Tabletop CP: Bolt Action Battle Report- Hill 364

[@SilentHunterdz]

I'll tell you what, watching this at 3 am... the flak shooting the Matilda scared the shit out of me lol

[@tabletopcp]

Well we have to add some sort of large explosion from time to time to wake people up 😄

[@deathmagnetic300]

Congrats on the Caesar award!

[@tabletopcp]

Thanks!

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

I love experimenting with scenario rules - it’s what can make BA a more versatile game.

[@ShipWreck68]

Don't say this too loudly. BA players have a hissy fit when you tell them the rules are versatile from what I've seen.

[@guylawrance2216]

I can’t believe how much you guys have improved in the last 3 years.......modelling, painting, basing,scenery,commentating,scenario’s, photography.......everything has improved beyond recognition, good job well done 👍 Most enjoyable !

[@tabletopcp]

Thanks Guy, much appreciated 🍻

[@pauls3585]

Hi great game, thanks for sharing. If you are interested, here are your rule fubars 😆: 1. Vehicles have individual activation dice - I know you wanted the Universal Carriers to be a unit 2. You cannot shoot within 1" passed a friendly unit regardless of elevation - Vickers shooting over a blocking infantry unit 3. Hand to Hand combat - the attackers roll first and the defenders remove their dead before the survivors strike back

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

I find myself watching your battle reports on my big screen TVs rather then watching the network television. Thank you and congratulations on the Little Wars award but, I already congratulated you on another video of FB page.

[@gordonjohnsmith7344]

Awesome game and scenario. Thanks for posting. Note: Heavy Auto Cannon has pen +3 on its AP shell choice (with no 1" blast template), which will be affected by long range, as usual. It has an HE shell choice which is pen +1 and the 1" blast template. You must choose which to fire. Note the Light Auto Cannon is the same: AP shell is pen +2, the HE shell is 1" template and pen +1. For obvious reasons, people using light auto cannons will frequently choose to fire the HE shell at anything over 24" because the AP shell would become pen +1 anyway at that range. In broad strokes, use the AP shell on lightly armored vehicles and soft skins, and the HE shells on arti, weapons teams and infantry.

[@friedrichhelisch2884]

Nice scenario! Spotters/Observers are always considered Down, except after they have been ordered (Move, Rally). They are not ordered for spotting.

[@walterfelscher8070]

I'm new to bolt action and have seen several of your videos. I'm building germans. One thing I'd like to possibly suggest if it can be worked out, some german armor to fight with the matilda. I really enjoy your videos it's helping me learn the bolt action game.

[@GuyMaleMan]

Got to say, thats some of the best camera work Ive seen on a battle report

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

Great work Travis. Well done on your LittleWarsTV Caesar award. Really nice briefing and descriptions of the table at the start. Nice to see how Chain of Command has influenced the way you are showing your armies and their characters.

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

Excellent game, boys. A valiant effort by the Brits. Congrats on the Caesar Award!

[@carlossoltero20]

Regarding the Bren sections, you need a dice 🎲 per Bren carrier and a dice 🎲 per unit inside of the carrier. I understand that you want to bring a whole squad, but what I do is buy two smaller size squads of 5 men each; thus, each one rides on a separate carrier and has its own die. In reality it adds one due to your total if you split the 10 men squad into two 5 men squad/teams. Hope that helps!

[@johnedwards3096]

Not sure if it was intentional or not but really appreciate the inclusion of Scot’s troops in your units. Historically the B.E.F was made up of a high proportion of Scottish units, one regiment even famously were left behind as a rear guard to try and shield the British on the beaches at Dunkirk trying to evacuate. Either way lovely detail on both armies!

[@tabletopcp]

Oh it was intentional. Built these guys as the 51st Highland Division

[@lukemaclennan3707]

Those explosion effects are awesome! Thanks for more quality content!

[@TheRendar]

Great Battle Report and congrats again on the Caesar award! Well deserved.

