This campaign book seeks to help wargamers recreate the incredible struggles between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army for control of the region between the Don and Volga rivers – ultimately centring on the city of Stalingrad.

This six-month-long battle saw some of the fiercest fighting of the war, with each side losing hundreds of thousands of men and culminating in the encirclement and eventual destruction of the German Sixth Army.

While this book provides a historical overview of the Stalingrad campaign, its primary purpose is to provide new scenarios, rules, and inspiration to help wargamers bring this bitter struggle to life on the tabletop.

This book covers the southern region of the Ostfront from August 1942 to February 1943 including:

• The opposed crossing of the Don River
• The dash to the Volga river by German mobile divisions
• Soviet counter-attacks against the German cordon of Stalingrad
• The fighting for control of the city of Stalingrad
• Operation Uranus and the subsequent encirclement of the German Sixth Army
• Operation Winter Tempest: Manstein’s attempt to break the encirclement of the Sixth Army
• The final destruction of the Sixth Army

Bolt Action's next step within its gaming world is exploring the downfall of the Third Reich. Diving through the Eastern front, you'll be able to learn about the very bloody and arduous operations both Germany and the Soviets endured, and the uprising of the Polish AK and Czech forces. With unrelenting leadership and an absurd amount of 'political motivation', the Russians finally managed to expose Nazi Germany after brutal years of fighting.

In June 1944 the Axis powers in Europe were about to be subjected to two major hammer blows. In the West, the final preparations were being made for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Western Europe. In the East, the Red Army was planning a massive offensive, with bold objectives to critically damage the German Army and eject it entirely from the Soviet Union and, by pushing deep into Poland, providing the springboard for later offensives that would eventually find the Red Army in the streets of Berlin ushering in the final collapse of Hitler's Third Reich.

For the Germans, a sense of fatalism began to grow, whilst amongst the Soviets, spirits rose. After the months of crushing defeats, encirclements and mass capitulations, the Germans were finally revealed to be beatable and their aura of invincibility had finally been ripped aside. This is well illustrated by a common story from the end of the Stalingrad operations where Soviet troops harassing sullen German prisoners, pointed at the remains of the devastated city and screamed that it would only be a matter of time before Berlin resembled the ruins of Stalingrad.

Contained within in the 148 pages of detailed text, breathtaking imagery and full-colour art, this book also has:

Campaign Overview

Operation Bargration

• Fighting Bargration
  • Which includes scenarios, special rules and historical context
• Bargration Theatre Selectors
  • Which includes famous platoons such as the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, German Heavy Tank Abteilung and the 5th Panzer Division!
• Additional German Units
  • Scenario 1: The Tigers of Krupki
  • Scenario 2: The battle of Pleshchenitsy
  • Scenario 3: The '34'

Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive

• Fighting the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive
  • Which includes scenarios, special rules and Lvov-Sandomierz specific scenarios
• Lvov-Sandomierz theatre selectors
• Scenario 4: big game hunting
  • Which includes a hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Aleksandr P. Oskin

The Warsaw Uprising

• Fighting the Warsaw uprising
  • Which includes scenarios, special rules and Warsaw uprising specific scenarios
• Warsaw uprising theatre selectors
• Armia krajowa theatre selector
  • Which includes additional Armia Krajowa Units and German Warsaw Uprising Units
• Scenario 5: Man the barricades
• Scenario 6: Kubus and the grey wolf

The Struggle Continues

• Fighting 'the struggle continues'
  • Which includes scenarios, special rules for ghost wars and the Struggle Continues Theatre Selectors
• NKVD Theatre Selector
• NKVD Additional Units

Clearing The Flanks

• Scenario 7: Breakout from Petsamo

The Vistula-Oder Offensive

• Fighting the Vistula-Oder offensive
  • Which includes General Scenarios and Vistula-Oder Scenarios
• Vistula-Oder offensive theatre selectors
• Scenario 8: 'the Ivan's are coming...'
• Scenario 9: race to the Pileca river
• Scenario 10: an unexpected encounter

Operation Berlin

• Fighting Operation Berlin
• Scenarios
  • Which include General Scenarios and special rules for Operation Berlin Scenarios
• Operation Berlin theatre selectors
  • Which include the extended Last Levy Theatre Selector and the replacement Panzer Force
• Additional German Units
  • Which include The German Replacement Army and a hero of the Soviet Union, junior Sergeant Vasily Kharinaevich Khantaev
• Scenario 11: The Seelow heights
• Scenario 12: Tank hunting
• Scenario 13: Berlin: crossing the spree

The Prague Uprising

• Fighting the Prague uprising
  • Which includes scenarios, general scenarios, Prague specific scenarios and The ROA
• ROA theatre selector
• Additional Units
• Scenario 14: The Prague uprising: enter the ROA

Appendices: Additional Special Rules

• Snow, mud, ice and frostbite
• Dug-in: foxholes, trenches and gun pits
• Minefields
• City fighting

When compared to the enormous campaigns waged on the Eastern Front and in Western Europe during World War II, the struggle in North Africa between the British Commonwealth and the Axis might seem an unimportant sideshow. However, its influence and impact were far-reaching and dictated many strategic decisions that influenced the course of the war.

