Bolt Action WWII #1: Americans vs Germans - Joe & Jay Battle Reports

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

I think it's crazy that he lives right next to you. I love this opportunity for a new table top series. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@cameronevertsen1526]

Watched this video last night and now i’m obsessed with Bolt action, thanks for introducing me to an amazing miniature system!

[@LalienX]

I am absolutely ecstatic that you guys are playing bolt action

[@timothyferguson4248]

Hell yes!!!! Got into Bolt Action last year, love this game system!!!

[@zachkorinis3935]

It would be cool if there was a way for a machine gunner to chuck a grenade in a port window, like a crazy movie.

[@haxorsp00n]

I've binged watch every single table top episode, keep it up! This is so chill to watch

[@YTHandlesAreDumb]

Just stopped by the Warlord booth at Adepticon and met Jay! Great team working over there and they got me hooked up with Germans. Thanks again guys!

[@tzuki6249]

Glad to see you guys back!

[@NewtonPlays]

Nice! Love bolt action. There's also Bolt Action Firefight if you'd prefer a skirmish size game

[@michaelbergenhenegouwen9770]

Cool Joe, i have been playing bolt action for 5 years now. Last year I have played 3 campaigns Dutch-Germans using the Battle for France book, Western Desert and Stalingrad. I can really recommend the campaign books.

[@DarthAzabrush]

Got into this recently myself. I run British Costal Defence (Home Guard/Royal Navy) and I'm starting Finland.

[@cadian139]

Bolt action is hands down my favourite game system. Glad you discovered it!

[@RikimaruLDR]

First one since we lost our King, rest his soul. Good to see the series continue

[@katarhall3047]

The Bolt Action rules have been tried and true for years now, Star Wars: Legion uses a variation on them, one of the reasons it's popular also.

[@isaakhyde8327]

Are you sure Jay's last name isn't Rommel? Cuz er win-ning 😎😎

[@ethannaftalin2395]

Would love to see you try Flames of War. Same concept as Bolt Action, but more oriented towards larger unit actions. (Platoon size (BA) vs Company size (FoW)

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

Another fantastic upload from de Caliente Angry Joe

[@nyranstanton203]

just makes me want to play Company of heroes

[@PBJT292]

I love when my opponent tells me the house rules for re-rolls AFTER THEY ROLL! ….take your damn re-roll Angry Joe but I’m definitely drinking whatever beer you pushed all the way to the back of your fridge.

[@JMK948]

1:48 Don't you dare remind me of that Lukas Graham song.

[@artbagley1406]

As the stodgy British Colonel in Monty Python's troupe would say: "GET ON WITH IT!!! All this chit-chat is nothing but SILLY!!!"

[@Puggy42069]

If you liked this Joe, you’ll love company of heroes 2.

[@jeremysmyers1225]

Started collecting Bolt Action last year still don’t have a group to play with but the Minis are amazing

[@tonycowards4689]

If you gave the medic a "Rally" order at the start he should have passed on base veterancy level without the effect of the pin (it's the only order where this is the case). Having said that a roll of 11 was still a fail!

[@greekrailfan]

I am glad that you discovered BA, i have been playing since 2015!!

[@Cenot4ph]

Action packed table game, it's good to watch

[@botluckproductions]

You should try Team Yankee. They recently released the Red Dawn book so American armies can take the Wolverines

[@johnsandoval6911]

Part 2?

[@nicktalbot3310]

Heya AJ, great video. Am new to your channel & am loving your BA games! Also really amazed by your setup. Do you have any info on your gaming table or have you thought about doing a video about it? Cheers from Australia!

[@jimmyjohnsrocks]

No way! Me and my buddies play Bolt Action every Friday. Cool to see you cover it.

[@kentryu3484]

Yes! After playing bolt action I was surprised that 40k is still sticking to I go u go. Order dice and random activations add so much drama to games.

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@sadis72]

I really like the bold action games I’ve watched, easy and fun. Good job with this one and looking forward to some more. I like the Germans!

[@zachary957]

Joe I hope you looked into company of heroes board game it looks so awesome!

[@robertjeffrey5560]

Awesome battle report!!

[@dancing_odie]

I just bought a Bolt Action Hetzer. Gonna make one out of steel for welding school and wanted a template

[@jdfoster23]

The board game videos are not gonna be the same without Ray…miss him so much already. RIP Ray 🥺🫡

[@fusahlok7748]

Wait what happened to Ray?

