We are very excited to announce the forthcoming release of the Pegasus Bridge battle set for Bolt Action. You can now place pre-orders for these superb battle-sets below.

This awesome set contains everything you need to recreate the daring raid that paved the way for the Allied D-Day invasion. And as if that wasn’t enough, we are also releasing a Collector’s Edition of the set, dubbed ‘Ham & Jam’ after the mission completion code words, that will be crammed with even more models and scenery.

As you can see below, ace artist Peter Dennis has worked his magic with the cover art – quite possibly his best yet for Warlord Games!



The Mission
The mission, in the opening minutes of the Normandy landings, was to capture the Bénouville Bridge and the nearby Ranville Bridge in order to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beaches, where Allied forces were pouring ashore. 180 men, led by Major John Howard, landed close to their targets in gliders. Using the element of surprise, they were tasked with seizing the bridges, and more importantly, hold them against the inevitable German counter attack. Bénouville Bridge was later renamed Pegasus Bridge, in reference to the shoulder emblem worn by the British Airborne forces.

What do you get?
Using the contents of the battle set, you can really set the scene for this pivotal battle. The centrepiece is a laser-cut wooden model of the bridge itself (the bridge even swings open!), accompanied by models of the Cafe Gondree, as well as a machine gun pill box, a 5cm KwK 39 gun emplacement and even wooden telegraph poles. It also includes 20 plastic German infantry, 12 metal British Airborne soldiers and an exclusive sculpt of Major John Howard himself. Full-colour waterslide decal sheets are supplied for both sides. There is also a mini-campaign booklet allowing you to recreate the firefight over the bridge and following actions.

The Ham & Jam! Collector’s Edition adds 6 resin sandbag emplacements (which can be put together into 3 machine gun emplacements), 3 more MG42 machine gun teams, 6 dead livestock models, a resin sandbag emplacement for the top of the control tower, 8 more telegraph poles and 12 resin Dragon’s teeth tank traps. In addition to this are 20 more plastic Germans, a Marder III Ausf. M tank destroyer, and 20 plastic Royal Marine Commandoes led by Lord Lovat and Piper Millin. We’ve even added a copy of Osprey Publishing’s Raid: Pegasus Bridge book to give you even more reference material, giving a full historical account and detailed uniform guides!

So click here for the full contents list and to pre-order your copy which will be released early to mid October 2013. The Allied invasion is depending on you!

Regular version: http://www.warlordgames.com/store/pegasus-bridge-battle-set.html (£175.00)

Box Contents:

Laser-cut Bridge
Laser-cut Cafe Gondres
Resin Gun Pit
Metal 5cm KwK 39 anti-tank gun and 3 crew
Laser-cut Pillbox
Metal German MG42 MMG team
2 laser-cut telegraph poles (on the Cafe sheets)
20 plastic German Infantry and plastic bases
Major John Howard and plastic base (exclusive new model)
10 man British Airborne squad and plastic bases
2-man PIAT team and plastic bases
Scenario booklet
Decal sheets for the Paras and Heer

Collector's version: http://www.warlordgames.com/store/ham-jam-pegasus-bridge-collector-s-edition.html (£275.00)

Box Contents:

1 Pegasus Bridge battle-set
20 plastic Germans inc weapon sprues
Marder III Ausf M
Lord Lovat and Piper Millin metal miniatures
20 plastic Commandoes inc weapon sprues
6 resin sandbag emplacements (two make a single MG pit)
4 Heer MG42 MMG teams
6 dead livestock models
Resin Sandbag emplacement for the top of the control tower
2 packs of laser-cut telegraph poles (8 total poles)
12 resin Dragon's teeth tank traps
Pegasus Bridge Osprey book

Ayo Gurkhali! The Gurkha battlecry (the Gurkhas are coming!) was enough to chill their foes to the very bone, accompanied as it was by a ferocious charge with lethal kukri knife in hand.

You can now place a pre-order for our forthcoming metal Gurkha boxed set!



Famed for their ferocity, bravery and very big knives, our Gurkhas boxed set for Bolt Action is due for release in September 2013.