This Bolt Action campaign book will focus on the conflict in the area most commonly referred to as the Western Desert - a campaign theatre reaching from the Libyan city of Tripoli to Cairo, and the Egyptian Nile valley, a distance of some 1300 miles, a featuring some of the most hostile terrains on Earth.

It covers a period of time from September 1940 when Mussolini's Italian Army invaded British-held Egypt to the final retreat of Rommel's Afrika Korps from Egypt during October 1942. During that period the conflict witnessed much hard fighting resulting in spectacular victories and the capture of territory, equipment and prisoners for both sides whilst also subjecting them to a series of demoralising retreats were final and irrevocable defeat seemed assured.

This book has 167 pages full of content, ranging from new rules and units, full-colour images, history and backgrounds and more!

What is This Book?

Campaign Background

• Operation Compass: The Fighting Begins
• Scenario 1: Frontier Battle
  • The Italians Invade!
• Scenario 2: Fort Nibeiwa, 9 December 1940
• Scenario 3: The Battle for Bardia, 4 January 1941
  • On To Tobruk and the Race to Beda Fomm
• Scenario 4: Tank Clash at Mechili, 24 January 1941
• Scenario 5: Fox killed in the Open, 5 February 1941

Operation Sonnenblume

• Scenario 6: Mersa Brega, 31 March 1941
  • The Siege of Tobruk
• Scenario 7: Ras El Madauur, 13 April 1941

Operation Brevity and Battleaxe

• Scenario 8: Hellfire Pass, 15 June 1941

Operation Crusader

• Scenario 9: Bir El Gubi, 19 November 1941
• Scenario 10: Gabr Saleh, 19 November 1941
• Scenario 11: Point 175, 29 November 1941
  • Crusader Finale

Gazala: Rommel's Greatest Victory

• Scenario 12: The Cauldron, 1 June 1942
• Scenario 13: Bir Hakeim, 27 May 1942
  • The Jewish Brigade at Bir-El Harmat
• Scenario 14: Bir-El Harmat 2 June 1942

El Alamein: The End of the Beginning

• First Alamein
• Last Chance for Rommel: Alam Halfa
• Scenario 15: Alam Halfa, 31 August 1942
  • El Alamein
  • Operation Lightfoot
  • The Battle continues
• Scenario 16: Outpost Snipe, 27 October 1942
  • Operation Supercharge
• Scenario 17: The Charge of the 9th Armoured, Tel El Aqqaqir, 2 November 1942

Raid Scenarios

• Scenario 18: Dawn Raid
• Scenario 19: The Via Balbia Raid, 27 May 1942

British and Commonwealth New Units

Infantry Squads and Teams
Vehicles

Italian New Units

• Infantry Squads and Teams
• Artillery
• Vehicles

German New Units

• Infantry Squads and Teams
• Vehicles
• Artillery

Theatre Selectors

• British and Commonwealth
• Commonwealth Armies in Bolt Action
• Italian Theatre Selectors
• The Afrika Korps in Bolt Action

Free French Forces in the Western Desert

• Free French Units

Special Forces in the Western Desert Campaign

• Special Forces in Bolt Action
• British Special Forces in the Western Desert
• Italian Special Forces and Desert Raiders
• German Special Forces

Heroes of the Western Desert

• British and Commonwealth
• German

Special Rules for Fighting Bolt Action Games in the Western Desert

• Typical Terrain types for the Western Desert
• Roads and Tracks
• Desert Climate Effects
• Environmental Effects
• Weather Effects
• Desert Combat Special Rules
• Dug-In: Foxholes, Trenches and Gun Pits
• Minefields

The heat builds up as we go from one theatre with extreme conditions to another, this time desert warfare in the campaigns in Africa, Italy and Crete.

Packed with explosive action from the initial clashes between the British and Italian armies in Libya, and Britain’s first unexpected victories, through the ill-fated British expedition to protect Greece from Hitler’s invading troops, and the subsequent desperate battles of British and Commonwealth forces in Crete against determined German paratroopers.