[@jdfoster23]

@@fusahlok7748 he passed away not too long ago

[@sambauman69]

Play Warlords of Erehwon! It's another Warlord Tabletop game that uses the same clean systems and order dice mechanic, but for fantasy. They encourage players to use any minis they choose, even the old Warhammer fantasy models.

[@JoezuTV]

I love the Flames of War models and game system.

[@jaywerner8415]

"Ping" Nice sound effects.

[@Steelguard327]

I wish there was a 28mm modern system

[@vincenzogatta8955]

I really enjoy watching your videos where you try various tabletop wargames🔥🔥🔥👍👍🙂, can I recommend you Frostgrave and Raven Feast? They are both very simple to learn. The first is like the old Mordheim, but with wizards exploring a city destroyed by a magical cataclysm, accompanied by mercenaries. The second is a historical Viking-era skirmish with free rules written by the Little Wars TV group. It would also be a lot of fun to see a Bolt Action campaign played out😁

[@albob8458]

I do load up a some squads with four panzerfausts, the lads hate me 🤣

[@wolfrainexxx]

You should consider adding either little cutscenes like you do your game reviews, or how VLDL does for their D&D games. Or possibly just add little effects whenever your troops move, fire, or die. Just a thought.

[@quigglyz]

Hopefully the good guys can win this time 🙏

[@pretentiouscarrot4292]

Ahhh I remember my edgy teen years

[@Jchernega1]

This is a welcomed suprise. This company was crested by 2nd edition 40k people who were tired of GW bullshit.

[@tonynavarro8375]

Not as detailed or as accurate as Avalon Hill's Squad Leader tactical game system, but in many ways WAY COOLER optics wise. One thing that seems to be missing (accuracy/real life wise) is a reaction system that allows non-phase pieces to fire/move in reaction to events or enemy fire in a limited way (short distance movements/ less accurate reaction fire). But obviously, the game omits this play function in order to speed up game play for a more ACTION oriented game instead of bogging the game down in what most people would consider "nit-picking" details. The game's use of a large number of specialized dice is also a way to cut down on the number of, and frequent use of damage/damage effects charts that are needed for a FULL game (Avalon Hill provided modifying rules to cut down on the details and realism while using fewer, basic six sided dice. I also notice that in Bolt Action, damage probability is more severe and certian most of the time than in AH Squad Leader. What would have been a nice touch is the addition of a simple "top-down periscope view where pictures of the action can be taken at the "miniature" level POV. Before smart phones, a few games from Japan (such as the Dougram tactical mecha game used actual periscopes - but reversed - to allow players to get a miniature's POV. Players had to be careful about moving the periscope around the gaming area, but I always found it a cool, unique feature. Today, combined with modern digital editing technology, any video of a miniatures battle game can be recorded and displayed in a more exciting manner. But that's just my bit of two cents on the subject.

[@theprototype2518]

This looks the RTS game I used to play as a kid called Commandos: Behind Enemy lines and the board game is quite similar to Mission 6: Menace of the Leoplod.

[@dr.sommercamp3435]

Thank god, that the german tanks don't have to roll for transmission failure or running out of gas everytime they get activated!😘

[@zeebaa6]

I really enjoyed this vid. Thx Joe!

[@ferricry]

Perfect! I just bought "A gentleman's war"! :)

[@heetsees]

What a blessing. I know you have good heart joe. Keep punching buddy. We can't all agree on everything and we are all fallible humans.

[@C0m3TSw1tch]

Damn who did that into music it's epic.

[@ilikerunescape1100]

Oh cool to see you playing bolt action it’s my favourite been playing for years soviets mainly and is airborne

[@christophercalloway2884]

Professional army men. EPIC!!! 🤘🏻

[@helwrecht1637]

Love board gaming

[@ojrmk1]

I love this game has a squad based on the UK sit-com "Dad's Army" They don't like i tup 'em!

[@tarkin4956]

Can anyone else back me up here? Joe seems to enjoy turn based strategy war games. I think he should try out the upcoming Advance Wars, if only just to see if he likes it.

