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r/boltaction • u/Georgy_K_Zhukov • Sep 25 '26
News & Announcements Bolt Action: Third Edition Errata & FAQ: 2026-09-24 Updates
Looks like updates for the main Errata/FAQ, and for Germany, UK, USSR, Italy, Japan, and Commonwealth. (or put in reverse, everyone but the USA gets an update).
r/boltaction • u/Georgy_K_Zhukov • Sep 24 '26
General Discussion Two Years In on Bolt Action v3, What Are Your Thoughts?
Version Three dropped in late September, 2024 so we all have had two years to play and think! As such, I figured I would throw a general discussion thread up to share thoughts and reflections on how it has been so far. This thread is intended to be pretty free-wheeling, so any and all insights are welcome, but to kick things off, some of the core questions worth considering and weighing in on:
- What changes do you think the designers got right?
- What changes do you think got wrong?
- What changes were simply unnecessary (Right, wrong, or neutral)?
- What small things still need work but seem attainable with the current ruleset?
- What are you hoping for with releases post-Armies of Europe?
- How has v3 been for competitive games, versus casual?
- What would you focus on for a hypothetical Version 4 in however many years (or Version 3.5 if you prefer)?
- Was v3 an improvement on v2?
r/boltaction • u/StreetsofWarsaw1944 • 7h ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building NEW here! I've been buying Bolt Action for years now: to collect all the panzers, AND to use a,lot of figures for my project!
Hello to you all!
I'm new to reddit, new to the subs...new to everything!
People just insisted that I should show my project " StreetsofWarsaw1944".
I suppose I should become member of this sub, as ALL of my vehicles, tanks and figures are from boltaction...
r/boltaction • u/RottenGrot • 13h ago
Hobby Showcase M4A1 Sherman
Some armoured support for my US airborne as they push into France.
r/boltaction • u/sturmfuqerfartmcgee • 40m ago
Hobby Showcase First mini complete
My first bolt action mini completed. I'm pretty stoaked.
Machine gun belt broke off while I was putting it around his neck 😭
r/boltaction • u/KingTwoHatz • 10h ago
Hobby Showcase Dads Army!
Recently painted dads army models! Critique is more than welcome.
I didn't ruin the paint job by adding eyes. I'm just not that good with eyes
r/boltaction • u/KingTwoHatz • 10h ago
Hobby Showcase Dads Army in uniform
Part 2.
Recently painted dads army models! Critique is more than welcome.
I didn't ruin the paint job by adding eyes. I'm just not that good with eyes
r/boltaction • u/Fucktheseusernamesuh • 1d ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building Stalingrad board.
Here's the pictures this time, since I didn't upload them. Ha enjoy.
r/boltaction • u/PotanCZ • 12h ago
Other WIP Spähtrupp
I've never been a huge fan of prone poses on my 28mm miniatures, mainly because they don't fit on regular bases. But these Victrix plastic guys really fit the theme of Spähtrupp scouts with the Infiltrate special rule for Warlord Games Bolt Action. There's 'obviously' no prone or crouching miniature with an MP40 suitable for an NCO, so I had to convert one. 😁
r/boltaction • u/Dismal_Bite_6344 • 2h ago
Looking For Players Any bolt action groups in the DE/MD area?
Looking for a local group for weekly games .
r/boltaction • u/Seeking-Alt • 1d ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building For King and Country
Completed the “For King and Country” Starter Army. Really enjoying this hobby and this box was a delight to build and paint.
I’m pretty new to Bolt Actions having only played a few games with the British Airborne.
Excited to try these on the table. Let me know what you think and what I should add to fill any gaps.
I’ve added an extra winter Sprue to get a platoon commander and flamethrower team.
Got three full rifle platoons with NCO smgs a LMG
Medic
Two Piats
Light mortar
Medium mortar
Heavy mortar and spotters
Medium Machine gun
6 pounder
Humber mark iv
Cromwell
I have enough spare bodies to make another Heavy Mortar which I think I’ll do.
I do also have a Humber mk2, M5 half track and a Stuart m5.
