NEW Armies of Germany Bolt Action Battle Report

[@solventstudios]

Great battle report! I like the pace at which you go through the turns with the editing and summaries etc. Look forward to watching more V3 content

[@scholaprogenium7276]

@@solventstudios Cheers mate, appreciate the feedback, helps us know what aspects people like!

[@PhilipRiley-u4m]

Three sixes from the artillery, poor JP. But then the ones nearly saving his commander. Great game chaps, a real backwards and forwards fun battle.

[@scholaprogenium7276]

It was a real rollercoaster, I love games like this but flippin heck there were some brutal moments 😅

[@deniskosta1080]

I actually stopped taking the free observer in friendly games in V2 when I won two games I was losing by a major margin. Ton of 6s in both games gutted my opponents' forces allowing me win. It was fine if I paid for it, but as they were free it felt...dirty.

[@jeremytaylor6045]

Poor old JP... the dice God's against him ... Great game both of you ... more please ...well done

[@scholaprogenium7276]

Thanks mate! Yeah I'm scared for our next game, looks like JP got all his bad dice out of the way for 2025 in one go 😅

[@TheKenthor]

You're doing a good job of changing my opinion of the British artillery obsverver. JP made a valiant effort against some bad luck early on. Well played, gentlemen!

[@scholaprogenium7276]

Awesome, that's our whole MO mate, play games and learn together! For me FOs are all about what they bring to combined arms, other units must capitalise on the opportunities they create. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks as always :)

[@deniskosta1080]

British observers are superb (and better than the more unreliable American air observers). Unless you can't roll higher than a 3 and then they're a waste of points! 😁

[@TheKenthor]

@deniskosta1080 it's that higher than a 3 thing that gives me problems.

[@deniskosta1080]

@ Same! Except its my opponent's 4+ that worry me!

[@edgarovsepian5988]

Poor JP we’ve all had rolls like that and the opponent rolling some bangers too 😔

[@scholaprogenium7276]

@@edgarovsepian5988 Tfw you start apologising to your opponent for your rolling 😅

[@VioletMoonMediaWargames]

Excellent Batrep as usual.... seriously considering Feldjagers for some of my builds!

[@deniskosta1080]

Nice report. So much for Panzer Ace! Probably should have weathered the artillery strike. I'd still say for 270 pts you can get a whole lot of better bang for buck. MLRS are still so broken in this game. Any game I have ever faced them they have done have a ton of damage Also even when units are relatively spread out. A diameter of 15 inches is absolutely huge. They are unfun to play against. Also artillery like Howling Cow can't enter terrain (unless mountaineers!).

[@scholaprogenium7276]

Yeah it's becoming clear that panzer ace is a fun rule but you'll need to play it well, certainly not an automatic advantage! Tbh it gives me hope, could warlord be releasing balanced army books where the latest updated faction doesn't instantly become the best...what a novel and refreshing approach 😁😂 I believe, without checking the book, that the cows can be deployed or make their initial first wave move into terrain, but then its locked in, I'll have to check later. Yeah if somebody wanted to spam 4+ MLRS then a company commander will let them laugh off the D3 pins per fire order and be a worthwhile investment! Then again I like the constant barrages, can't have enough explosions in a WW2 game!

[@deniskosta1080]

@@scholaprogenium7276 You are correct that artillery can be deployed into terrain. I must have missed that in the video. To give Warlord credit they never really upped the power with new theatre selectors and units in campaign books. There was odd exception but they were rare. The most powerful forces in BA were always the core multiple generic reinforced platoons without any historical based restrictions. This is why most event TOs did a lot of house ruling in V2 - forces limited to 1 platoon and often restrictions on flamethrowers, MLRS and other gamey units like Japanese spearmen. Tis why I prefer the casual historical game, but I am about as competitive as a dead sloth. It's all about the narrative, the visuals and the laughs with mates!

[@randomcast3183]

Wasn't the spotter in the building at the start of the game hidden?

[@Mktjoan]

Only if the mission rules say so. But he was on +2 cover save, just the 1 killed him!

[@StormtrooperYD]

Wouldn't the inex squads be hitting on 6's

[@LongLe-wx8gb]

There is no doubt auto cannons are competitive but do you believe fixed auto cannons are competitive (AA Flak 36)? I’ve had great luck on mounted auto cannons because they’re able to maneuver. Flak 36 can get stuck like chuck? Keep the good content coming! Love the friendly games.

[@scholaprogenium7276]

Hi there, I've run a pair of heavy ground mounted ACs at a mid-sized tourney in element games and they impressed me tbh. They were very versatile, the lack of mobility wasn't a huge issue, I simply deployed them each game looking at what I predicted would be high traffic areas and blapped away happily all day. If they got targeted by mortars, so be it, four crew means they rarely get one-shotted. Otherwise I've run them in friendly games and seen similar results, hope this helps!

[@e-4airman124]

thank you again

[@scholaprogenium7276]

You are very welcome, thank you :)