From there we move onto the epic tank duels in the deserts of North Africa as Hitler reinforced Mussolini’s battered forces with the deadly Afrika Korps, and the ultimate showdown between two legendary desert commanders, Rommel and Montgomery, at El Alamein.

This 136-page rulebook is packed full of history, vehicles, units, characters, missions and rules reflecting the harsh climate and desperate battles of the campaigns.

Taking you to the other side of the World, far from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa the battles of WWII continued in the Pacific. As Allied forces fought a very different war against the Japanese forces, from the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australia.

This new Theatre Book for Bolt Action allows players to command the spearhead of the lightning Japanese conquests in the East or to fight tooth and nail as Chindits, US Marines and other Allied troops to halt the advance and drive them back. Scenarios, special rules and new units give players everything they need to recreate the ferocious battles and campaigns of the Far East, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, Singapore, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and beyond.

Take your games of Bolt Action further with this epic supplement book from Warlord Games.

The vast Soviet military machine that invaded Finland during the Winter War of 1939-1940 was stunned by the lightly armed but intensely motivated and skilled Finnish troops. The Soviets were outfought despite the hugely superior weight of numbers. Although eventually seeking terms the Finns had delivered a harsh lesson to their stout neighbours.

When the Soviet Union, having by then joined the Allies, attacked in 1941, the Finns were left with little option but to side with Germany in a conflict known as the Continuation War, making good use of German weaponry.

The Finns were masters of fieldcraft, sniping, and small unit tactics that hit hard then disappeared into the dense forests. Their weapons were light but used with great dexterity, and many made use of captured Russian kit as there was always plenty left behind after the Finns had struck.

Contains:

• 9x Metal Figures

In 1939, Germany shattered the peace of Europe with a lightning strike against Poland, and then later capturing Denmark and Norway before launching its famous Blitzkeirg against France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In under two year, Nazi Germany had become the master of mainland Europe. This theatre book allows players to command armies of German tanks driving across the continent or to lead desperate defence of the outgunned allied armies.

This book includes new scenarios, special rules and units that give players everything the need to recreate the devastating battle and campaigns of the early war in Europe.

Take charge of Operation Barbarossa and drive towards Moscow or command the steadfast defenders of the Soviet Union. From the early battles for Leningrad and Sevastopol to the tank clash of Kursk and the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, this new Theatre Book for Bolt Action provides wargamers with new scenarios and special rules that give them everything they need to focus their gaming on the Eastern Front.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Special Rules
• Scenarios

Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level – armoured warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the scenarios, army options and special rules found in this book. Whether you want to add more armour to your existing armies or build an entirely armoured force, Tank War has you covered.

Contents

• Introduction
• Special Rules
• Scenarios

The Sd.Kfz 250/1 was a reconnaissance and transport half-track mainly used by scout and HQ units. The vehicle was a shortened version of the ubiquitous Sd.Kfz 251 Hanomag series and much like its longer cousin there were many variants fulfilling different roles, such as cable carriers, ammunition carriers and radio carriers, amongst others. It carried six men including the driver and the co-driver and was armed with two pintle-mounted MG34 machine guns, one shielded forward-facing and the other covering the rear and air.

This model is based on the original 'Alt' (old) version which served through World War II with the forces of Germany in all theatres as well as with their Romanian allies. Contains: 1x Sd.Kfz 250. Multiple Variants. 1x Crew Sprue

There are enough parts to build one of the following versions:

• Sd.Kfz 250/1 - the standard version of this armoured half-track.
• Sd.Kfz 250/9 - fully enclosed reconnaissance variant with a turret mounting a 2cm automatic cannon.
• Sd.kfz 250/11 - platoon commander's half-track with the forward machine gun replaced by a 2.8cm Panzerbuchse 41 squeezebore anti-tank rifle with co-axial machine gun.
• Includes crew figures with separate heads wearing regular or winter uniforms.

After Napoleon entered Paris and started the Hundred Days campaign, King William II of Prussia recalled Blücher from his retirement in Silesia and set him the task of facing down the upstart Frenchman. He was placed in command of the Army of the Lower Rhine and quickly marched west to join the Anglo-Dutch allies, hoping to consolidate their forces.

Unfortunately, the Prussian army was hastily assembled and pressed into the field ill-equipped and poorly trained. Over a third of the force was Landwehr (militia), some of which marched barefoot to war. At the Battle of Ligny the Prussian army faced Napoleon directly and was roundly beaten, Blücher himself being trapped injured under his dead horse for hours. The Battle of Waterloo provided a chance at redemption.

