By Tom Burgess
The British forces in Version 4’s Great War return with new options. Cavalry and Armored Cars bolster the already solid British infantry formations. The British now have four formations they can take; Line Division Rifle Company, Elite Division Rifle Company, Canadian or ANZAC Rifle Company, and the Cavalry Squadron.
By Tom Gall
Now that our local group has a few games of under our belts, we wanted to get in a larger game that was scenario and point driven. Each side built a 650 point list and cast away their lines. Set off the coast of France, British airmen are in the water and our little flotilla needs to go and pick them up. We played this one at D6 Games in Rochester Minnesota, USA.
The Allies were sporting three type II Vospers, with two having regular crews and 1 having an inexperienced crew. Last we have a Fairmile with a regular crew.
By Benny Christiansen
I am one of those guys… you know them… one of those guys who is always positive and smiling and happy. My wife often reminds me that she considers it a disease and I should have some sort of medication to become less positive. But so far, I have dodged the Danish Health System in regards to this matter.
That is why I will now provide you with an optimistic view of British Infantry. YES – I know… British lists seem to be very rarely at the top of the list when it comes to tournaments, though I’m sure it does happen occasionally.
By Wargamerabbit
Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) released their plastic Valentine Infantry Tank in 20mm and 15mm scales. Back on April 18, 2018, the PSC 15mm kit was reviewed by Troy Hill (NDNG Editor) and this review follows in similar fashion for the 20mm or 1/72 scale model. These model tanks are a welcome addition for any gaming rules using 20mm models, with an eye toward North Africa, the Italian campaign up the long boot of Italy, or even the Eastern Front with Valentines as Lend-Lease.
After a good start, I was in the top half of the classment. Now we need to fight some serious fight! (If you want to read the first part, just click here!)
For the second game I met Alberto De Luca, the owner of (the Italian Battlefront official importer) and host of the tournament. After one year of tournaments and events on Team Yankee, I consider Alberto and his wonderful, tireless wife close friends even outside the hobby. Needless to say, Alberto knows the game very well and is one of the top players in Italy. He had a Russian list with two tank Formations, a Grant one and a mixed one with dreadful KV-1, Valentines (“Tovarish Dimitri, they are the tanks I lent to you and now you use them against me!”) and a 10 T60 tanks strong platoon. Also, he had two mortar troops to barrage the enemy line while the tanks march full forward.
After one year of intense gaming on with my British BAOR army (of which and ), I decided to try the WW2 side of Battlefront rules. has lots in common with Team Yankee, so I basically had the same ruleset with much more variety in army lists.
I chose the British Mid-War army in the desert: partially because I already had some V1 pieces, but also since I planned to paint the US Army (the other army I’d like to paint) in the Late period for an internal campaign we’re going to have at our local club in early 2019. So I fast-painted the missing pieces and formed a list of Desert Rats. The first tournament at a stone’s throw was Hobby Model Expo on 30th September. Hobby Model is one of the most important shows in northern Italy: everything related to modelling hobbies is there, from miniatures to plastic models, from painting to lots of soldiers of any scale.
By Paolo Paglianti
Photos by the author
By Paolo Paglianti
In September 2017, I decided to paint a new “modern” army for Team Yankee. This is Part 2 of a report about my experience and my “ideas” after a full year of tournaments in North Italy and a campaign at my club.
Formation 2
The second Formation is the Mech Infantry. British foot has a really good Assualt and Counterattack value (actually, the best in the game, with 3/3), so they can hunt down even the best Russian Afghani infantry, as well the US or West German one. Their units are really big, and with the “missed” rules you can divert the enemy fire on the bases you need less. The basic Infantry unit comes with 4 general infantry bases, other 3 with Carl Gustav (AT 17 will cast fear in any armoured vehicles, except US Abrams and West German Leo 2). The mortar is a good for some handy smoke or as a swapper to save more useful bases.
By Paolo Paglianti
Photos by the author
1985, West Germany. The British Army is there to defend all Europe from the Red Tide. With good tanks and excellent infantry, the BAOR can stand any Russian formation and counterattack at the right moment.
In September 2017, I decided to paint a new “modern” army for . This is a report about my experience and my “ideas” after a full year of tournaments in North Italy and a campaign at my club.
My first article for WWPD was about the British Airborne. And unfortunately thanks to the changing hosting rules of Photobucket. My pictures there are lost for all time. But to be frank, there wasn’t much to see. It was a lot of blisters sitting atop a British Flag. Which my wife kept asking me if I was selling. The answer was always and still is, no. Especially now that this is all done.
I hope many of you checked out my first article about learning how to play . It covered the initial steps I took to collect, paint, and read the rules which culminated in signing up for a major Bolt Action event. This article will detail the list I plan to use for the event and will cover about how list making plays a part in Bolt Action and other games we play.
Make a List and Check it Twice
It has always been my opinion that list building is the game behind the game. It keeps us thinking about the game when we are not painting or actually playing it. The vendors probably see list building as the unseen hand that forces us to purchase more models and to keep the buzz going 24/7.
Why does list building take up so much of our time? I think the answer is simple, it is an extension of the game we can “play” at any time. It also represents the analytical side of the game where we try to find the perfect combination. I am guilty of spending a lot of time list building, I really enjoy it and I am attracted to games that have list building in it.
While this may not be popular with some, I think other than assuring you have a rules legal list there is no “Perfect” list or any list that will assure you success. A lot of factors in games are not covered by lists, terrain, your opponent’s forces, and missions. Nor can you predict how your dice rolls will come out. On top of this, during a game, we run into so many possible unique situations and we analyze these quickly in order to make decisions on what moves to make, as this is happening your list makes little difference, however knowing what the units can do makes a lot of difference.
