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Bolt Action Getting New D-Day Firefight Starter Set!
August 7, 2014 by brennon
Getting a release at the end of August Warlord Games will be giving you a whole new way to begin your battles in Bolt Action. D-Day Firefight will become the new Starter Set!
D-Day Firefight contains...
- Bolt Action mini-rulebook
- 1 modular plastic ruined farmhouse
- 10 plastic multi-pose 28mm German infantry
- 1 plastic 1:56 scale Sd.Kfz 251/1C Hanomag half-track
- 20 plastic multi-pose 28mm US Army troops
- Scenario booklet
- Quick reference sheet
- 60 Pin Markers
- 2 Rulers
- 8 order dice, two sets of 4 in two different colours
- 10 six sided dice
A mini-rulebook, a half-track, scenario booklet, quick reference sheet and pin-markers sound perfect and this looks like a decidedly better entrance level product for the game than Assault on Normandy. That was a good piece of kit and got me sorted with my Germans but this sounds like it could be even better.
It will be cool to see what scenarios they bring in with this set and if they help get you acquainted with the rules in a neat linked series of games.
Will you get this?
US infantry, again? Couldn’t they have a different country instead, say Britain. Then I might actually be interested in getting it to start a Bolt Action army.
Okay, mini-moan over.
I don’t know the price of this one, but if we say the same as the Assault on Normandy (£70), then you are getting far more for your money than the AoN starter.
– Old one was 40 infantry, 8 Order Dice, Rulebook and Ruined Building.
My guess is that the price will be increased, but by how much I don’t know.
Frankly, I honestly don’t know why people complain about GW’s prices, especially for the starter set, when you look at Assault on Normandy and what you get for its price.
As a starter set for any game system, it does seem to be very good: you get basic infantry along with a vehicle, so you can learn the basic rules for them without spending more money, you get some terrain to fight over, all the gaming tools you need to play with these models, and scenarios for you to try out.
I just think that the price is killing it as a starter box for me, currently. I’ll wait and see what the price of the new one is in comparison to AoN before passing judgement though
to be honest, if you were to buy this and assault on normandy, split the bill with a mate you’d have pretty much all you’d need to really get started, maybe a tank each but you’d have the lot.
40 yanks
30 germans
hanomag
main rule book
mini rule book
rulers, dice, pin markers
2 farm houses!
Bang. All sorted, find it hard to imagine this being designed to be purely a stand alone box (could use it like that) but you’d want to get the two for it to be of real use…
Starter set with a Sd.Kfz 251… if I only hadn’t just bought into FoW! What’s the price-point?
Another reason to gear up, save some money and jump into Bolt Action.
No way unless you buy two. I just bought into this game system and went with 500 point US Airborne and cool set of blue on maroon dice to back 82AA theme 90 bucks. Yeah I need the book, but I can throw in with a game at the local store now to learn the ropes. I’ll probly pick the book up with another squad, 500pt kit, or other support pieces later. O figure in for about $200 with a 1000+/- pt army.
As far as comparing with GW I did split two kits with my son to be able to play a decent army but had to shell out more to get to 1000-1500 point army
Either way I like the game system of selecting dice instead of I go you go for a change, but still playing 40k too.
So now that DDay Firefight is out what’s people opinions now. What one is better to start off with if you had to choose one ?
@ Bootleg.. the only thing I can really see is the Normandy set gives you the full hard cover rule book… while the D-Day Firefight gets you a vehicle… so I’d say if you are a rules person or want a force other than what is in the boxes, Normandy is better.. if you don’t mind the mini-book (to start with, or want it to add to your collection so you don’t have to carry the big book), or if you want to test out vehicle rules (not a bad idea!) then D-Day… my 2 cents, quid, or whatever…