Contains:

• 1x Bespoke A5 Softback Black Powder: Epic Battles Rulebook
• 1x Full-colour Assembly and Painting Guide
• 1x Full-colour Flag Sheet
• 8x Mounted Brigade Commanders
• 8x Units of Prussian Line Infantry (80 men per unit)
• 5x Units of Landwehr Infantry (80 men per unit)
• 2x Units of Ranked up Jagers (80 men per unit)
• 35x Skirmishing Jagers
• 5x Bases of Landwehr Cavalry
• 3x Bases of Prussian Dragoons
• 3x Bases of Prussian Uhlans
• 3x Bases of Prussian Hussars
• 1x 2-pdr Foot Artillery Battery (8 guns)
• 1x 6-pdr Horse Artillery Battery (3 guns)
• 1x Windmill MDF Scenery Piece
• 6x D6 dice

Can you succeed where Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army failed? Can you capture the farm at Papelotte from the Allied garrison before the Prussians enter the field during the battle of Waterloo, or will your valiant Nassau defenders see off the savage assaults of Les Bleus?

Included in this pack is a laser-cut Black Powder Epic Battles scale model of the Papelotte farm complex. Use it to add more authenticity to your games set during the Napoleonic Wars.

The village of Plancenoit saw bitter hand-to-hand fighting and close-quarters carnage as von Bulow's Prussian IV Korps entered the fray at Waterloo. Will your French army wrestle back control of this key strategic position for the Emperor or will your grim and resolute Prussians sweep away the hated French and carry victory for von Blucher's army?

Included in this pack is a laser-cut Black Powder Epic Battles scale model of the church at Plancenoit along with outer cemetery walls and gravestones. Use it to add more authenticity to your games set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Thousands of cavalry rode with the Prussian army, forming intimidating walls of charging horse flesh. The Dragoons formed the shock heavy cavalry, pounding the enemy, while the more numerous Hussars acted as the eyes and ears of the divisions. It was brave lance-armed Uhlans that charged to Blüchers rescue at Ligny. Following behind, ahead of the main army, were the skirmishing Jager (hunter) light infantry.

While the cavalry ranged, searching for the enemy and attacking targets of opportunity, the 6-pounder horse artillery rapidly moved to position to lay down fire.

This plastic set provides enough models to field a complete brigade of three Prussian cavalry regiments (four bases of Hussars, three bases of Uhlans and four bases of Dragoons) along with three bases of Jagers skirmishing, and a 3-gun horse artillery 6-pdr battery.

Contains:

• 3x Epic Battles: Napoleonic Prussian Cavalry Plastic Sprues
• 3x Epic Battles: Plastic Base Sprues
• 1x Full-colour Napoleonic Prussian Flag Leaflet

Smartly dressed in sombre dark uniforms the ranked columns of Prussian infantry marched steadily to face Napoleon. Even after suffering a bitter defeat Ligny, in the midst of retreat, the disciplined professional soldiers were still able to muster their resolve and turn to England's aid, falling on Napoleon's flank at the pivotal moment during the Battle of Waterloo.

Hundreds of men marched and fought in formation, led by able commanders, and supported by the furious roar of 12-pounder artillery batteries. The timing of Prussia's arrival at Waterloo proved impeccable.

This plastic set provides enough models to field a complete brigade of three Prussian line or light infantry regiments of 80 men each, three bases of jägers, a 3-gun Foot Artillery 12-pdr battery and three mounted brigade commanders.

Contains:

• 3x Epic Battles: Napoleonic Prussian Infantry Plastic Sprues
• 3x Epic Battles: Plastic Base Sprues
• 1x Full-colour Napoleonic Prussian Flag Leaflet

After losing to Napoleon in 1806 the Treaty of Tilsit neutered the Prussian army, allowing the once proud country only a tiny standing army. Despite ingenious efforts to circumvent the wording of the treaty, the Prussian army that mustered to fight in the Hundred Days campaign was mostly made from volunteer Landwehr militia (literally, country defenders).

Ill-equipped and poorly trained, the Landwehr infantry and cavalry regiments made up for this deficit with sheer numbers and fierce determination. Regardless of the Landwehr quality, the elite Jager (hunter) units still skirmish ahead, protecting them and harrying the enemy.

This plastic set provides enough models to field a complete brigade of three Prussian Landwehr regiments of 80 men each, 1 regiment of Landwehr cavalry, consisting of three bases of cavalry, and a 3-gun Horse Artillery 6-pdr battery.