It contains 21 metal miniatures, sculpted by Paul Hicks: Major James Lumley and two attendant riflemen, a section of ten Gurkhas in firing poses, and a section of eight Gurkhas in charging poses– a mix of bayonet and kukri knife to see of the enemy!



A quarter of a million Gurkas served in the Second World War – recruited from the British Empire’s colony of Nepal into over 40 battalions. They fought in Syria, North Africa, Italy, Greece, as well as in Burma against the Japanese.

Each Gurkha carries a traditional Nepalese knife known as a Khukuri or Kukri. This heavy, curved blade is a fearsome close-combat weapon, as well as being useful for more mundane tasks such as clearing a path through dense jungle terrain.



The boxed set is led by Major James Rutherford Lumley, who was in the thick of the fighting at the battle for Mogaung in northern Burma in June 1944, one of the fiercest and most brutal in the entire campaign against the Japanese in the Far East.

Lumley’s daughter, British Actress Joanna Lumley was to fight as hard as any Gurkha for the rights of the Gurkha soldiers in recent years. This boxed set is as much in honour of her successful stance as for that of the bravery of her father and his Nepalese charges.



The men of 3rd Battalion of the 6th Gurkha Rifles fought in ferocious heat and stifling humidity after marching more than 160 miles through almost impenetrable jungle. The battle was to cost more than 100 lives, and see two men awarded the Victoria Cross for their quite exceptional bravery.

You can read more about the battle here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057401/Joannas-dad-British-hero-called-Pun-Why-Major-Lumley-overwhelmed-shame-British-Governments-treatment-Gurkhas.html

Add mobile firepower to your German army with a 2cm flak gun mounted on a sturdy Horch heavy field car.



This re-working of our open-topped Horch model, by Darek Wyrozebski, adds the AA gun onto the back of the vehicle (taking up the passenger space). In your Bolt Action battles, it will allow you to quickly reposition the gun in the face of battlefield conditions, reacting to enemy threats as well as moving to the best vantage points. And remember, it will be highly effective against lightly armoured vehicles as well as aircraft!

Produced during the early years of the war, the Horch 1a served throughout the war and in all theatres in which the German army fought – Russian Front, Western Desert, NW Europe etc. The 2cm flak gun was similarly a workhorse for the Wehrmacht, produced in large numbers and a variety of configurations.



The Horch model is supplied with two windscreen variants – one with a canvas cover and one without. The driver and gunner are in late war uniforms and both have a separate Figure Head allowing you to position them as you see fit or even swap them for one of our other German Figure Heads.

Click here for more photos: http://www.warlordgames.com/store/horch-1a-with-2cm-flak-heer-1943-45.html

 Azazelx wrote:
I'm aware of that. I'm talking of the way that the Cafe' in the cover art/painting looks more like the one in CoD1 than the actual Cafe'. Along with other parts of the layout.

 Slinky wrote:
They charge you money to have a wee there, you know...

A little taste of things to come...

The wait is over for our new Armies of France and the Allies book. This supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Greece, Norway, Holland NETHERLANDS and Belgium that stood against the German Blitzkrieg, as well as the resistance forces that sprung up in the aftermath of occupation.



All copies of the book ship with the free and exclusive figure of the decorated French resistance fighter Simone Segouin (also known under the nom de guerre ‘Nicole Minet’).



Paul Hicks has sculpted the miniature and I am sure you will agree he has done a cracking job to capture her likeness as seen in the photograph below.

In our continuing mission to bring you historically accurate details for your Bolt Action models, we’ve created these license plate decals for your German vehicles. These waterslide transfers have been carefully researched to bring an authentic look to your Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS models.

Storm across the deserts of North Africa with this new Afrika Korps boxed set, designed for Bolt Action by Perry Miniatures



The Afrikakorps formed upon Adolf Hitler’s personal orders in 1941, with Erwin Rommel as their commander, to support the Italian army in North Africa. They conducted a hard-fought desert war against the Allies for control of the southern Mediterranean coast.



