Recon Report: Bolt Action Third Edition Armies of the Commonwealth Unit Highlights (Part 2)

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By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

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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.

Recon Report: Bolt Action Third Edition Armies of the Commonwealth Unit Highlights (Part 1)

Photo Courtesy of Warlord Games and Osprey Publishing

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

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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!

Recon Report: Bolt Action Third Edition Armies of the British Commonwealth

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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.

Operation Husky – Flames of War Returns to the Med

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.

Photo credit: Battlefront Miniatures “US Forces in Operation Husky” (2026)

Deployment in the Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

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Our intro series to the game is almost complete – we’re going to walk through how deployment works in Starcraft, as it’s a clever improvement on some game systems while still borrowing principles from games you’ve likely played. You’ll find more info in the core rulebook PDF that’s free to download, but below is the short synopsis of Archon’s unique (yet familiar) take on deployment works.

How to Build an Army for the Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

 

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It’s Shipping Week! Preorders for the Starcraft TMG are heading out from Poland, so within the next few weeks we’ll have some miniatures to show you! In the meantime, now that the Core Rulebook PDF is out and free to download, we’re kicking off our gameplay series by walking through how you build your force, and how multiple mechanics work together to prevent the game from becoming stale and settling into a swift “meta” for competitive play.

We’ll be using a Protoss army as our example today: a powerful psionic alien race with elite warriors, huge mechs, and powerful spellcasters.

O Bella Ciao! Liberation of Italy – Flames of War Late War Book

By Paolo Paglianti

It’s time to liberate the peninsula from the Germans! We have been waiting for it for a very long time, but it has finally arrived. The virtual bridge between Mid and Late War in Flames of War, Liberation of Italy is set roughly between Fortress Europe and the D-Day operations, although the war in Italy continued well beyond the liberation of France.

First Look: Reading a Stat Card for the Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game

By Aaron Kamakawiwoole

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The Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game is out in the world now, and that means we can finally show an example of a stat card, because it’s probably the final version! With open beta behind us and being firmly in First Edition, as you consider ordering your minis, we thought it would be useful to look at an example stat card to show you how to read it, and what to look for in units that you prize.

For our example today, we’re going to take a look at the proud and powerful zealots of the Protoss.