Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Saturday, 7 February 2026

Gaming - Revolutionary in fighting

 We had a game today with a bit of on fighting , Left and Right Socialist revolutionaries try to sort out who is the most revolutionary.

Martin had the table set up ready to go . His and Andy’s guys on the right . John’s and mine on the left.

Martin wanted to use Bolt Action rather than STEA. The key differences :-

1) BA activation by dice colour and then choose which unit to apply it to , versus specific unit activation by card - both are randomised . BA then need to activate based on morale . 
2) There seems to be desire to know exactly how far your units will move (BA ) rather than rolling for it (STEA) and also using officers to to give a move bonus . 
3)the to hit d6 working outs are similar  , but with BA you need to convert the hits to kills. STEA you are just dead. . STEA treats heavy weopnan / guns, vehicies very differently in terms of damage effects.
4) melee favours the active side in BA , STEA it’s effectively simultaneous. 
5) both have a morale system that accumulated losses impact on . 


Set up

My new cavalry deploy 

Our units in the centre 

We are also looking for campaign character- we find her in this building .

Andy’s sailors move toward the wood .


My field gun deploys to give support to my advancing infantry .


The firing starts - Andy’s gun crew decide to bug out before firing a shot

My sailors advance 

 


My forces mass and move forward 

My cavalry advance 

Advance toward to armoured car and seek cover 


 

My cavalry have destroyed Andy’s cavalry and are on his back board .
 
Altogether a good game . Somewhat dominated by Andy’s inability to activate consistently which really caused him issues . My dice were pretty good and lots of new units did well .the Left revolutionaries celebrated their victory 

I am looking at building a few buildings from scratch for this too . Example ideas below





Always things to do ! 





















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