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Thanks for the positive comment, we are planning on more and will definitely be doing some regular battles as we both enjoy the game 👍🏻

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it and there’s more to come!

Thanks, glad you liked it 👍🏻 The mat is from Deep cut studio, I got it a few years ago, and I think it was through Wayland.

Hi, the mat is from Deep Cut Studios, it’s a vinyl mat that has roads and grass on it… we have just added buildings and walls etc to turn it into a village. Hope this helps?

@@theministryofminiatures yes I recently bought the roll of dirt roads from there

@tgrier3858 they are nice too, I was thinking about getting some.

Thank you and glad you liked it! Rick does like his toys so this was an addition for him to try! Thanks again for the positive comment 👍🏻

Thank you for your kind comments, you are of course correct that Les Duanes was a small farm settlement. I rather expanded it for our game as I wanted more houses on our table to make it more 'cinematic', I hope you can forgive me. if you have any more historical information on the fighting around this time then I would be most interested to hear it as I like to give our games a thematic element, especially the fighting of the Britsh and Canadians.

Indeed we did discuss this very fact off camera… but all good for a decent game of Bolt Action 👍🏻 Thanks for the comment 😀

Agree game was a close run thing

@@rickfryer2934see if I can dig a few scenarios out around Hill 112 . Researched it a lot as it’s where I started in war gaming trying to get historically close as Maltot is where we just my great uncle

@@wyvern43311 That's great can't wait, my dad was a Royal Engineer and landed in Normandy on June 7th, he was a surveyor and helped build airfields, he did not talk much about the war but I know he went all the way into Germany, so must have been through Caen. It has raised my curiosity for this part of the war.

Thank you much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it.

Interesting idea, I have seen games where there is a screen between the two sides of the board to prevent the players seeing deployment… then it is lifted at the start… just like the fog of war.

@@theministryofminiatures Aye. Ah well, good show as always, all you lads.

@dailyqwikbytes thanks 👍🏻

Thanks - we are too… although I think Rick will come back with a vengeance!

Grey Wolf!!! Yes it was a close one… Rick was trying to guess my army based on my usual type of army lists… so this threw him a little 😂😉 The Hummel is very nice, it was sent to us by 3D Printing Valley to paint and review, so I will do a video on that in the week… but it is nice, especially with the paint job Rick has done. Glad you enjoyed the game and thank you for your ongoing support 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures Your army list threw me a little bit too! 😂 It was enjoyable to watch and very back-and-forth! Ahh brilliant, I'll keep an eye out for the review. Just finished up my Afrika Korps starter army so undecided between 8th Army of mid-late war German army of some kind, so tempted to throw a Hummel in there if I go that route lol. No problems, take care mate.

@TheGreyWolf94 great news! I’m working on the Sarissa Precision tractor factory for our Barbarossa Campaign, it is a fairly large piece as I have combined two sets 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 so look out for that in a couple of months. DAK are cool, so well done on getting them finished - I bet they look nice together.

@@theministryofminiatures Geewiz, I bet that's a struggle to get that done 😂 there's me moaning to my partner about not having the enthusiasm to weather a panzer 2 lol definitely not envious of your task! Yeah I love the DAK, the varied uniforms and "make-do" approach to their stuff. What are your thoughts on the new Edition and starter set so far?

@TheGreyWolf94 yeah, lots of stuff to get done… slow and steady 👍🏻

Thank you, the mat is from Deep Cut Studio, I went for the PVC mat as it was cheaper and with buildings and scenery on it the glare from light is minimal. Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures awesome Thx 🤗

@flashhordon you’re welcome.

I play for fun, but losing a lot of games was not fun. It gets very disheartening, so I am sorry I now play to maximize my chance to win with the rules. Taking the Hummel, with the present rules, was a big disadvantage to me, I tried to compensate by having more order dice, but Justin instead of his usual 9 cleverly went for 16. This game is brilliant because of the sequence of activation being somewhat random, which is why high order dice number matters. Justin is also a very good player and if I thought he wasn't trying, and let me win I would be even more upset. This game was really great fun and it was close to the end and although I lost I was much happier then with my early games where I got crushed.

Thanks, I think it’s good to try different things out, I usually have regular mortars and spotters, but for this I needed to keep points down… and inexperienced allowed me to take two! The officers are the same… I am trying not to stick to the basic regular force especially against Rick who likes to max the dice and number of figures, this makes the points very important. Glad you still liked it. 👍🏻

Thanks Rick, always a challenge playing you as you can field a tough force 👍🏻

You could always try making a few platoon limitations to force the players to play “realistically” but also ensure that the game is fair. For example, limit each side to single platoon, 1000 points and 12 order dice. Additional things to try would be: “each side must take a tank of at least armor 9 (medium tank)” You could also play dual platoons I call “infantry-tank teams” where each side brings a generic reinforced platoon with no vehicles allowed AND one tank platoon with only fully tracked vehicles allowed (so no spamming multiple rocket launchers. It’s basically tank wars but without having to have a bunch of transports and should make it more like a platoon of tanks attached to an infantry platoon in the attack.