Contains:

• 3x Epic Battles: Napoleonic Prussian Landwehr Plastic Sprues
• 3x Epic Battles: Plastic Base Sprues
• 1x Full-colour Napoleonic Prussian Flag Leaflet

The battles of World War Two ravaged the entire world. Where the Band of Brothers starter set is very much concerned with the European Theatre in the wake of D-Day, our brand new starter set shifts focus to the Pacific, pitting the United States Marine Corps against Japanese Island defenders in some of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the War.

The new starter set is focused on the island-hopping campaigns enacted by the US to reclaim Japanese advances. Unlike the land war that raged in Europe, North Africa, and the Soviet Union, where vast armies of tanks and infantry could manoeuvre and fight over large tracts of open ground, the Pacific campaign was fought mostly on a series of relatively small islands, densely packed with jungles and protected by the sea. Each island had to be landed on, fought for, and the defenders rooted out of, individually.

Containing two opposing forces set amongst the many islands in the Pacific theatre, Island Assault! contains the Bolt Action 2nd edition rules as well as a scenario booklet guiding you through your first steps in the game. Before long you'll be adding to your new army and wreaking havoc on your foes be they fighting for Uncle Sam or the Emperor!

Contains:

• 1x Bolt Action A5 Rulebook
• 1x Island Assault booklet
• 24x Imperial Japanese Army soldiers
• 1x Chi-Ha tank
• 24x US Marines
• 1x M3A1 Half-track
• 10x Order Dice
• 10x D6 Dice
• 1x Pin marker sprue
• 1x Template sprue
• 1x Pillbox
• 2x Spiderholes

5x 28mm Metal Mythic Americas miniatures.

Wolves – A melee beast unit, Wolves can manoeuvre through large areas of the battlefield with their Fast 8 movement. With two hand-to-hand attacks per model, Wolves deal out a reliable number of attacks on the charge. Their average stats make them somewhat fragile but by retaining a Run order they can greatly increase their chances of completing a charge on the enemy.

The new Mythic Americas version of Warlords of Erehwon still keeps at its heart a singular objective in mind – to allow for fast-paced and exciting miniature battles upon a standard-sized table between rival forces known as Warbands. A Warband represents your own band of warriors – courageous humans, blood-thirsty monsters, legendary heroes, and mythological entities from the depths of the darkest myths.

Mythic Americas: Warlords of Erehwon provides a new multi-level, scenario-driven approach to your games. This approach offers plenty of opportunities to reward tactical play, but at the same time keeps things manageable in terms of the size of forces and space required. The game still uses ten-sided and Order dice, making for a game with mechanical depth and considerable adaptability. The Order dice test system, at the mechanical core of Mythic Americas, and an extremely balanced rules set offers Warband leaders great tactical freedom, but the game still offers lots of opportunity for fate and chance to have a say in the outcome of your battles. But, every experienced general throughout the ages knows that fate and chance will test even the most ingenious battle plan!

This is The Way.

The Mythic Americas Starter Set includes:

• Aztec Starter warband:
  • 1 Tlalocan High Priest Hero unit (INCLUDING 4 Bound-Dead Bodyguards. 5 models)
  • 2 Tlalocan-Bound Dead WARRIOR units (10 models)
• Tribal Nations Starter warband:
  • 1 Sachem Warlord Unit (INCLUDING 2 Mohawk Warrior Bodyguards - 3 models)
  • 1 Mohawk Warrior UNITS (5 models)
  • 1 Seneca Warrior UNITS (5 models)
• Dice
• Softback Rulebook
• Game Cards
• Tokens

The new Mythic Americas version of Warlords of Erehwon still keeps at its heart a singular objective in mind – to allow for fast-paced and exciting miniature battles upon a standard-sized table between rival forces known as Warbands. A Warband represents your own band of warriors – courageous humans, blood-thirsty monsters, legendary heroes, and mythological entities from the depths of the darkest myths.

Mythic Americas: Warlords of Erehwon provides a new multi-level, scenario-driven approach to your games. This approach offers plenty of opportunities to reward tactical play, but at the same time keeps things manageable in terms of the size of forces and space required. The game still uses ten-sided and Order dice, making for a game with mechanical depth and considerable adaptability. The Order dice test system, at the mechanical core of Mythic Americas, and an extremely balanced rules set offers Warband leaders great tactical freedom, but the game still offers lots of opportunity for fate and chance to have a say in the outcome of your battles. But, every experienced general throughout the ages knows that fate and chance will test even the most ingenious battle plan!

This is The Way.

This hardback rulebook contains all the rules you need to get playing, a wealth of scenarios and four full army lists for the Tribal Nations, The Aztecs, The Mayans, and The Incas. It also includes a background with tactical tips and painting tips for each of the four warbands.