The box contains 38 Hard Plastic multipose figures – enough figures for a platoon or Zug plus command. There is a choice of head gear (steel helmets, tropical cork helmets or field caps) and arm postions and weapons including MG 34′s, anti-tank rifles, 50 mm mortars, MP 40s, Kar 98s. The box also has individual round bases and 40mm square bases for the weapons teams as well as information on historical organisation.

M40 Semovente 75/18

With the release of the Armies of Imperial Japan army book for Bolt Action, we’ve taken the opportunity to bring our Japanese range into line with the entries in the new supplement.

We’ve revamped our Imperial Japanese range with some great new miniatures, to match the Bolt Action army list. This will make it easier to identify what you need to add to your army and less confusing all round!

You’ll find more images for each of these sets by clicking on the ‘buy now in store’ buttons.

First up is the Imperial Japanese HQ set. Previously only available as part of the now unavailable Japanese metal boxed set (replaced by our lovely new plastic Japanese infantry…), the two officers and spotter are available separately for the first time. In addition we’ve added two brand new models to the pack – a medic and a Kempeitai. Now you have everything you need to lead the Emperor’s troops to domination of the Pacific region…



The Sniper Team has been joined by a new Flamethrower team. Whilst you’ll see a lot of period photographs of US troops blazing away with flamethrowers, the Japanese receive less pictoral evidence. The reality is that they also made good use of flametthrowers so that, in addition to being deadly in Bolt Action games, should make this pack rather popular!



The Japanese medium machine gun team has now been by brought up to the 3-man team needed in the rules by the addition of an additional crew member with field glasses.



Next, we’ve renamed the Jungle Fighters squad to be Veterans, as befits their aggressive posture.



And finally, we’ve renamed the Japanese Infantry squad. This squad is dressed largely in summer uniform and shirts, so it’s a different option to those in the Japanese Infantry plastic boxed set.



That isn’t everything for the forces of the Emperor of Japan – not by a long chalk! We have a load more coming through soon – vehicles and troops. Banzai!

Oh, didn’t we mention? The bridge also tilts up like this!



The chaps at Sarissa Precision have done a fine job with this set, as you’ll see when you open yours!



Head to the store for the full contents list, more photos and to pre-order your copy which will be released early to mid October 2013.

Collect a new army and save money at the same time, with these French and Polish army deals – 500 or 1000 points for each – the perfect way to make use of the new France and the Allies army book for Bolt Action.

French Army 500 Point Deal
Regular 2nd Lieutenant plus 1 attendant 60
Regular Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 137
Regular Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 137
Inexperience Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 107
Regular Medium Mortar with spotter 60
Regular 75mm Light Howitzer Free
Total 501



French Army 1000 Point Deal
Regular 2nd Lieutenant plus 1 attendant 60
Regular Forward Artillery Officer plus 1 attendant 110
Regular Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 137
Regular Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 137
Regular Infantry Section (10) LMG Team, LMG loader has pistol, VB launcher 137
Regular Medium Mortar with spotter 60
Regular Medium Machine gun Team 50
Regular 75mm Light Howitzer Free
Regular 75mm Light Howitzer 50
Veteran Renault R35 Tank 144
Regular AMC P16 Schneider Armoured Car 115
Total 1000

Polish Army 500 Point Deal
Regular 2nd Lieutenant plus 1 attendant 60
Regular Infantry Section (16) BAR gunner 165
Regular Infantry Section (16) BAR gunner 165
Regular Medium Mortar 50
Regular Medium Machine gun Team 50
Regular Anti-Tank Rifle team 30
Total 520



Polish Army 1000 Point Deal
Veteran 2nd Lieutenant plus 1 attendant 78
Regular Infantry Section (16) BAR gunner 165
Regular Infantry Section (16) BAR gunner 165
Veteran Cavalry Section (12) Lances 192
Regular Medium Mortar 50
Regular Medium Machine gun Team 50
Regular Anti-Tank Rifle team 30
Regular Bofors 37mm Light Anti Tank Gun 50
Regular 7TP Tank 115
Regular TKS Tankette with Light Auto Cannon 90
Total 985

After a long wait, our Bolt Action Order Dice are now all back in stock. They are perfectly designed for marking the orders for your units in the midst of battle, and it looks particularly cool if your dice match the colours of your chosen force!

