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.
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.
By Kreighton Long
A few weekends ago I had the privilege to attend the Operation Amherst Bolt Action tournament at Bazooka Games in Westminster, Maryland. This tournament is the spring tournament run by Mike Kehs and the event reflected his veteran TO status. Rounds began in a timely manner, questions from players were quickly addressed, the atmosphere was friendly and constructive, and the tables were gorgeous and thematic. From a players perspective the event was well worth the drive and I left with some swag, a raffle prize, and some new friends.
By Aaron Kamakawiwoole
Hey Reader!
Kreighton gave an excellent overview of the new Third Edition supplement for the Armies of Italy, and today we’re continuing in our review of the book by looking at some of the highlights for new units in the book.
Italy is the first of the “minor nations” in Bolt Action that has received an army book.
By Kreighton Long
We here at No Dice No Glory had the privilege of looking through an advance copy of the upcoming Armies of Italy book. The new Army Special Rules are a welcome addition and add unique flavor to Italian armies in Bolt Action. Veteran Italian players will be relieved to see familiar entries but with new twists that will provide an opportunity to reevaluate their army builds. Aaron will cover some exciting new units in another article so I will focus my attention on the new Special Army Rules and the book as a whole.
By Kreighton Long
My Bolt Action army project of the year is a winter American army project. While my infantry will advance through the snow on foot, they are in desperate need of armor support. In order to fully commit to the theme I decided to paint the armor support in winter camouflage. The general idea was to paint it white with the green undercoat showing through where the white paint rubbed off.
By Kreighton Long
I recently wrote an article about a Bolt Action tournament I attended in February. One of the commenters made me think about how different Tournament Organizers across the country approach the time management piece of running a tournament. So I set out to collect some answers.
I reached out to TOs from coast to coast, some I knew from attending their events and others via Facebook or recommendations from others, and started to compile some ideas. The conversations began with point/order dice limits, how long rounds lasted, scenarios chosen or avoided, and additional measures put in place to help ensure well timed events. Take a look below on comments made by eight TOs. At the end you’ll find my key take-aways from this experience.
By: Phil Gurtler
I have been super excited about Konflikt 47 since I saw it on the discount shelf at my local store six years ago after first edition floundered. Now with the rerelease and the new plastic kits, I get to live the best parts of German tanks and multilegged battlemechs in one! To create my dream K47 army, I took a little bit of liberty to head cannon my own reasons for why I will be playing my favorite models. Notice I didn’t say the best units…a dozen or so games in, and I have only actually won a single game.
By Richard Steer
I’ve jumped into the Early-War period of Flames of War, and am in the middle of building the British half of the Dunkirk two-player starter set. I recently took a look at what is in the box, and now I’m painting the infantry.
The purpose of this article is to step through my process for painting FOW infantry, in the hope that this may be of use to players who are just getting into FOW and looking to paint their first figures.
By Kreighton Long
A former student of mine recently introduced me to Battletech. We played a few games over the last year and it gradually grew on me. At first, I was content to play with the models that my friend provided for our games, but that contentment did not last.
Perhaps it was rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion over the summer, or older influences like Gundam or Pacific Rim, but either way I felt drawn to painting my own mech force. As I have little experience with the lore, game play, or mechanics, I decided to prioritize which set I wanted to try my hand at by the rule-of-cool.
