So I took Soviets to a Bolt Action Tournament! | Bolt Action! 2nd Ed.

[@TikitheHutt]

BOLT ACTION GLORY!!!!!!!!!

[@RubberToeYT]

Going 1 to 10 and still getting a draw shows that the horde tactic works! Great video, found it really interesting

[@Swrdfshtrmbns]

Holy shit bro that PzIV in the first game channeled its blood memory against your Soviets lmao 🤣

[@MordianGlory]

Bro! Thank you so much for the very generous super thanks And yeah that Pz 4 was not taking any prisoners, everything it fires it sent more soviets to dine by Lenins table

[@hpenvy1106]

So while I do not care about Boltaction, i really did like this battlereport. If I could change anything, I would use the sepia more sparingly. Just take it off while showing us the army and the army of you enemy, so we can admire the minis. After that put it back on, because it fits the aesthetic.

[@DeathKorpsOfWrath]

Appreciate the feedback! Most likely I'll use them for the intro and epilogue, I'm only experimenting on what works for the channel or not as an editor and me and Mordian are very opened to the feedback provided to help improve the quality of the channel! Thanks again!! :)

[@tasteofwang81]

Thanks for making me think I can read Russian!😂😂

[@MordianGlory]

Any time! thank you so much for the Super thanks!

[@ethantaylor9613]

The fact that you have to point out that the Soviet government was monstrous when talking about a World War II tabletop game is… Well, I can’t say I’m surprised, but I am disappointed. You’d think people would know what they’re getting into by what’s written on the door.

[@PunchieCwg]

This was cool! I really enjoy your tournament reports and very fun to see content on a game I am very tempted to get into 🙌

[@Flippotycoon4583]

This is great to hear actually makes me feel beter about painting and planning to run an inexperienced Italian squad in my veteran Italian force.

[@georgesvetlozarov8797]

"i like taking meat" - Mordian glory 2023

[@wavesummers9557]

Painted a Russ while listening and this was great. Hoping for more Bolt Action reports in the future.

[@CoolComrade]

Loved it and great to hear it went well. The winter kit is perfect to set up a proper soviet team. I can't wait to see more.

[@TeutonicKnight92]

DRIVE THEM MEN, DRIVE THEM!!!

[@tiny_worlds]

Great reports. Always happy to see more BA content. Nice to see the Soviet horde doing well in a more restrictive format. Not sure you needed the caveat about how bad the NKVD was though. Nobody (except maybe that one Guy) thinks you support their ideology because you play them in toy soldier format.

[@Dirk_T_13]

Wish it was just “one” guy … :/

[@sanguinoid8919]

dude I'm always here for the bolt action content! would love to play a game someday! pure volksgrenadier bastogne army waiting for you sah!

[@rodento3220]

Keep at it! Your passion for gaming shows through!

[@stephengunnell5048]

Nice report, enough detail but not overly dragged out like some. I didn't mind the sepia toning but the artificial film scratches were really getting to me. Well done.

[@the_major_9117]

I really want to go to a bolt action tournament!! Only been doing bolt action for a few months and have about 2500 points of us marines already

[@markmatzeder6208]

Well done. That looks like tremendous fun

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Sounds like you had a great time and the results were a bonus too. Also good that you were able to play with such pleasant opponents. It’s the Order of Lenin for you comrade!

[@lucasperez2653]

Very cool AAR! Now I´m hyped and want to run my soviets!

[@pech2130]

Been waiting for this,thanks!

[@ernestpayton3114]

1:23:46 That was a fun after action report! Thank you.

[@percymacdonald6657]

Hi mordian, this is the first bolt action video I've watched all the way through. Loved it. Could have called your army 'red alert' though.

[@michaelwain3198]

FWIW the 250 half track was based on the Sdkfz 10 light utility half track and not a small version of the 251 hanomag. The 250 was built by Demag and other than looking like a small 251, it's not related to it at all

[@bobthegenestealer1313]

Oh my I've gone cross-eyed.

[@Marksnow234]

oh heck yeah

[@SquidFisT44]

Dont even lkay BA, yet... but love the after action reports, otco cutlist approved 🐙🐙🐙🐙🦑🦑🦑

[@Dracowinges]

On the topic of inexpirienced infantry, as a canadian how would you use them. Just getting that one roll to upgrade them seems kinda risky so I ususally go for veterans.

[@ThreeSeatStarboard]

Imperial Guard goes 2-0-1 in 1943.

[@markmooney9416]

13:1 is the actual kill ratio right? Great work 😂

[@marknus89]

URAAAAA!!!!

[@darioscomicschool1111]

MEM--ORDIAN GLORY! 21:20 You used up your luck of Dice in the Battlerepors^^ so many 1s! 27:47 For Mother Russia! 32:15 Glad for you... man that tripple 1s... Hard Match up! Man you are doing your Part in loosing Russians^^ GAME TWO 40:00 Mordian GLORYYYYYYY°°°°!!!!!!! Thanks 45:45 This is sooooo GREAT! 57:00 Wise Tactics! GAME THREE 58:37 Does that Mean that if I get my ORC HORDE into Close combat they will ZERG the Enemy down? Klendathu all over AGAIN MURHPY? 1:06:24 GLORY 1:14:00 EPIC.... I watched a Documentary today, about Operation Barbarossa. The Germans launched 3 Million Soldiers towards Russia, and they needed to Win Fast. But the Vast Russian Lands streched them out. They Estimated the Russian Army about around 3 Million Men too. When they were heading towards Moscow and Stalingrad Germany had Captured about 3 Million Russian Soldiers. They where shocked.... that they had miscalculated that number. German Elite and Superior Firepower Carried them so far.... but at a certain point, they didn't get supplies. The where eating their own horses, or looting and raiding the the Land. Tragic Stuff. But Your Battle Report INSPIRES! To shake up CRUSTED METAS!

