o wow awesome i don't know if my hands would be steady enough to assemble and paint the figures but it looks awesome
It's a fun game. The. unique draw to it is how you activate units.
Some games are U-go I go, meaning Player A does all their movement, then shooting, then combat. For all their units. At then end of that, Player B then does the same. End of turn, rinse and repeat.
Bolt Action is different (the game, not the rifles), because each unit on the table gets a chit or order die that is color coded per side. USA might be Green and Germans Grey. The chits/dice go in a bag or other container, then a chit/die is drawn randomly from the bag. If it's Green, then the US player gets to choose a unit and activate it to do Move/Shoot/Combat. End of that unit's go, another chit is randomly drawn. DRAT. The US player gets to again!
I've had games where a German MMG squad moved up (in the open) and just needs the first die draw that turn to wipe out the defence (a British MMG squad in the open) on a hill - and then the other squads can take the objective on the hill. BUT, the German player could NOT get the first die of the turn, and had to keep putting his MMG squad into the "Down" position to protect them for when they did get to shoot. When they go into "Down" - that forfeits their turn.
The other units on the board were doing a lot of maneuver and shoot, but that hill was the lynchpin. The rife squads couldn't do enough damage to the MMG at long range, and neither side wanted to move their infantry into the open. And the lone armored vehicles were in a duel on the other side of the board.
If you have a game store in your area, check them out and see if they have any WW2 gamers that come into the store. Almost all historical gamers are like model RRers. Love to have an extra hand to teach the game to. Will happily loan you figures to play with. And, you can usually find some figures already assembled and painted if the bug does get you into a game.
Have a great day!