[@tabletopcp]

Cheers Matt 🍻

[@jefferydraper4019]

Hey...I think I saw a similar scene in Band of Brothers when that Matilda drove forward. Something like: "Well I cant shoot it if I cant see it!" "Youre going to see it real well soon Mac!" Boom!!!!!

[@andersolsen3237]

That was a Cromwell, but yeah - boom!

[@StackingLimit]

Congrats on winning a Caesar award! This is indeed a fantastic channel and deserved the recognition.

[@robertdalrymple216]

Good game. Mortar damage with target down is 1/2 rounded up so 3 is 1.5 up to 2

[@andreleineke7219]

@@robertdalrymple216 Good to know, we have been rounding down as long as I can remember.

[@Schyzofrenic87]

EVERy time I watch a battlerep of you guys I think "omg that is one cool AF Pace-cane" or swagger stick depending on what unit you were in

[@samhughes2475]

Great scenario! I love games that have some background story to them. I thought the new rules worked pretty well in the end and added some really nice flavour to the game! Congrats on the award, you guys deserve it! 🏆

[@nickjennings8757]

Congrats on the award chaps. Recognition for the great work that you’re doing. Keep it up!

[@basement1908]

Another outstanding Bolt Action battle report 👍. Thanks Gents!

[@richardlamb7791]

It’s really good to see some early war bolt action; not many of my gaming group play early war. Much prefer the weaker tanks and at guns makes the games so much more fun.

[@grimgorkeisenpelz9392]

Really nice game. I enjoyed it a lot and it was quite close at the end. And the 88 whiffing against the Brens is actually quite realistic, if we consider it. The Panzergranate has so much punch (right Mathilda? ;-) ), that it just punches two neat 88mm sized holes into the Brens and that´s it. Also, if they used the HE grenade, the outcome might have been the same (two holes) as the HE grenade did not have a contact fuze and might just have exploded behind the Brens. Anyway, nice game and I would love to see the Chain of Command version of this.

[@stevenmaycock6316]

Congratulations on the Caesar awards great channel love the Sunday game

[@fluffygutts2240]

Great video guys, your keeping me going through the lockdown. A very well done on the Caesar award!

[@joeokabayashi8669]

Love the overhead camera

[@pbeccas]

Great report and congratulations on the Caesar.

[@Broadsword5]

Love the vid! Great looking figs and awesome Cigar Box Battle mat!

[@andypickard7314]

The Caesar Awards brought me here. Glad of it.

[@grahamswargamevault2635]

Congrats on the award... Also thing the camera above the table is really good.

[@SeaRaven227]

Just a nitpick as i like to use my models the way i build them, those aren't "regular" Bren carriers, they're No.2's. Basically they could only transport a driver, gunner + 1 man and were only used as infantry support vehicles during the invasion of France (most were abandoned and captured by the Germans). Not that big a deal though, great BR!

[@paulbenson9015]

Will you be this scenario with Chain of Command? ....Tabletop CP, Gents Many Congratulations on your much deserved Little Ceasar award, Well done to you All!👍

[@jantimmer5558]

Great battle rep

[@nickjones2470]

Beautiful table.

[@e-4airman124]

congrats on Caesar win. great game thanks

[@BootsontheTable]

Nice game guys, the assaults are brutal in BA

[@tabletopcp]

They are very decisive You never have to wonder who won 😄

[@carlossoltero20]

You get better results rolling the order dice than with the regular dice 🎲 lol 😂 🤣😆😂🤣😆

[@iainclark2959]

Sweet Tau rail gun!

[@WeirdWWII]

Great game, guys.

[@NicxSolo]

The MVP was that smoke canister, carried the British. As a new player, I feel like the smoke, the super powered Brens (getting two effective orders), and the points advantage was huge... It felt a tad... unbalanced.

[@wargamesgeek1334]

Another great video 👍

[@TacoRandomProduction]

2 Bren carriers and a dream.

[@NSYresearch]

The Award Winning .....

[@jensich3300]

have you paint list or lets paint for this great matilda tank ?

