Bolt Action Third Edition - Building an Army

Hello everyone and welcome back to the channel and in this video I will be demonstrating how army building works in Bolt Action third edition. If you are familiar with Bolt Action, you will notice some quite significant changes when it comes to army building. The generic reinforced platoon has been removed and replaced with individual platoons centered around the rifle platoon.

In the video, I will show how I went about building two separate and very distinct armies. The first is a German army that uses different types of platoon to create a well rounded army, whereas the second shows how you can use the new army builder to create interesting and unique lists that you would not have been able to build in second edition.

The new way of building armies in third edition is really interesting and I'm looking forward to creating more interesting armies this way.

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[DinoBProductions]

British list looks very fun, but youre gonna need more boots on the ground, thats what I learned the hard way on my first Bolt Action v3 game :P

[samsolopeeps]

I have had all my Toys out making lists. Lots of fun. My fav so far is lots of little SAS units

[bickercity]

Thanks for this, Ste. I played a little bit of the old Bolt Action, but now am really excited about getting stuck into the new version. I have way too much 28mm WWII still sitting in boxes so this is going to give me ideas for plenty of projects.

[lionheart]

Thanks for the video, Ste. It was very informative. I've got my rules on the way and can't wait to start playing around with different army builds

[garycassar]

Great example & nice to see laid out

[Astul]

Nice video and interesting lists! one thing I think is not very clear on your video is that each Rifle platoon unlocks 1 other platoon from each of the special platoons. So on your first list, you don't really need the second rifle platoon, you could just put all your infantry on one rifle platoon and then have the armored and heavy platoon as you have them. This will make you loose one commander thou

[PartisanGamesLtd]

If people are taking large rifle sections, the heavy mortar is a better choice, it gives you a much bigger damage template, the best I've managed so far with Germans is 21 order dice for 1246 points. Warlrod have specified that armies should be based on 1250 points. Your 4 Britisih tanks only gives you 12 MMG shots and 4 shots with HE or AP, tanks are no longer viable for the cost, especially when you take the cover save rules into account.

[MiniatureRealms]

Great video Ste. I’ve been playing around with lists today, so much easier and more fun in V3.

[Grey]

Thanks for the video. What do you mean by when you say you are not a competitive player? Is this game able to be played solo or coop against the game? Or do you mean you do not play in an organized event of competitive players for winnings? I am learning bolt action, so figured I would ask. thanks again.

[Octavianus]

Hey! @slowwargamer here and as always i appreciate your very nice beginner videos!

[dm]

Have not decided what I am building yet but have a fairly decent Late War German force including 3 Panthers and I will see if I can adapt to the new rules when they arrive with the new starter set. I also have lots of Late War British Infantry and 4 Shermans and a Firefly but fancy doing a late War American force next and the miniatures in greatcoats should be a good basis to start

[basicminiaturepainting]

Excellent stuff ste, very informative and well explained, one day I'll get back into ww2

[rjpunkin]

You know any groups pages in uk can sell BA sprues in. I'm on waiting list for eyes and my left hand is damages. Any suggestions helpful

[mhovar]

Will you redo your bolt action basics videos where needed for the changes?

[wellhungindung]

I'd be tempted to take a British late tank platoon of three Shermans and a Firefly. Warlord must be trying to shift some of those tank platoon boxes they sell.

[MikeSchubert-onfh]

Thanks for explaining how to 'build' 'bolt action' v3 armies.

[robertshaw]

Hi Ste, why did you split the rifle squads into two platoons?

[normanwood]

Don't have the rulebook yet so sorry if this is a dumb question - but does the platoon leader only affect his platoon for snap to and morale? Does that mean that a medic can affect everyone but only his platoon commander can affect him?
The other thing that struck me as I watched was that this way of building a force does seem to run counter to the German kampfgruppe idea where ad hoc multi-type units would be formed for the assigned task.

[tgrier]

How did you make the Humber scout car a headquarters unit

[zakaryperrin]

Could I buy the older core sets and use them in the third edition? Or are they obsolete now