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Bolt Action V2
Escalation League
Winter/Spring 2022 – Bolt Action 2nd Ed Ruleset
After a 2 year hiatus due to the pandini. It is a welcome return for many to the NWG – Bolt Action Escalation Tournament.
This is a five round, swiss style, escalation league.
Starts at 500 points and advances 250pts per round.
House ruleset with a limited advancement scheme for surviving troops and new additional units.
Club member and WWII enthusiast, David Guest, Has updated the ruleset for the escalation league format.
These files are downloadable to anyone for use. Any feedback is very welcome and can be sent to us through our contact page.
Bolt Action V2
Escalation League
Winter/Spring 2020 – Bolt Action 2nd Ed Ruleset
A six round, swiss style, escalation league.
Starts at 500 points and advances 250pts per round.
House ruleset with a limited advancement scheme for surviving troops and new additional units.
Club member and WWII enthusiast, David Guest, has compiled the rules for our league. They are downloadable to anyone for use. Any feedback is very welcome and can be sent to us through our contact page.
Peninsular Campaign
Winter 2019/20 – Sharp Practice Ruleset
The campaign is simple. Each battle can be of any make up and size. The only requirement it that all officers use the further expanded rules and that after each battle a report must be written up. This report must not just be a retelling of the battle but an actual story.
| British Forces | French Forces | Other Forces |
|---|---|---|
| Ben E Capt Henry Blount – 95th Rifles | Shaun M Capitaine Hughe Jardon – 2nd Battalion, 28th Ligne Infantry Regiment, 1st Division | Daisy G Alferes Afonso Verissimo – 1st Portuguese Regiment of Foot |
| Dale S Lt Henry Phillips – 14th Bucks | Guy B Capitaine Guy Loup – La Brigade des Loups | Nick Q Kapitän Ludwig Schwarz – 1st Silesian Regiment |
| Daisy G Capt William “Billy” Rothman – 50th Queens Own | Dave J Lt Bertrand Ahohihon – Grenadiers de la Vieille Garde | |
Rd 1. Jumping Right In!
Bolt Action for a new starter Name: Ty Length playing Wargames: On and off for 20 years, mostly as a hobbyist and painting minis. Game systems: Being a painter predominantly I have played games occasionally but mostly Lord of The Rings and now Bolt Action. Favourite part of the hobby: Directly, the Painting. But I…
Chapter 4: The recollections of Mr John Ryder of the Sussex Echo.
Soldiers, and Brother Soldiers, doubly dear,The time will come we meet no longer here;No more is heard the thund’ring cannon’s roar;Calpe is silent; Echo says no more;No more terrific to Iberia now,Yet scournful frowns with dark unalter’d brow;Her harden’d front at rest from fruitless rage,Whilst Hist’ry plants her in the choicest page. Capt. Joseph BadworthHalf-PayThe…
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