Tabletop CP: Bolt Action Battle Report- D-Day 2020

[@Woff1dGM]

gotta respect a guy that builds his lists having historical/narrative facts in mind and not just pure game points

[@arkenhemnall6224]

Yeah 100%. Whether playing 40k, Bolt Action or whatever I prefer to go with the narrative where possible. Obviously tweaking to give you guys an in game bump to keep them competitive, but taking lists of Germans, for instance, that are drowning in STG44s, Panthers and all the rest of it all the time just doesn't feel right to me. I even vetoed the 88mm being able to fore indirectly because to me it's a direct fire weapon like a huge rifle. I've seen a vid on KZbin with the guy saying that players tend to list buikd 2 ways; one is around the fluff and scenario, the other is to max the list in an attempt to win the game before it's even started. I'm defo much more about the narrative.

[@WargamingWorld]

The “6, 6, 1” really summed it up and a great way to finish!

[@cjanquart]

I get a kick out of all your videos and appreciate the challenge of taking scenario rules from different books to make things more playable. Of course things boil down to the order dice pulls and die rolls. The terrain always looks great!

[@SPD3DPrinting]

y'all do a great job narrating the game. thanks for sharing your time & gameplay understanding.

[@amigomuchado1399]

Thanks for including an MMG team. Although its not a popular choice, I always try to include it on every army list I play. Great job on the video fellas. You guys are awesome.

[@thomasbraden8242]

Love watching y'all play. Thought the table was excellent as usual. Waiting on the next game.

[@TheEccentricMan]

"Anything but" wicked Travis, great game.

[@polaris30000]

Awesome game! 4/5! I'd give it a higher score, but I still flinch whenever I see a pace stick.

[@arkenhemnall6224]

Great to see this game. Historically to attack successfully any strong point an attacker needs to be at a 3 to 1 numerical advantage. In this case you'd need to concentrate your whole force on one side and take out each enemy unit one at a time. But yeah at a 30% increase it's not enough, especially with a relatively open playing board and having to run the length of it into staggered defenders that are just waiting to shoot you as you do all the hard work moving to them (so you have movement shooting penalties plus moving into their full then close ranges) keep the scenarios coming, great stuff 👍🏻

[@theministryofminiatures]

As usual, great table, figures and game.... love all your content, amazing, thank you for sharing!

[@WargamingWorld]

This is going to be great - watched the intro and saving the game for the morning. I’ll discuss it with Jens when we speak tomorrow! Thanks for putting this together!

[@tabletopcp]

thanks greg! look forward to it

[@Stan3eme]

Looking really cool! Cool tabletop!

[@jvcpaints]

Awesome, awesome final bazooka shot! lol Another great one guys!

[@alejandrotabilo1988]

Very entertaining game. Thank you for bringing it to us. Cheers

[@danbuman8422]

Good one guys! Thanks for including some Bolt Action in your rotation :)

[@tabletopcp]

Dan Buman it’s a fun game! We still enjoy playing it.

[@alandowns8607]

Not normally a Bolt Action fan, but throughly enjoyed this one. Be interesting how the same table would play in CoC attack and defend

[@tabletopcp]

Alan Downs thanks Alan! You will find out tomorrow how this same map plays with CoC and attack an objective.

[@e-4airman124]

God Bless those men. thank you

[@SGusky]

Great report thank you so much for posting and God bless you guys in California I don’t know how you do it with your local government there !! but stay strong and keep the faith!

[@kennethp1423]

good to see you guys did this today

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

Good stuff - I agree, the attacker should have a few more units/points.

[@chasethedane9784]

love your channel, thanks for the content

[@patp3725]

Great batrep! I think the americans still had a chance, albeit a very small one. I'm not a fan of the outflank rules for BA though, I think a minimum distance to enemy units should be mandatory, not a fan of things just materializing behind units with no way to prevent it other than leaving units on ambush

[@williamrthompsonjr556]

The rule of thumb for the attacker, is at least 2 to 1 numerical superiority. 3 to 1 is better, and from there it's the more the merrier.

[@someimperialfist1404]

I love the pointer stick, is that a deadbullet on the end of it?

[@abstractbybrian]

Where do you get the great buildings

[@sitpaintandplay3881]

Where did you guys get your trees and blast markers?

[@tabletopcp]

They are all home made. Lots of clump foliage

[@sitpaintandplay3881]

@@tabletopcp sweet I’ll have to peak around and figure it out. Thanks.

[@tabletopcp]

@@sitpaintandplay3881 the trees are Woodland Scenics tree armatures with the clump foliage glued to the branches and soaked with PCA to harden them. The explosions are paper clips straightened out and glued to a base then glue the clump foliage to it and paint it black and grey and brown

[@e-4airman124]

put those black dice in the Hall of Fame!

[@tabletopcp]

E-4 Airman blessed by the Dice Gods

[@Immorticus]

Great battle report! Where did you guys get the pin markers? They blend really great with the board.

[@tabletopcp]

The pin markers are from Charlie Foxtrot

[@Immorticus]

@@tabletopcp Thanks! Also, best pointer stick I have seen ;) and your battle reports are encouraging me to get my models on the table!

[@barriereid9244]

For the 60th Anniversary of D-Day I walked the backroads in Brittany. The bocage is intimidating enough without hiding Waffen SS!

[@chrisdelaney4025]

BA attack and defend... wait for outflank to work its way down, load one side and flame-on!

[@SonofRuss95]

I know you have answered this before but I cannot find it, where did you get your pin markers?

[@tabletopcp]

Jordan the dials are from Charlie Foxtrot

[@ChrisReedDFW]

What do the blast markers do?

[@tabletopcp]

I assume you mean the ones for the mortars? They keep track of what number you need to roll next to hit with the mortar.

[@raizox6134]

Where did you buy the trees?

[@tabletopcp]

I made the trees out of clump foliage and Woodland Scenics tree armatures

[@BearGrisham]

What size table to you play on?

[@tabletopcp]

It’s a standard 6x4 playing surface. The bird is 8x4 though. We use the extra foot on each end for removable trays to hold armies and such.

[@redmist1122]

A fun game to watch...too bad the Americans didn't get close to the objective. In short I think Andre outplayed Steve; he played a lot of tactical stuff and was able to hold the line best. It would seem BA doesn't really balance out the scenarios for the attacker versus the defender. Having that Schlepper was huge. Take care.

[@tabletopcp]

redmist1122 no. Bolt Action is not very bff old at straight up attack/defend games. Maybe with some heavy tweaking but it’s better for grab and hold objectives scattered around the board type games.

[@DaftPhully]

This is entertaining me while I repaint a German force, in Netherland colours.