[@tabletopcp]

Sadly I do not think I have a paint guide for this Matilda.

[@GiftofChaosStudio]

God you sound like the opening narrarator to Law and Order lol. Great video

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Great game and very close in the end. Luftmothe vs Godzilla in the offing?

[@cjanquart]

If I ever get a table together (I have some of the ruined buildings and walls) I'll be having the obligatory dead cows, since I picked those up at a LGS.

[@lexiwilson9501]

Mister Big Shot Award Winner won't have time for us little people any more =)

[@LunaReign]

I love A12s :) ❤❤

[@josephmcnally0766]

I’ve been watching some of your videos lately, and this is my first random post. One thing I want to mention but I’m not sure since I don’t know the game system. Isn’t the 88 Flak a heavy field piece and not a super heavy field piece. The results might have been a little different towards the Matilda…Maybe ? Joe

[@deathmagnetic300]

And nice intro!

[@kapanmaszyny470]

Great battle report as always, I love to see some early war action and additionally your Scots look wonderful, mind sharing where did you get the those kilts ? It's suprisingly hard to find any good ones

[@tabletopcp]

I got the kilts from Pulp Minis. Their command pack. They have a few other packs as well.

[@carlossoltero20]

Just wondering 💭 why in some instances you guys only did a -1 for being down? To my understanding, it is supposed to be -2 for down. Also did you remember to use the rapid fire rule for the British? I think you did not and that would have added some additional dice 🎲 to your rolling.

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

Yep, congrats

[@bencarver1115]

The 88 anti aircraft, I thought, wasn't used in the anti tank role. Until Rommels north Africa campaign. 41-42?

[@tabletopcp]

No it was used as anti tank as far back as the Spanish civil war.

[@ShipWreck68]

The Bren Section rule is kind of what I've been saying should be the rule for river crossing rafts. My only question is, what happens if the Bren is destroyed...does it count as a unit destroyed for vp conditions?

[@tabletopcp]

I would say yes. It counts as a unit for point purposes

[@redmist1122]

Pretty cool game! Too bad the Matilda didn't do much. You need 2 of them. I missed the removal of the Universal carriers...i know one was cut in two. Is there a covering fire in BA? Could have laid down some on the 88. Would like to see a CoC version...im sure a different outcome. Again, great video work w intro and closing shots.

[@tabletopcp]

There is no covering fire in this game. But I was wishing there was! would of come in handy. I think we will refight it with CoC.

[@redmist1122]

@@tabletopcp cross fingers...

[@tenticalteeth]

May have been suggested already. Leave the red die out until he used a grey die for the 88. Then after the next die is pulled out the red die into the bag? Possible solution? Idk.

[@tabletopclubd6osnabruck328]

Nice one =)

[@captainobvious9233]

Can I play?? Sure! /brings Death Korps of Krieg Miniatures.

[@danielmoody5867]

Awesome little known rule but once you zeroed in you don't need los ti keep shooting

[@carlossoltero20]

Really nice 👍🏻 table! I like cigar box mats. What exactly are you using for hills underneath?

[@tabletopcp]

We made some hills out of wood

[@walterfelscher8070]

Where or who makes the model bren carriers used in the game???

[@tabletopcp]

I believe these are 3d printed

[@restitutororbis666]

Praise Saturn!

[@jdmcdonald4258]

Marvellous game, figures and terrain. Where did you get the smoke markers?

[@tabletopcp]

Made them out clump foliage that was glued to a paper clip Skelton glued to a base. The regular smoke is just teddy bear stuffing.

[@David_R434]

Hi, Just starting out with Bolt Action and really enjoying your reports. When you refer to the selectors is this the campaign books or an app?

[@tabletopcp]

The selectors are in the army books and the campaign books but they are also on easyarmy.com. That’s the web site I use to make lists.

[@David_R434]

@@tabletopcp Cheers

[@commanderrockwell]

The poor Moomoos

[@luisdelbosque7477]

How big is the playable area of the table, it looks huge and so well fixed? And where do you get those trees and shrubbery. Great videos!