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

I have four countries myself from almost 6,500 points Germans with over 20 various vehicles to my 5,500 point Soviets with around 15 different vehicles. Then my 3,000 point mid to late war US Army with 12 vehicles then my newest army which I totally got by accident as I won an Island Assault starter box at a local tournament with my Japanese at around 1,500 points with what I have bought to compliment the 24 Japanese infantry that come in that box. My nastiest things is my anti aircraft units as they just totally lay down a lot of shots out of a single unit like my American M-15 with a heavy autocannon and twin heavy machine guns (8 dice) or my German SD Kfz 251/21 Drilling with triple light autocannons (6 dice shots).

[@fimbulkron]

Way more entertaining to watch than Warhammer 40k! Good job and lots of fun!

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

Thing is the originators of 40K went and started Bolt Action as we in the hobby call it Warhammer 1940 edition. So when Games Workshop didn't bite they took it and pitched it at Warlord Games and the rest as we say is history.

[@reavern]

Great to see another board game video! Bolt-Action looks like a fun WWII war miniatures game. It’s funny how AngryJoe’s experience with the Sherman vs. the Panzerfaust mirrored the reality of the War in Ukraine: There are countless videos online of overhyped Russian battle tanks, which cost several million dollars, getting destroyed by Javelin anti-tank missiles, which only cost 250K. AJ should’ve taken a cue from the military experts and used infantry to protect his tanks, instead of charging his tank forward. Regardless, it was entertaining to watch! 😂

[@cadmas]

I see bolt action has some of the stuff that warhammer got rid of that actuality made the game fun.

[@jessegd6306]

Affordable pricing?

[@shawngaetz8161]

I wish I had more people to play board games with....I'm ITCHING for a game of axis and allies

[@5IvanDrago5]

Best board game ever, only problem I had with Axis and Allies was if you play the traditional game. The entire game is either won or lost on the Germans first turn. Either the Germans put themselves in position to eliminate the Russian in three turns or they get bogged down in Russia. If they get bogged down and England is able to assist the Russians and the Russians help secure America in China. It is game over. We would always switch and have America allied with Germany, but the Americans only got half their money for the first three turns. That always made for a fun time. GREAT GAME

[@shawngaetz8161]

@@5IvanDrago5 I found a classic edition at a thrift store for 5 dollars! I have yet to play that one. I have the new revised edition too. It's a beast of a board game to set up and it scares all my friends away haha

[@mandrek485]

Damn, Joe isn’t reviewing Scream 6?

[@riley2220]

Joe

[@thomasmihai3693]

Riley

[@zoso1up]

We need table time AJS channel

[@BillyBob-vk8du]

Joe try the other version of Bolt Action Konflikt 47. Its ww2 with robits lasers and zombies.

[@DaDon66]

Ive always wanted to play this table top game but i dont have anybody to play with

[@actionswon9478]

This is awesome

[@5IvanDrago5]

Wow, good grief the number of recent videos, its almost like you're trying to bury something back in the pack. Well it seems to have worked, good job.

[@dicedoom7162]

are people disliking because they want joe to use all his time to make reviews? arent we past this already? Let him enjoy a fun tabletop game and make a video about darn it!

[@KapitanPazur1]

My only issue with this video is terrible audio mixing, I cannot hear anything even on max volume

[@dicedoom7162]

@@KapitanPazur1 hmm for me no isseu there, i have headphones on, maybe that helps

[@Hankky214]

No, kids with no life come here and dislike bomb all videos cause YoungRippa and Geeks+Gamers decided to cry about one bad tweet Joe wrote.

[@dicedoom7162]

@@Hankky214 i am trying to find what you are talking about, but anyway if its about twitter, its just a real bummer that people need to use that platform to reach people. we all now twitter sucks

[@Hankky214]

@@dicedoom7162 In short - Angry Joe reacted to TMNT trailer and called out people that will complain about new April O'neal look (they race swapped her). Later he screenshoted few people complaining about April and posted really poorly worded tweet. Young Rippa decided to respond making not one but Two videos, where he says that Joe called him ... "pedo" (which he didn't, it was poorly worded tweet nat directed at YoungRippa) and Jeremy Griggs from G+G joned and they started fighting on twitter and their audience, decided that they will downvote all videos that Joe uploads, because as they said it, I quote "Joe has gone woke".

[@AlwaysReason]

Angry joe is playing games? Wtf? I was watching him for the dietary advice.

