Tabletop CP: Bolt Action Battle Report- Battle Of The Hedgerows

We play a mission out of the new Campaign D-Day: U.S. Sector campaign book for Bolt Action using two new selectors. A platoon of armored riflemen from the 2nd Armor Division is ordered to start clearing the hedgerows inland of the beachhead.
Get the mat here:
geekvillain.co...
Get the book here:
store.warlordg...
Get Tabletop CP mercy here:
www.redbubble....

[@scalehistoryslc819]

The remix of the saving private Ryan scene really got me, haha! Excellent game and table!

[@tabletopcp]

And band of brothers!

[@TheKnight11563]

New fan of Bolt Action here and I love the extra special effects you guys use for your battle reports! Also a big fan of the historical context that you present in the army preview to explain the reason for why these rules are the way they are for this theater of war.

[@tabletopcp]

Cheers man 🍻

[@thomasbraden8242]

Great game. Great table. Just thought I'd tell you the unit crest you used in the U.S forces break down belongs to the 66th Armored Regiment the Iron Knights. This was the first unit I was assigned to in 1987 as a young 11C mortar man. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Question. Was Andre not able to take panzerfausts with his SS? I play SS and find fausts tend to work better than the shrek.

[@tabletopcp]

He had panzerfausts on all of his squads. 3 each. I think he fired off four of them over in the orchard.

[@thomasbraden8242]

@@tabletopcp thats about what I use in my squads.

[@tomgroenendaal5601]

Thanks for the game as usually. If you want to know, there are 2 rules you didn't properly use - If you embark on a transport, you can't move the transport for that turn - Not sure about the second one, but the Sherman did fire indirectly on the SS guys, where they still hidden? Because then you only hit on a 6 and don't range it.

[@chrisking1334]

Smashing stuff - marvellous: thank you! Also, for reference, when firing at the PaK40 (around 43 mins in), I believe that 'small target' doesn't apply to artillery units.

[@tabletopcp]

Oh? Did not know that.

[@cameronward9443]

Rolling dice on a crowded table is such a pet peeve of mine! lol Guys get a dice tray for goodness sakes!

[@johntowers7813]

I dumped 40k for good. Getting back into Bolt Action after years of not touching it. Thanks for the great video while I determined my army! British Airborne!

[@tabletopcp]

Welcome aboard! And to the world of a more leisurely paced and gentlemanly way of gaming.

[@robertdelaney4332]

Great as always. My son and I watched it last night. We both cracked up with your editing of Andres mortar round getting a direct hit on the GIs. Perfect.

[@tabletopcp]

Lol yeah it’s fun to add those. Breaks up the Monotony of editing.

[@williaminnes6635]

there's actually an exception to the spotter and gun rules which allows spotters to enter the board on the same order die as their home unit - I KNOW the page ref is there somewhere

[@shampdg]

Love the effects!

[@BootsontheTable]

Those multiple MG half tracks are awesome and terrifying! Fun game

[@loganoldon8924]

These need to be a starter army. That point count. I like the others. But I just need this

[@marctitley7020]

Great game, great mission, great fun to watch. Thanks.

[@richardcaine3953]

I love your videos, and just noticed you also got the 28mm Plancenoit church! Its a lovely building, can be used for medieval to napoleonic to WW2, or even DND, which I am currently using it for.

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

Been messing around with a M-5 halftrack for my Soviet Assault Engineers as having SN-42 body armor they can not run other than to assault and go into melee/ hand to hand combat. Does not matter if you run or advance with them they are only able to move 6 inches. The M-5 is a real god send as it allows the group to get to an uncontested objective quickly and become the dug in ticks since being veteran and with said SN-42 makes them have to take 6 for hits since the SN-42 adds a +1 for all HE, and small arms fire.

[@scottusher3712]

Awesome game as always. The table looked amazing.

[@2ManyHobbies16]

Table looks great, very well done and Thanks for another great video.

[@Edward-Plantagenet]

Great video. Joy to watch videos with such high production values. Great game and table. Subscribed 😁

[@Archaoen]

Yay more bolt action :) i love BA

[@theministryofminiatures]

Great game, loving the content, thanks guys, keep up the good work! Thank you 😄

[@redcorsair14]

Your tables are flipping awesome. I need to take a break from models, fishing and aquariums and just sit down and do up some terrain.