[@keyne444]

Sah, wasn't such a vid already on the channel? Because your first battle sounds VERY familiar to how the first battle there turned out.

[@BloodBuffalo]

I believe one was a casual tournament vs this being an official tournament.

[@georgesvetlozarov8797]

As a slavic person, reading this mix between the russian and English alphabet hurts my brain to a different state of existence

[@quyha3234]

men of war assault squad 2 😂

[@camberleywarlords2171]

Loved this, I was painting my assault engineers whilst listening to this, and now I've decided to add more men to my force lol FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!

[@edgarovsepian5988]

What is the song at 1:17:43? It sounds super familiar!

[@Uhthis]

Might want to touch up that tank, it's Победа, not Лобеда lol

[@TheCub78]

How does the Commissar ignore the to hit penalty for inexperienced troops? Ive played against and own Soviets and Ive not seen that rule?

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

Stalingrad campaign book with the Politruk and Frontnik commissars.

[@TheCub78]

Ah ok. Ive not read those books, cheers 😎👍

[@leej296]

IMHO - Replace the AT Rifles with Mine Dogs and the KV with a T-34/W Flamer.

[@blecao]

only for the soviets? that doesnt seems nice for others that rely on free units also only japanese and soviets have real ways to make inexperience work like regulars eigther fanatic and banzai of political oficers, others try to do work arounds like french rifle grenade spam (inexperince doesnt matter for indirect after all)

[@TheTobaccoman]

Bolt action ! BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI !!

[@jimmydesouza4375]

You say that you grab dice out of a bag to determine who goes when. What stops you from just grabbing your own dice?

[@dougearnest7590]

The person drawing the order dice isn't supposed to see what he or she (or whatever) is drawing, so usually they all go into a bag.

[@jimmydesouza4375]

@@dougearnest7590 You can feel different dice typically though. Especially if you are using different types of dice.

[@ijsbeermeneer9952]

​@@jimmydesouza4375thats why they either use the official warlord dice (same size, different color and symbols), or normal dice but different colors. Just as long as theres something to differentiate it without that being differentiable with touch only, its good enougj

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Why the point about NKVD? Isn't this exactly what you were annoyed about with other people saying Nazis are the bad guys so don't play them?

[@BlitzkriegBryce]

Yeah, that was a weird and unnecessary disclaimer.

[@Seth9809]

Because they were like the SS

[@dougearnest7590]

@@BlitzkriegBryce It was actually nice to see, since we're overwhelmed with disclaimers when it comes to the Germans. There are actually store owners which won't sell or allow anyone to bring German troops in their store, but Japanese and Soviets are no problem, so for some people it is refreshing to see some balance. You're right, of course, that the disclaimers shouldn't be needed, but what's good for the goose ....

[@ijsbeermeneer9952]

​@@dougearnest7590lmao thats just virtue signalling. There are very few powers which dont have questionable moral choices. For example USSR, japan, us and uk (moral bombing on dresden), yugoslavia. Hell thers a wiki article stating them all: allied war crimes during world war 2 Just play the game and seperate the army from its origins

[@torinjones3221]

​@@ijsbeermeneer9952 imagine trying to compare strategic bombing to things like the Katyn massacre wow the gymnastics

[@zombiesue1054]

Meat waves!

[@jamiesanchez8063]

That first battle was like too many I had in Bolt Action. A game even more unbalanced than 40k!

[@RedHand17]

!!!

[@pistoneteo]

🫡

[@magicalawnmower4764]

tbh not a fan of "soviet horde" lists because they're always based on just post-war lies, especially when they're for late-war scenarios. also the dog-cyrillic in the title is just painful to look at

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

"post war lies"? What part of documented and in fact current soviet/russian military mindset are you disputing?

[@blecao]

Bolt action has always been say to be mostly all the ww2 myths but in steroids Japanese being full fanatics and banzai charge Germans with armor that the enemy fears awesome command and "hitler butshaw" American firing from the hip like in movies finish being basically winter vietnam Italy being turncoats french army being full of inexperience and artillery etc etc etc Is not something bad but it literally what it is, the order 227 didnt result in enemy at the gates masacres of own troops it was mostly meant toward changing oficer mentality of rusia is large we can gain time retreating@@jamesmaybrick2001

[@Swrdfshtrmbns]

no one cares nerd

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

I understand your point, by 1944 the soviets were an incredibly battle hardened army with just as much prowess and ability as any other power. However, in 1942? Not so much.

[@horatiusromanus]

@@jamesmaybrick2001Most of our understanding of the Soviet military during WWII comes from German officers who were trying to downplay their failures, angle for positions in NATO and the new German army, and play into the western belief in a eastern horde. The best part of the “Soviet horde” is that the Germans never complained about being outnumbered when they were winning in the early war. Yet the late war the fact they were outnumbered was a problem. We learned more from the release of the Russian archives (at least until the Donbas War) that the Russians were lower on manpower than we initially believed. The local superiority was pretty much that, local. The Soviet army was better at the operational and strategic art to maximize their forces. Every army attempts to attack with at least a 3:1 ratio and the Soviet army was no different. So outnumbering the Germans makes good tactical sense. Wave after wave of men was largely propaganda like the Polish charging tanks with lances.

[@georgesvetlozarov8797]

As a slavic person, reading this mix between the russian and English alphabet hurts my brain to a different state of existence