[@AndyRBL]

13:00 game is stupid... the tank could have covered the bazooka team :D

[@hellcat64]

You did it, hope to see italians soon

[@TheDarthbinky]

So about Joe's bad luck with the tank/antitank stuff about 26 min into this... that's the reality of WW2. A tank that isn't properly supported by infantry is generally pretty easy to destroy. But if it IS properly supported... it can be devastating. Bolt Action is meant to be about platoons of infantry, so tanks aren't really the focus - although they can be fun to field. WW2 didn't have the wide range of personal weapons, most infantry were armed with rifles. You didn't have the equivalent of a lascannon and a plasma gun in each tactical squad like you'd see in 40k. Bolt Action soldiers are more like real world soldiers (than, say Space Marines in 40k)... if you run out in the open, you're going to get shot and you're going to die. You need to carefully use cover to advance (and where Americans don't take the move/fire penalty on most of their small arms, you always want to be moving with them!). Also note that the Soviets can take Panzerfausts too... they loot them off dead Germans! And the Soviets have access to special dogs that are trained to run underneath enemy tanks... and these dogs basically have land mines strapped to their backs. The Soviets don't screw around! As for campaign rules, it's easy enough to come up with a map system of your own but if you're like me and you're lazy, Warlord came out with a "Combined Arms" system last year. It includes rules to integrate other side games they make like Victory At Sea and Blood Red Skies. Last thing, since 40k got mentioned... a handful of the designers at Warlord Games are former GW designers from back in the day. So Bolt Action shoudl feel pretty familiar if you've played 40k (which I know Joe has). And then the designers for Star Wars Legion have admitted that they "were inspired" by Bolt Action when they designed Legion. The game is definitely addicting though. I started it back around 2015 when GW pissed me off with its End Times stuff in Fantasy. I started with Soviets... now I also have Germans (a mix of heer, grenaidere, and FJ), Americans (a platoon of 82nd AB and a platoon modeled on the mechanized unit I actually served in in the US Army in the 90s), early war French (they're not as bad as the jokes make them out to be) and Maquis (basically pissed off Frenchmen who rebelled against the German occupation but weren't part of the Free French).

[@ThyDrunkenSailor]

you guys should play age of mythology!!!! 3 person free for all

[@mattmaloney404]

Love this TT game. Shame players are so few and far between. Can't seem to ever find anyone to play with

[@AstaIsAMonster]

Fun video guys

[@andrewhopkins]

Love bolt Action!

[@jackkaestner7424]

Love bolt action this is sweet

[@Godeias]

Where are OJ and Alex? No OJ and Alex tabletop, no point in watching.

[@GeekHazu]

that ratio thou

[@SunnyLovetts]

Nothing was fun about WW2, but the insane concept by itself lends itself to this content!

[@zoso1up]

I want this one

[@motrcrisscross]

Yall should review Anthem again in 2023

[@keviny.4576]

just let Anthem stay in the graveyard

[@B1GG4M3R44]

Where is the wwe 2k23 stream?

[@Spawn3X5]

Play

[@SanFran51]

BOO! You forgot the British!

[@KamalaChameleon]

Where the actual #$&* is the company of heroes 3 review.. I thought you would take a break from being so basic to give an rts a go but I was wrong..

[@John21WoW]

Yeah, sadly I think he is just going to keep complaining about not there being any AAA RTS on the market while ignoring the biggest one this year while reviewing every single generic third person action game that comes out...

[@RGInquisitor]

There's way too many games to review on Q1, dude. I bet he'll get to it eventually. Would you be okay if he gave it off to Alex for a Rapid Fire review?

[@AngryJoeShow]

Can you be patient? I'm working on it. Follow me on Twitch and youll see me assessing each faction in multiplayer. I'm only 1 guy, not 300 employees like IGN. I also enjoy other things and having fun with buddies on my weekends like you!

[@John21WoW]

@@AngryJoeShow Ah, all good in that case, waiting is not an issue, a late review is better than no review, I was worried you would skip this one completely again as you didn't mention it at all in any of the weekly news episodes like you mentioned all the other ones you did a later review of

[@theamericannestormakhno2360]

I recently started building my American troops for this game im doing 101st airborne Dog company, the filthy 13 a couple squads od Easy company mixed with 82nd airborne who missed their drop zone and my reinforcements are the 2nd armored for my Dog company lieutenant i have lt. Speirs with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and for the filthy 13 i have Jake Mcnasty with a machete on his back we'll also eventually add air support to our armies even though bolt action doesn't have air support but we play by our own rules and i wanted to primarily rely on paratroopers and air support