damage or maybe spooking the crew with a suppression. BUT, if they have the anti tank grenades, and you can get very lucky, you CAN cause a small bit of damage (i imagine it is because they toss the grenades into the windows or down the turret). Basically if a squad of 12 paratroopers run bravely into a panzer during a gallant bayonet charge, theyre gonna be massacred. But if they assault with grenades, maybe you lose a few of them but they roll high and knock out a tread or disable the turret.
I learned practically nothing from this video.
Bolt action ...ww2 without being ww2.