@@jonathanbirkeland1085 Before Justin started the channel we actually played a few games like this, I remember in one I had two Panthers and a 4H, Justin had Shermans and Firefly, plus a Wasp. I think i had about 8 dice and I got creamed, but they were the old days. I shudder when I think about it now, I made so many mistakes.

Thanks 👍🏻

Thank you for the positive feedback it’s very much appreciated 👍🏻 The building are from: Sarissa Precision Conflix Italerari Ebay with some odd bits here and there. Hope this helps? Thanks again

Thanks​@@theministryofminiatures

No problem

Indeed you are correct according to the rule book, and Rick was so convincing… although it did work in my favour! 😂😉

Please read page 26 of the FAQ.

@rickfryer2934 haha! I presume it states you can, should never doubt you 😉👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures No it says I should wait until the barrage has come in and am in range then I can go down (recce), I went too early, which went against me.

@@rickfryer2934that makes sense 👍🏻

Our pleasure and thanks for watching! We both thoroughly enjoyed the game and had a tough but fun battle. Thanks for such positive feedback, really appreciate it. Thank you 🙏

I know! Rick has become quite good at getting the order dice superiority… I thought I had it with 16 until he turned up with 17! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures although the bouncing between experience levels is super cheese....

@@anthonyrussell0912 maybe a little, but it’s perfectly within the rules, armies would have different experience levels between units and it probably would be difficult/boring to have the entire army all at the same level! (Also my dice tray wouldn’t mean a thing if there wasn’t any cheese)! 😂😉 Hope you enjoyed it nonetheless?

@@theministryofminiatures U don't need cheese all the time. Howling Cow fine. A Hanomag [ Sdkfz 152/16] with 2 x flamethrowers were used and would fit into this scenario and time period and would soothe your need for 'toys'. Hummel points could have been used better, I do like your games though.

@vincnetjones3037 thanks, agreed, we try to balance the cheese… I tend not to have much cheese at all, especially as I generally run infantry, but then Rick likes his German cheese multiple multi launchers and all the toys, that’s just what he likes. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

Thank you, much appreciated… glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

Thank you, we had fun, it was a tough battle, especially given the scenario, but was both enjoyable and exciting, hopefully that came through! Thanks again for the positive comment 👍🏻

There are several manufacturers… Sarissa Precision, Conflix and Micro Art Studios - we use lots of different manufacturers to get a non uniform look. Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

@@bringbattlewargaming8720 thanks mate, really enjoyed this one… uploading for this afternoon!

Thanks, uploading the video tonight, so should be ready tomorrow 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures I'll look forward to watching it 👍

1941 and the launch of Op Barbarossa in my opinion would be early war, especially given the equipment etc they use. But happy if you think otherwise 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻

Thank you very much. It was a fun game and we learned a lot.

Yes, thank you. Always an enjoyable game and as George says, we learned so much in this game, thanks for the positive comments 👍🏻

Thank you, much appreciated… very tough indeed, we will have to look at tactics and options for next time they are fielded. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

Thank you, great to get positive feedback 👍🏻 We have more planned, some different armies and even building some Epic Hail Caesar too!

Glad you like them! We are planning more with different armies. Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

Haha, yes I love it too! I won it at the UKGE raffle on Duncan’s Band of Brothers tables 👍🏻

Thank you, we enjoyed it very much! Lots of laughs off camera as we try to learn the rules… we are planning more and are both working on the new Epic Hail Caesar Punic Wars, so hopefully some battles in that area too 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures looking forward to it! 😊

Us too 😉😊

Thabk you, the comment is very much appreciated 👍🏻 The bases were from Supreme Littleness Designs… however they are no longer trading and I can’t find anyone else who makes these… I will keep looking!

@@theministryofminiatures ah ok thanks for letting me know. All the best

@marksfishfrenzy sorry, I have been looking… I could do with more, I might approach someone on ebay/facebook who does MDF bases to see if he can do them… otherwise I don’t have any recommendations 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you, we always really appreciate the positive comments as it helps us know that we are doing something right 👍🏻 Ee have more planned as we both really enjoy the system and figures. Thanks again

No German infantry AND MMG’s both team and vehicles get it. It gives an extra d6 per machine gun… if you read the second sentence on Hitlers buzz saw on page 17 it also says both infantry and vehicles get this rule. You may be using version 1 Armies of Germany rules and not the newer second edition Armies of Germany.

@@theministryofminiatures you are correct, I was looking at the first edition book. Thanks for the help!

Thank you very much. We are glad you enjoyed the game.

Huge thanks, we both had a great game getting to grips with the rules and testing some different armies… more to come soon 👍🏻

@@theministryofminiatures I’m a big fan of Warlord’s big battle games: BP, PS and HC and these report scratch that itch!!