[@BDJV]

Great bat rep, love the movie cut scene it was perfect! hahaha

[@tabletopcp]

Lol. Thanks. Was fun to do.

[@jusztinnemeti6380]

Excellent work as always. One thing at, 26:35 the Pak40 would no longer be hidden because the greyhound was within 12". Movement, hard cover = 6's to hit.

[@tabletopcp]

Is that because it’s recce?

[@jusztinnemeti6380]

@@tabletopcp yes indeed. Page 131 of the core rulebook.

[@tabletopcp]

@@jusztinnemeti6380 in the dark corners of my mind I had an image of a rule like that but wasn’t sure enough to say it

[@theconversationalpainter2020]

Great bat rep! What size roughly are the fields?

[@jusztinnemeti6380]

@@theconversationalpainter2020 I'm not sure what size they use, but it looks like less than a foot long and eight inches wide for the average. I base mine so they blend in with my table better. That limits how large I can make them. For a tutorial on this see Mel the terrain tutors excellent video on how to make haystacks and fields.

[@tabletopstuff]

Very nice battle report!

[@marzelp4480]

Keep on going love your content!

[@e-4airman124]

i really enjoyed the game thank you

[@ConstableGrey]

A rare Andre face sighting!

[@andreleineke7219]

Hope it does not cost the channel too many viewers.

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

Nice table

[@9985cjham]

What did you make your roads out of? They almost look like slate. Looks great!

[@tabletopcp]

You are in luck! We just put out a video on how we did e roads!

[@BattleBunkerHQ]

Great battle report Travis, nice table setup also. That’s a lots of machine gun fire from those vehicles. Question, where did you get the sound effects files from?

[@tabletopcp]

I bought a sound effects pack for my editor, Filmora 10. Plus a few off of KZbin.

[@timo.9451]

Hi Travis, I was wondering.. how did you paint the houses? Just normal prime and color or did you put some „texture“ like on the mediterraner Set? By the way, I just Love this Bord 😎🎉 Ps as a Christmas gift for myself I will finally became a patron 🎁

[@tabletopcp]

That would be awesome! Thanks man. These buildings just have very light sand texture on them. Nothing as extreme as the Pantile set.

[@dailyqwikbytes]

@Tabletop Cp 6:55. That transition music sounded like a version of Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor, I've never heard before. Whether it was or not, the pieces sounded. Link please!

[@tabletopcp]

It’s one of the free songs that come with my editing software. Don’t even know what it’s called

[@dailyqwikbytes]

@@tabletopcp If export it to an mp3 or mp4 and upload it to, mediafire something similar, I can probably find out. Thanks for getting back to me, btw.

[@rileyosteen6470]

Do you remember where you got that burned out behind where the panzershreck was hanging out? It looks really cool.

[@tabletopcp]

you mean the ruins? It is the warlord ruined hamlet set, or a couple of them

[@Parzalon]

Panzershrek = Panzerschreck (tankfear). Shrek is also a green guy, but without a cool weapon to destroy tanks. but he has a talking donkey instead.

[@zacrowe99]

Epic table - how did you make the fields?

[@tabletopcp]

They are door mats. Just painted and heavily dry brushed with earth colors

[@FrostRare]

Who’s deploying the cows?

[@harveys.a4978]

Brilliant report! What are you useing to edit your videos?

[@tabletopcp]

Thanks! I use Filmora X for editing.

[@jensich3300]

Is the Sherman Tank from Warlord Games ?

[@tabletopcp]

No this is a 1/48 scale Sherman

[@jensich3300]

@@tabletopcp oh very cool , thank you for this information.

[@WrathRuin]

Awesome battle report! May I ask how you have made your hedges. I have the lichen you are using but yours is all stuck together really nicely.

[@tabletopcp]

I glued the lichen to some thick scrubber pads. Green or brown are the best so if it starts to show through in spots it still looks natural.

[@pauldavies9138]

@@tabletopcp do you mean like kitchen scrubbing pads?

[@tabletopcp]

@@pauldavies9138 yep. You can get them like up to an inch thick.

[@pauldavies9138]

@@tabletopcp I don't think I have ever seen any that thick but it seems like a fantastic idea, I will definitely be trying it out

[@aidangeis4686]

You guys have such great looking tables. How did you paint those buildings? I always struggle to paint mdf terrain I feel like it just soaks up the paint. Any tips for how to do them like you have?

