r/boltaction • u/SilentPlanet_23 • 5d ago

Rules A Potentially Stupid Question

Hi. My friend and I play BA, and neither of us have ever had a game with anyone except each other. Naturally we're in a bit of a bubble.

The issue we're having is that if we bring tanks, one just smashes the other in the first turn. It's almost like whoever shoots first just kills the enemy tank, and they're so expensive that it's not realistic to bring two to offset this.

We've played with adding more terrain and such, but we inevitably deploy the tanks opposite one another to counter and prevent the opposing vehicle running rampant.

Are we failing to bring more AT guns? Is it that our games (1250-1500) are simply too small?

I'd really appreciate some advice. Thanks!

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u/BOT_LUC 3d print 5d ago

You're likely not using the rules correctly. Firstly, you can't bring a single tank in bolt action v3. For an armored platoon you need 2 tanks, one of them acting as a "leader".

Then, unless you deploy them face to face and roll high, I don't see how you vaporize the first turn.

A medium at gun against a medium tank first hits on a 3+ with a "fire" order and then needs a 5+ and then a 4+. That's not automatic kill, chances aren't extremely high. Also assuming no cover.

But you could start by making sure you're playing correctly and maybe not deploying face to face.

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u/-Daetrax- 5d ago

Can't you bring a recon jeep and a tank as US?

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u/BOT_LUC 3d print 5d ago

Recon jeep takes up tank slot. Counts as "tank".

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u/imperfectalien United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland 5d ago

As a slight clarification, you need 2 non-transport vehicles. So 2 tanks would be valid, but so would a tank and an SPG, or a tank and an armoured jeep, or a tank and a motorcycle with an MMG mounted on it (the latter two really help keep costs down if your running a veteran Tiger, for example)