You can also keep your dice in one of our dice bags, each one designed with the markings of our most popular armies (the German and Soviet bags are now back in stock too!). They are just the things for drawing out your orders during a game and come with a dice set of your choice of colour.

With our the Armies of Italy and the Axis Bolt Action supplement available now for pre-order, here is our fist glimpse of the exclusive free model that comes with the book when you order directly from Warlord Games.



The model is of Simo Häyhä (AKA The White Death), a Finnish sniper who recorded the highest number of kills in any war – 505. Once again, sculptor Paul Hicks has done a great job of capturing his image, as you can see from the black-and-white photo below.



The Armies of Italy and the Axis book is the definitive guide to the armies that joined forces with Germany as part of the Axis – Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Finland. Fight the Winter War against the Soviets, hold back the British in North Africa, or help shore up the German offensives on the Eastern Front with this latest supplement for Bolt Action.



Note that a copy of the Bolt Action rulebook is needed to use this supplement.

Famed for their ferocity, bravery and very big knives, our Gurkhas boxed set for Bolt Action is due for release in mid-late September 2013.

You can now place a pre-order for our forthcoming metal Gurkha boxed set!



It contains 21 metal miniatures, sculpted by Paul Hicks: Major James Lumley and two attendant riflemen, a section of ten Gurkhas in firing poses, and a section of eight Gurkhas in charging poses– a mix of bayonet and kukri knife to see off the enemy!





A quarter of a million Gurkas served in the Second World War – recruited from the British Empire’s colony of Nepal into over 40 battalions. They fought in Syria, North Africa, Italy, Greece, as well as in Burma against the Japanese.



The boxed set is led by Major James Rutherford Lumley (father of British actress and Gurkha welfare activist, Joanna Lumley), who was in the thick of the fighting at the battle for Mogaung in northern Burma in June 1944, one of the fiercest and most brutal in the entire campaign against the Japanese in the Far East.

 Phobos wrote:
Anybody know if Warlord is going to be making Finnish troops?

Because if not, there is that Winter War kickstarter going on...

The new Gurkhas boxed is out now, along with supporting firepower in the form of a Gurkha Vickers MMG team.

While the fearless Gurkhas charge the enemy weilding their kukri knives the Vickers MMG can lay down a withering hail of covering fire (more pics in store).





The Gurkhas boxed set contains 21 metal miniatures, sculpted by Paul Hicks: Major James Lumley and two attendant riflemen, a section of ten Gurkhas in firing poses, and a section of eight Gurkhas in charging poses– a mix of bayonet and kukri knife to see off the enemy!

This week is one year since our Bolt Action World War Two game was launched!

In that short time Bolt Action has gained a huge following in the wargaming community, with tournaments, events, fan-sites, blogs, YouTube battle-reports, open-box reviews, and loads and loads of great games. Your enthusiasm has been overwhelming and everyone here at Warlord would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who has got involved in the game.



Our Design Studio has been incredibly busy over the year, bringing our Bolt Action range up to well over 1,000 different kits including several plastic sets, producing the superb value Assault on Normandy starter set, the full range of 7 army books, army deals to kickstart your collection (along with force-specific paint sets that take the hard work out of choosing the right colours) and not forgetting the incredible Pegasus Bridge battle set.



Naturally we have loads more plans for the future, including rules for fighting Bolt Action Tank Battles as well as supplements exploring the troops, battles and history of specific theatres of World War Two and, of course, loads more great miniatures! This last year has just been the start – the war won’t be over by Christmas…

Check out these fantastic conversions and paintjobs posted by Crew on our forums. He’s done so many cool models that we’re going to have to save some and show you next week!

Here's a little something French players - work-in-progress of our forthcoming resin AMD Panhard 178 armoured car. Of course, after the fall of France the germans made good use of this too...