[@tabletopcp]

Thanks Aidan! These Western European buildings mostly just have a light texture of sand sprinkled on some watered down PVA. Then spray painted.

[@aidangeis4686]

@@tabletopcp thanks! Much appreciated!

[@Holow599]

Great bat rep. As far I know the sherman could not be firing indirect? It has not spotter and no LOS to target. Did I miss something?

[@tabletopcp]

It had LOS to through the orchard to the enemy squad.

[@tylerpendergast7899]

How do you make such a beautiful map like this?

[@tabletopcp]

Just years of building and collecting different types of terrain.

[@SGusky]

Very nice Love the feel of the new book Can’t wait to get it Ps Who makes the 105 m4 (cast hull) Rubicon? Thanks

[@tabletopcp]

The body of the tank is a hobby boss 1/48 m4a1 (76) and the 105 turret is an after market resin hill. Can’t remember where I got it.

[@SGusky]

@@tabletopcp thanks

[@mattcappelli5822]

Fun game. Definitely like the armored company to get the benefit of transports not having to run away. They are silly expensive and I never even consider them under the normal rules. Sorry for the question, but how could the Sherman fire it’s cannon as well as the mgs? I thought it’s main gun or the mgs. Thanks

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

It's only with the coaxial, or the MG that is besides the main cannon on the mantlet. All the rest can be brought to different targets if they are in range and in the firing arc. Like the bow MG couldn't hit anything that was not in the front firing arc, but the roof 50 cal has a 360 degree sweep but using it makes the Sherman become open top if you so choose to do that. The only time it does not count as open top is if an air strike is in bound and you use it as Flak since it is pintle mounted.

[@neue01]

There were no assault rifles in Normandy

[@dogtags2010]

Sorry I am brand new to BA, I noticed the stug fired his machine guns at the building with your guys inside in the last round, he did an advance order in order to turn and then he never rolled sixes (move -1 and hard cover -2) yet used his rolls of fives to hit...am I missing something or was that an error on his part?

[@dogtags2010]

If I am not mistaken then you would most likely have not lost the squad and got the sector

[@tabletopcp]

Yeah it was probably a mistake. It happens. Should of been sixes.

[@2Pzp]

@@tabletopcp I would say there is missing +1 for point blank - less than 6' from closest window/opening, so it bring back the calculation to 5 rolls.

[@jacksonsohar7373]

Could you tell me what brand the buildings are I am looking to up my terrain for bolt action.

[@tabletopcp]

Most are from Sarrisa Precision. Some are from 4ground.

[@richardmacpherson7647]

Hey Guys.. What are you using for pin markers?

[@tabletopcp]

We use the dials from Charlie Foxtrot

[@Kstrohm93]

What are the Bocahes made of? Lichens?

[@tabletopcp]

Yeah. Lichen glued to some scrubber pads.

[@ALPHA_ONE_ONE-xh1zo]

How are you making the hedges. Or where do you get them from

[@tabletopcp]

I made them out of brown scrubber pads. Sprayed adhesive on them and stuck various colors of lichen on it and glued the scrubber pad to a flat strip of wood to help it stand up.

[@ALPHA_ONE_ONE-xh1zo]

@@tabletopcp i think a small video would be a good idea. You know.

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Ah a bit of bolt action....

[@deehickman7071]

Nice bocage! How did you make them?

[@tabletopcp]

Took some lichen and glued it to some scrubber pads with spray on adhesive.

[@aidangeis4686]

@@tabletopcp Those look great! I'm too lazy and always just clump the lichen together and hope it looks okay.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

You cheated on me, I was a small team as well buddy. Nice batrep so far. Will watch the rest later.

[@tabletopcp]

That is true. But I rolled a couple of sixes anyway.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

@@tabletopcp was not good to see on the overview, was I brought back to the lines or POW?

[@tabletopcp]

@@tabletopgeneralsde310 yeah I meant to put a little graphic up and explain that but forgot. Sadly in this game you were KIA

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

@@tabletopcp you could be lucky that this is only a game, you would run out of Patreons very quickly.

[@tabletopcp]

@@tabletopgeneralsde310 lol not as lucky as the patrons who would be dead!😄