Bolt Action’s Campaign Fortress Budapest Appears For Friday Pre-Orders
January 24, 2019 by dracs
Warlord Games have yet more pre-orders coming out for Bolt Action, including the latest campaign book Fortress Budapest.
The Siege of Budapest
The latest edition of Bolt Action Campaign: Fortress Budapest goes up for pre-order this Friday (25th Jan), coming with a free Winter German frame.
This campaign book details the siege of Budapest as German and Hungarian forces stood against the encroaching Soviet armies.
The campaign books are a great way to liven up your Bolt Action games, letting you recreate some of the most engaging periods of history and field the armies involved in them.
Walzing Matilda
If you can't wait to get a pre-order in, the Matilda II Tank Troop is now up on the webstore.
The Matilda II was the only British tank to see service throughout WWII, starting out in Europe, before ending up in conflict with the Japanese. However, they are perhaps most well known for their role in the desert conflicts.
Of these two, I am particularly excited to hear more about Fortress Budapest. This is a part of the war which (surprise, surprise) I know practically nothing about, but the very set up for it promises for some gripping scenarios and I am interested in learning more about the events that took place.
Which part of WWII are you most interested in?
Hello All,
I too know very little about the campaign in and around Budapest. I think I will pick this up as both a historical reference book and a different way to play Eastern Front games.
it’s a wackey situation you’ve got a long siege in essentially two parts. It’s like Stalingrad in reverse. My Danes where nowhere close to it but I’ll be picking it up, the campaign books are excellent with additional rules, forces and scenarios
Did a little reading up on the siege last night and found it fascinating. With at least 3 SS divisions facing off against two Russian fronts with rivers, battlements and factories this looks like an incredible setting for games the size of Bolt Action and Chain of Command. Looking for pictures now to start designing tables to play out these games.
Good to see more of the eastern front getting some more attention.
Are there any build options in the Matilda box ? A close support howitzer or flamethrower barrel ( