By Kreighton Long
On 10 October 2026, Kalissa Skibicki organized and ran her usual Bolt Action tournament at SETGO’s Call to Arms convention in Williamsburg, VA. The competitive pool was shallower than previous years with eight players competing versus sixteen players at the same event in 2025 and 2024. The players who did make it were mostly veteran players who brought their positive attitudes and competitive armies for a day of gaming.
By Aaron Kamakawiwoole
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Now that our gaming group has their miniatures and we’re not using proxy miniatures anymore (though I’ll take a moment to thank all of the Rohan horsemen who served as Protoss warriors for us – thank you for answering the call!), we’re putting up battle reports, and as I was editing those, I reflected on what I love so much about the in-game play of this new game. I’ve done battle reports for several game systems, but this one felt unique and better, so I thought I’d share some of those thoughts with you.
By Kreighton Long
Earlier this September, Jesse Marcelo organized and ran a Bolt Action tournament at the NOVA Open in Washington D.C. The event was attended by 22 competitors who brought with them gorgeously painted armies and positive attitudes to create a friendly-competition atmosphere. Utilizing fourteen tables in the center of the Columbia room, we found ourselves surrounded by gamers playing diverse games including Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Warhammer, and a few that I did not recognize. While historical gaming appears to be the minority at the NOVA Open, I can say with confidence that we held our own and attracted dozens of inquisitive passerby’s who were drawn to the tables, miniatures, and enthusiastic gamers .
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
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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.
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!
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.
