Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The Bolt Action Alliance 2020 Mission Pack (PDF)


In 2016, as part of the Boltaction.net collective, I wrote a series of missions to give Bolt Action players new ways to play the game without changing the rules of the game. Back then, the original rulebook only contained 6 scenarios, all of which we had played to death at that point. As a long-time tournament player, I wanted to design a set of symmetrical, fair missions that players and tournament organisers could use to test their mettle that were fun and gave both players an equal chance to succeed.

As the author of 5 of the 6 missions in the 2016 version of this mission pack, I am overjoyed that scenarios like Heartbreak Ridge and Nuts are still being played across the world today. Given the calls for third edition, we at the Bolt Action Alliance thought that it would be a good time to refresh this mission pack, given years of player feedback, and once again give Bolt Action enthusiasts different ways to play the game without having to adapt or modify the game that we know and love so much.

You will find updated versions of 4 of the 6 missions contained in the original pack plus two “new” missions that missed the release of the 2016 pack but have been used and tested numerous times in Melbourne Bolt Action events since.

If you are using missions from this pack in a multiple game event, we recommend that 2 in 3 missions use objectives and 1 in 3 missions award victory according to units destroyed. You will notice that Break Out is the only mission in this pack that awards victory according to units destroyed, if you are looking for another, we recommend that you use No Man’s Land from the Bolt Action rulebook.

In conclusion, I would like to thank Bryan Cook for all of his hard work in laying this document out into an easy to use format, Anfernee Mason for helping to proofread, develop and playtest the original mission pack and Melbourne’s War All The Time club for providing the inspiration for Kitty Hawk Down.

We hope that you enjoy these missions and wish you luck on the battlefield.

Brad “Old Man Morin”

If you would like to download the PDF of this document click HERE.

2 comments:

  1. 3 of our missions are missing from the pack, notably Frontal Assault, Domination, and Seize And Hold. Will those be re-released in the future?

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    1. Domination wasn't in the official pack, I know cause it's not hosted anywhere anymore 😑

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