Tuesday, 25 December 2018

Bolt Action - Tale of 5 Gamers


Tale of 5 Gamers
Bolt Action
Welcome to the start of our Tale, featuring 5 players from both Kent and East Sussex. Building, painting and playing Warlords Bolt Action themed in the Late war European theatre. Follow our trials and tribulations as we pit ourselves against each other to become the commander of the Tale. 

The rules are below.... Christmas has come and now we have our armies...

...LET BATTLE COMMENCE!

Month 1: January 
Build, base and paint 500 points.
The 500 point army must be a legal platoon based army, including an officer team, 2x infantry sections (minimum requirement for a game).  PLUS NO TANKS in month 1 please.... fill your boots after that!
Points are awarded as follows:
  • Build army on time 1 point
  • Base army on time 1 point
  • Paint army on time 1 point
Month 2: February 
Fight a 500 battle against one of the other players.
  • Win 3 points
  • Draw 1 points
  • Lose 0 points
Then...
Take your 500 point army to 750 points, again, build, base and paint.

Month 3: March
Fight a 750 point battle against a different player in the group.
Build your force up to 1000 points, build, base and paint.

Month 4: April
Fight a 1000 point battle, again against a different player in the group.
Build your force up to 1250 points

Extra points will be awarded for:
  • the best painted, 
  • best themed, and 
  • an achievement award for the most achieved army.... 
these points will be.allocated from the Votes of all the players within the group, with the points going to the person with the most votes.

Month 5: May
Finally, we will have a mass battle where each army will fight to stay alive and collect dice from defeated opponents.... 1 point per dice!

Player and Nations:
Leonardis (me) : USA -  “The Battered Bastards of Bastogne” Easy Company 101st Airborne and 10th Armoured Division in Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge.
Michael : Germany - Panzerdivision 150, Battle of the Bulge
Martin : British Army - Operation Epsom, D-Day to Berlin
Helena: British - Irish Guards
Stewart: Germany - Winter German army

Summary of Points
Monthly army build:
  • Build Build army on time 1 point
  • Base army on time 1 point
  • Paint army on time 1 point
Monthly Battle 
  • Win 3 points
  • Draw 1 point
  • Lose 0 points
Players vote, 1 point for winning each category with the most votes in month 5

  • Best themed army
  • Best painted army
  • Best achievement on the battlefield
  • Best general, players vote 
  • Most dice captured


Final battle it’s all to play for = all v all 1 point per dice captured 

Those are the rules..... we start January 1st 2019.

Let battle commence