By Kreighton Long

As I began working on my 2026 Bolt Action army project, winter Americans, I decided to try something new.  This time, instead of “winging it” when putting together the models, I decided to try to deliberately create a diverse platoon by making each arm/body combination unique within the box.  Despite a few logistical challenges I had to overcome, I found the project worthwhile in order to create a more unique infantry platoon with no repeated poses.

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

Hey Reader!

Welcome back! We’re continuing our discussion of the Commonwealth forces, today looking at the Indian, New Zealand, and South African forces that operated all over the globe during the conflict.

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

Hey Reader!

Kreighton gave an excellent overview of the new Third Edition supplement for the Armies of the Commonwealth, and today we’re continuing in our review of the book by looking at some of the highlights for new units in the book.

The Commonwealth includes a whopping six army lists, so we’ll be breaking this into two posts. Today we’ll be looking at the Australian, Canadian, and East Africa Command forces, representing a lot of different theaters across the globe – a real cross-section of the war!

By Kreighton Long

G’day mates!  Late last week my copy of Armies of the British Commonwealth arrived in the mail.  After hearing and reading great things from those that were fortunate enough to get an advanced copy I was excited to dig in myself.  Let’s see what’s in it.

By Richard Steer

Before the liberation of Italy, there was the liberation of Sicily – Operation Husky. Sneaking in just ahead of the new Late-War Italian Campaign book for Flames of War, Battlefront has published a set of army lists that cover this campaign in Flames of War.

The release is a set of free PDFs published on their website, so this article won’t tell you anything you can’t already see for yourself. But I’m super excited about it, so I want to talk about it anyway.

by Jesse Marcelo

This April, Warlord Games announced the introduction of their first all-plastic field gun and support weapon kits, marking a departure from their previous metal and Siocast offerings. According to Warlord, the primary driver behind this shift has been the increased demand for artillery pieces following the release of the 3rd Edition of Bolt Action. The new platoon structure allows players to field multiple artillery pieces more easily, creating a greater need for support weapons on the tabletop.

By Kreighton Long

In this article we will continue our exploration of how various Tournament Organizers (TO) from around the country approach the Best Painted awards of their Bolt Action tournaments.  In the previous article we looked at TOs from Utah, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Virginia, and California.  This round I spoke with TOs from Illinois, Washington, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland.

by Kreighton Long

A few months ago, I wrote an article sharing different ways Bolt Action Tournament Organizers from around the country manage the flow of their tournaments.  After wrapping up that article, I started thinking about other topics on which to shed some light.  I found the inspiration for my next topic at a tournament I attended shortly thereafter.  The impetus came from a discussion regarding the results of a Best Painted Army award.  As this is painfully subjective (as all things art end up being), I figured this would be a topic with some potential.  After interviewing ten tournament organizers from across the continental US, I put this together for your thoughts and comments.

Huge podcast! We have the multiple award winning designer Steve Jackson (Ogre, Munchkins, GURPS) as our guest. This show is so big I had to get Doug from the Lead Pursuit Podcast to lend a hand. We talk about the newest RPG installment from Steve, Ring of Fire.

By Richard Steer

The Italian Campaign has finally arrived in the 4th Edition of Flames of War with Battlefront’s announcement of Liberation of Italy. Paolo has given us an overview of the book and its historical context, and in this article, I will dive a bit deeper into the book’s British lists.