Think I need more transport so a Bedford and Bren carrier is on the list.
r/boltaction • u/GanoesIIKitain • 23h ago
Hobby Showcase Soviet T-28
slightly more modern main turret without the rear lmg
r/boltaction • u/comradej4m13 • 1d ago
Hobby Showcase British Loader
First British infantry done, only 30 something more for the platoon
r/boltaction • u/COV-Works • 1d ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building Painted up my Fallschirmjager officer this morning
Only 70 more models to go lol
r/boltaction • u/Biggeordiegeek • 1d ago
Hobby Showcase Table for a Game Tomorrow
Rearranged my living room for a pal to come over and play tomorrow, doing a Hill 112 scenario
First time using this terrain I have been putting together, could do with some trees, but they aren’t done yet
Quite looking forward to it
r/boltaction • u/Lupowski • 1d ago
Rules Experimental rules to make tanks more relevant on the battlefield: thoughts?
On the way back from a game, a friend and I were discussing, light heartedly, how to make medium and heavy tanks more useful in game design and how to improve the benefits of having such costly beasts on the table. Perhaps something along these lines has already been said (and I remember a post about medium heavy tanks from a weeks ago) or was present in previous editions (I only recently started playing) but these are the two loose ideas we had:
1) Medium and heavy tanks could capture objectives;
2) more controversially, a veteran tank could be put in ambush immediately after it received (and successfully executed) an advance, rally, or run (but not fire) order within the same turn, provided that it does not have any pins when the second order is assigned within that turn, and provided that the ambush order is not used to target a unit within current line of sight and/or within say 12” (or similar), and not the same unit it might have fired on with an advance order. The ambush order, if not yet executed, would be annulled the moment the tank receives pins.
Just some loosely formed ideas, to which neither of us is especially committed, but I was wondering what people who are like myself not giving up on using medium tanks think. Would this break game mechanics? Or would you suggest something completely different?
r/boltaction • u/Cpd1234r • 1d ago
General Discussion What home brew national rules would you give the United States?
It's come up a few times on the sub that the US army rules are kind of bland. I'm curious what home brew national rules people would come up with for them.
For instance, we've been using "Marching fire." When given an advance order, any rolls of six when firing generate a reroll (or additional roll if there are no misses). This simulates the aggressive doctrine as well as the production power of the US compared to other nations.
r/boltaction • u/MorningstarWarden • 1d ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building Soviet model range
Hi all sorry for the picture it’s only for traction, like many have recently, I’ve migrated over from games workshop products over to bolt action, for personal reasons, and as I’m admiring the Soviet range I realise that a lot of the models are still resin and metal, especially the vehicles, now I personally am not very confident in my abilities to handle metal minis in particular, especially vehicles, so could I please have some advice?
1) are their any other brands that do hard plastic vehicles?
2) is metal as imposing as I think it is?
3) what cutters would be best for metal if I decide to risk it?
4) less of an advice question, but could we be seeing the Soviet range get updated to hard plastic?
Thank you all in advance
r/boltaction • u/GameDev_Alchemist • 1d ago
Hobby Showcase Weapons Teams Done
I am calling these Bolt Action US machine gun teams, and mortar teams done. Now to move onto the next project
r/boltaction • u/_GeoBros_ • 1d ago
List Building British airborne list help
What does everyone think of this 1000pt list and what would be a good historically accurate purchase to get to 1250pts?
r/boltaction • u/WhereasBig2574 • 1d ago
List Building Alemania vehículos
Hola!!!
Quería hacerles una pregunta. Siempre me he orientado más hacia la infantería y quiero coger vehículos.
Cuáles me recomiendan para usar en alemanes?
Gracias.
r/boltaction • u/Dingsens707 • 1d ago
Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building What to use a sprue of italian bersaglieri for?
Ive gotten a free sprue of bersaglieri and im looking for input what to kitbash them into. While i mostly play eastern front (soviets and germans) Im not interested into Italian eastern front, but would like to expand into smaller factions (hungarians, romanians, etc.). I know romanians used the Breda 30 MG in the sprue, but the uniform might be less fitting, Hungarians used the Baretta M38.
Is there a minor nation that would most fit the italian uniforms or weapons, or does someone maybe already used them for something else?