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Cold Wars Photo Action
After a long weekend with all my fellow BARbarians in Lauchlan's favorite Amish town, Lancaster, I've finally come back to the (mostly) real world. Care to check out what you missed? Or, for those that...
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Bolt Action – A Game To Play!
David Bruggerman is back again with more fried gold:I have been playing wargames for almost forty years – with a large gap waiting for my boys to get old enough to play – and most of this has been WWII...
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New Bolt Action Scenario: Frontal Assault
Frontal AssaultBy Craig Baxter You and your opponent face off across no man’s land Read more »
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Do Tank Armies have a Place in an Open Tournament?
This is a question I have been pondering for a while. Not just in tournament settings, but also in open gaming. Can armored platoons and infantry platoons fairly face off against each other? Likely...
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Painting Guide: Australian Pacific Theatre Infantry
Welcome back to the jungle BARbarians! Bryan here and this time around I have a guide for how I painted the infantry in my army showcased in a previous article. Read more »
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Armies of Ethiopia
by Cbax One thing that makes Bolt Action so accessible is the universality of its core rules. While Bolt Action, in its current form, is a World War Two miniature war game, it can easily be adapted to...
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Speakeasy 21 & 1/2
In episode 21 & 1/2 of Speakeasy, CBax and Judson begin the long, post-convention, re-humanization process, while Dano grills them for information. The recent elevation of the Japanese Army to...
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A Closer Look At The Eureka Gas Mask Germans
Old Friend of the LRDG, Marky Mark, takes a proper closer look at the Eureka German gas mask troops as part of his preparation for the Conquest tournament over Easter weekend."Don't leave me hangin'...
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New Bolt Action Mission: Domination
During Cold Wars, both Judson and Captain TO came up with new missions for us to play. Many of us were glad to see the new missions, and many more have been wondering what these new missions were all...
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Warlord Tobu Paints a BIG Cat!
Some of you might recognise this from the ol LRDG site. We thought it was too good a tutorial to not bring back now that we have moved over to BA.Net. What do you think? Let us know on the forums!...
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Lightly-Armored Vehicles and High Explosives
Recently, in the US mid-Atlantic scene, there has been a noticeable shift towards favoring lighter vehicles on the table tops.Why avoid heavier armor? What exactly is the draw for the lighter armored...
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Inexperienced Troops
(Trying a little something new here, BARbarians - Patch speaks in bold and Lachlan in normal text, as the two discuss the strengths and weaknesses of an inexperienced force in Bolt Action. -...
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Smoke Screen: Listen to No One!
Everyone, everywhere - or on the internet, at least - wants to tell you what units you should use in Bolt Action. If not, they want to tell you which units not to use.It's all so much smoke, though...
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Movin' On Up!
As Brad is about to say in Episode Thirteen of LRDG:Movin' on up!Read more »
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Painting Commonwealth Forces in the Desert
Howdy gang! The past couple of months have seen me locked in a bitter painting war with my brand new army: An Australian desert force from the famous 9th Division. The army was initially themed around...
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An Open Letter to Some Local Game Shops
After a fairly long running series of problems with my mobile phone provider I was struck how, as hobbyists, we put up with rubbish that we would never deal with reasonably outside of the toy soldier...
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Terrain Trouble
Different game systems require different terrain conventions, and our favorite Bolt Action system welcomes the use of "true" terrain.This is an idea we should embrace, and here's why:Read more »
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Bolt Action Radio Episode 22
Welcome back, BARbarians, for episode twenty-two of Bolt Action Radio. Cbax, the good Captain TO, and the newly-crowned, Dark Lord of Hate and Evil, Chris Hecht join Judson for a round at The BAR....
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LRDG Episode 13
Episode 13: Lucky 13 This time around the boys decide to try something novel: Sobriety! Join Dave'O'War, The Mouth of Madness and Old Man Morin as they break down the highlights of Bradcon 2014 in...
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