[@tabletopcp]

It’s a standard 6x4 table. I made the trees, except for the palm trees which I got off Amazon

[@luisdelbosque7477]

@@tabletopcp Do you have any video showing how you did the trees? If not, it would be great if you do one some day. Those are really nice Trees and hedges.

[@johnkeith2767]

I know I have asked it before. But the table you made is 8x4 (playing space of 6x4) the mat is 6x4. How did you get that much over hang with the mat. The reason I ask is bc I like your use of a hill under the mat and I think I would like to do that as but I want to make sure there is enough material to do so. Thank you.

[@tabletopcp]

These Cigar Box battle mats are huge. Well over 6x4 feet. Most of the fleece gaming mats are over 6x4 feet to allow you to place terrain under it.

[@johnkeith2767]

Last question and I promise I will leave you alone. :) Where did you get that bullet pointer? So cool!!!!

[@tabletopcp]

@@johnkeith2767 I got it off of Ebay. It's called a Swagger Stick. Used to be carried by officers and NCOs

[@theeoldone8888]

what do you use to mark your NCO's? It looks like you have some kind of special base marker.

[@tabletopcp]

Some base markers I found on eBay. They were in an old Conan bird game a while back.

[@jcampbell136]

Do your tabletop trees have weighted base? I never see them falling over!

[@tabletopcp]

They are mounted on pretty thick steel washers to hopefully avoid them falling over too easy.

[@johnharris9879]

What scale are the miniatures in?

[@tabletopcp]

These are 28mm

[@GryphonArmorer]

I thought this was a “line of sight” game. The first AT team shot on corporal downs section shouldn’t have even happened. They were out of sight behind the two story building. Right?

[@tabletopcp]

They were in sight. Part of the squad was hanging out

[@lordravenblade]

I thought you said at the beginning if the 88 was destroyed with Exceptional Damage or an overrun the British won? They overran it when they killed all the crew in melee, right?

[@tabletopcp]

They did. It was a judgement call. The Germans could have driven the British off and just got back on it. I should have said they had to stay on it to the end of the turn so they could spike it.

[@lordravenblade]

@@tabletopcp oh. I assumed the whole “destroy by overrun” assumed they wrecked it as part of the overrun and why it would count as a win.

[@tabletopcp]

@@lordravenblade I assumed overrun meant take the hill and no Germans left when I made the mission. I never anticipated taking the 88 with Germans still hanging around able to fight.

[@lordravenblade]

@@tabletopcp that makes sense. I was thinking in the historical sense where they would immediately bash at whatever gears and levers and stick grenades in the breech of the gun as they finished off the crew.

[@hearsemonkey]

3D printed bren carriers?

[@tabletopcp]

They are. Done by a friend of mine

[@hearsemonkey]

@@tabletopcp I recognized them because they look like my printed ones

[@tonycowards4689]

Enjoyable game but taking out the spotter once a mortar has zeroed in makes no difference, the mortar still hits on a 2+.

[@1076bless]

Congrats on awards my question is do you prefer bolt actions or chain of command

[@tabletopcp]

I prefer Chain of Command. But I still really enjoy playing Bolt Action.

[@1076bless]

@@tabletopcp Good man same here

[@e-4airman124]

andre too many 1 at crictical times

[@andreleineke7219]

I know, will try to do better next time.

[@Musicofyourbrain]

where did you get those buildings; did you paint them yourself? :)

[@tabletopcp]

They are from Sarrisa Precision. I did have to paint them

[@gazzavc]

I love your terrain but your complete lack of tactical nuance is somewhat strange… Who drives a tank straight down the road into an 88 ?? Come on guys, you’re better than this 😂😂😂

[@tabletopcp]

One of my most successful strategies in the game is the “he could miss” strategy 😄

[@gazzavc]

@@tabletopcp have you ever tried the “how not to been seen” strategy 🤣🤣🤣