Thank you, it was a fun game 👍🏻

Thanks, might be worth looking at.. it’s only our second Hail Caesar battle and the first time with a phalanx so hopefully we can try something to help the gauls! Thanks for the suggestion 👍🏻

This is a very useful home rule. We may give it a try....Especially whenever I am facing phalanxes.....

Lol, now we change the phalanx rule! 😂

​@@theministryofminiatures Depends ....

I know, we might play Romans 😂

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoy the videos.

Thanks! It was great fun and a good learning experience for both the rules and how each army works! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

Yes they are 15mm; they say so right at the beginning.

Thanks 👍🏻

Yes 15mm, these are George’s figures and they are very nice indeed. We are currently working on the new Epic Hail Caesar Punic War set which is slightly smaller! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

What make are the minis from?

​@@discok33 Hi. The Gauls are mostly Blue Moon. The Greeks are Xyston. I hope that helps.

Thank you, hope you enjoy it 👍🏻

@@levsharus5899 maybe, but we are learning the game and the differences between armies, so was a good trial… I think the Greeks would have just wheeled round anyway and formed a wedge… maybe next time I will try the flanking, although the cavalry and chariots tried that and look what happened to them 😂😬🤷🏻‍♂️ Hope you enjoyed it nonetheless 👍🏻 Cheers

@@theministryofminiatures good luck next time

@levsharus5899 thank you! I will have to go back to being Romans, much more along the lines of my gaming style!

Thank you for the positive comments, it was a fun game! I bought the bases a few years ago, but I don’t think they are produced anymore… I keep looking for more as they are very handy, but am still to find some more! Thanks again

@@theministryofminiatures Maybe a good thing to have 3D printed? A possible option I just thought of!!👍

There is a stone wall section in the middle of the field that we both agreed would be hard cover. Hope that helps? Thanks

Right you are 👍🏻

Yes you did indeed, I was worried for the first half, my tough vets held me in the game, but as the points increase and your knowledge and skill improve I think you will be a tough opponent! Well done, the video came out really well and I am also look forward to out next match…. As well as the plans for after the small escalation campaign, now that is exciting! 😉👍🏻

Thank you, always good to have new fellow RUclipsrs subscribed! The trees were scratch built by George in our group, he has made a few over the years and they are very nice 👍🏻 The D-Day Airborne are mostly Warlord, they still do the metal models for the Airborne, I also picked up a couple of third party, but all the ones in this video are Warlord👍🏻

Hi Rick… you would know if anyone would👍🏻 Unless it’s Saruman and you’re building an army worthy of Mordor!? 😂 Chris will be a great player, he is picking up the rules quickly and is building and painting his army at a blistering pace, so will likely add a load of the Gucci stuff before too long!

Hey @rickfryer2934 👋. I am in two minds about how to play the Germans in this scenario, for sure. I feel I almost had him on the ropes for a moment in this game. Your suggestion of a flamer in a transport is a great one though. I think I will need to wait until the 1k game for that though perhaps because I don't have the mini for it yet haha.

@@BitzKrieg. You will have to buy some more stuff to be competed, I bought a load of stuff that I don't use as they are not competetive. Depends on what your aim is, is it to have thematic fun games or games where you really want to win. I loose loads of games to Justin and I really want to win so I go as competetive as possible. Or you could wait for version 3 which will make germany great, possibly!

@rickfryer2934 I must say… I do prefer the themed games, multiple multi rocket launchers are neither nice nor fun to play against, fortunately you don’t bring them to every game… the commando radio tower game was fun, even though I lost heavily to a non competitive German army! I just like to enjoy the game and have a bit of fun, too competitive gets too stressful for me, but I understand why people like those armies and occasionally is fun… but I wouldn’t want to play both of you with constant competitive German armies. Hopefully Chris will find a balance and enjoy the game 👍🏻 In the meantime, see you Friday!

@@theministryofminiatures Well I am bringing a Hummel this Friday, oh and a multi rocket launcher. I chose to build a German army because they have so many unique tanks and other vehicles. I love building and painting them and they look great on the table, sadly the way the game is written very few of any nations tanks are competetive. As you say Bolt Action is primarily an Infantry game, which means that if I bring a Panther against your infantry then I am unlikely to win. look what happened in that radio tower game when you did bring a Churchill against my camping german force. My army with two FT17's wrecked your infantry!

Thank you, really appreciate the positive comments, Chris and I have mire games planned to get him up to Speed with his new army, just in time for Bolt Action version 3! Thanks again 👍🏻

Yeah, the Airbourne minis look even better in person, and they look sweet on the bat rep!

@BitzKrieg. Thank you, very kind… I just need to finish the next 250 points worth… but been busy with epic Hail Caesar and building the Tank Factory!!!

Thank you… I have been building up the collection for a while and this was a great opportunity for me to finally start painting them. There are more to come as we escalate the armies and play another game! Thank you for your comment 👍🏻

Thank you, Chris is new to the game and so it is a good way to get him up and running… he is also getting the hang of the game quite quickly so I am sure he will become a worthy opponent! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

Thank you 👍🏻 It was a very close game!