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2016/06/22 06:56:38
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
Way on back in the deep caves
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A new version of Bolt Action was announced the other day.
The new starter box will feature Plastic German Grenadiers and Plastic US Airborne, an a Plastic Puma armored car. And a building.
The box will also include dice and a mini-rulebook.
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2016/06/22 18:18:15
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Dakka Veteran
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I hadn't heard about the inclusion of Plastic US airborne and a plastic puma. Sweet! Do you have a source for this information?
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2016/06/22 20:37:43
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Yu Jing Martial Arts Ninja
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Thought I'd read on the warlord forums that the plastic us airborne were still in the design stage. Will be good though if they are out soon.
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2016/06/23 10:30:49
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
Way on back in the deep caves
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I heard they will only be available in the starter box for an extended period. Not sure why.
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2016/06/23 12:27:23
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Yu Jing Martial Arts Ninja
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Just had another look of the warlord forums and it's looking like a 2017 release for the airborne minis on their own. The starter set seems to be coming this fall. Il prob bag the starter set online somewhere on release.
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2016/06/24 10:10:30
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Dakka Veteran
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I also read the airborne will only be in the starter until a 2017 release date. Considering I could use a puma and a house I guess I'll grab a box online somewhere. I just really need some updated ETO allies. The new german pzgrenadiers and FJ are making the old models just look silly.
I'll probably give the Germans away in hopes of enlisting a new player.
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2016/06/27 19:06:48
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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Ow, and I'm just getting started... Are they going to update rules as well or is only the startersert concerced so far?
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/06/27 22:35:30
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Regular Dakkanaut
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The rules are getting updated. It's a fairly solid system, so I'd imagine it'll be a few tweaks here and there.
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2016/06/28 00:09:54
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Sniping Hexa
Some small city in nowhere, Illinois,United States
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Pistols at Dawn wrote:
The rules are getting updated. It's a fairly solid system, so I'd imagine it'll be a few tweaks here and there.
There is going to be the introduction of templates. Which makes me kind of skeptical, but I am willing to allow it to pass if the rest of the ruleset for 2.0 is good.
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2016/06/28 06:10:37
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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Hum, I dunno. it seems to me it's a great simplification, but their system, especially for HE shells, was quite good even though a bit more complicated. But if they manage not to make it so Deadly as in WH40, that should be alright.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/06/28 12:40:26
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine
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Cant wait for 2.0. Help polish everything up.
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Down with Allies, Solo 2016! |
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2016/06/30 13:22:52
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Smokin' Skorcha Driver
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Templates. A simplification. Ha.Hahaha. AHAHAHAHAHA!
"He's not under the template because his whole base isnt under"
"He is under the template because 0.1% of his base is under"
"These arent official templates so how do you know they are the correct size, I refuse to let you use them"
And so on and so forth. The d6 system was far, far simpler.
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2016/06/30 15:26:28
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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If that's a rules updating, their will be a reference size and rule for using them. So no need to argue for the players. The real question isn't there: if it works well it is a simplification. But will it really suit to Bolt Action? Here's the real problem.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/01 02:05:35
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Haughty Harad Serpent Rider
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Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:If that's a rules updating, their will be a reference size and rule for using them. So no need to argue for the players. The real question isn't there: if it works well it is a simplification. But will it really suit to Bolt Action? Here's the real problem.
Alessio stated it was to prevent the unrealistic clumping up of units (infantry clumps running across the battlefield). From what I understand, if it's an HE weapon, if you roll to hit and you miss, no template. If you hit, you place the template wherever you want on the unit.
Plus, Bolt Action already has templates - offboard artillery, smoke shells - this kind of unifies the system so there's not a mix of two different types of area effect weapons (dice based HE and area based HE)
But mainly the new rules just implement a) all the FAQ and Errata stuff, b) buffs to LMG/MMG's, c) nerfs to Recce and cavalry and d) make armored transports more useful.
And yeah the nearly confirmed rumor is that the new set has the new plastic US Airborne, plastic German Grenadiers, plastic Puma, plastic building, dice, order dice, plastic pin tokens, mini rulebook, and scenario book for US Airborne landings on D-Day.
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2016/07/01 07:17:39
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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Thanks Jugdedoug for your further infos. Sounds better now.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/05 05:41:31
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Inspiring SDF-1 Bridge Officer
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I wonder if the plastic soldiers are existing stock from Wargames Factory (since Warlord Games did buy them out). I have their American and German soldier sets and wish I could get more of them.
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It never ends well |
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2016/07/05 08:33:59
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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That might explain why they'll be released as some kind of "limited edition" in the starterset.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/05 09:14:27
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Gun Mage
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Dreamforge Games picked up the Wargames Factory WWII troopers, so they're selling them now.
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2016/07/05 12:29:58
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Major
In a van down by the river
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Link to the WGF WW2 guys (among other things) for the lazy: http://dreamforge-games.com/collections/types?q=Infantry
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2016/07/06 01:42:58
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Executing Exarch
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Stormonu wrote:I wonder if the plastic soldiers are existing stock from Wargames Factory (since Warlord Games did buy them out). I have their American and German soldier sets and wish I could get more of them.
My understanding is that the plastic airborne will be a new set that will get its initial release with the BA 2.0 starter, but won't be sold independently until at least half a year later.
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2016/07/07 21:24:47
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
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My PLog
Curently: DZC
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2016/07/08 08:17:49
Subject: Re:Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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We've been the quickiest . In its july 6th's newsletter, Warlord games announced Bolt Action's 2nd for next fall. They've also, as showed silent puffin, given us a glimpse of the US paratroopers sprues. http://warlordgames.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=71ca505c950f8867eb0fa9748&id=e9fc22e066&e=110aa374ea.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/09 02:53:44
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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On TMP somebody said 2.0 would be adding templates to the rules. Anybody have confirmation on that?
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2016/07/09 05:55:43
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Yu Jing Martial Arts Ninja
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Will be all over this one for the plastic airborne alone. Have the dick winters model they made available for historicon weekend a couple years ago. Was one of the things that made me pick up bolt action in the first place.
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2016/07/09 07:30:58
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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privateer4hire wrote:On TMP somebody said 2.0 would be adding templates to the rules. Anybody have confirmation on that?
For lack of rulebook yet, I can't explain how it's actually going to work, but it's been confirmed in this topic that templates would effectively get added to the game.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/12 22:34:39
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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Not keen on the airborne torsos there tbh . Would of preferred overload style rather than the market garden ones .
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2016/07/14 20:04:01
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Regular Dakkanaut
Canada
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I guess no one seeing the book answers my question if there's a list of changes anywhere yet. Does anyone know if LMG teams have been tweaked yet? The current opinion being that 2 rifles are superior to them in pretty much every way.
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0072/08/01 17:03:41
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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[MOD]
Solahma
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The only army book getting a second edition - supposedly - is Germany.
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2016/07/17 07:19:51
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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Manchu wrote:The only army book getting a second edition - supposedly - is Germany.
By now they've announced they wouldn't modify the others, only germany because they were the first and test one who therefore needed an update to match beter with the othes. Maybe REAL special army rules
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2016/07/17 19:55:04
Subject: Bolt Action 2.0 Coming Soon !
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[MOD]
Solahma
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The rumor is that they will have a higher ROF.
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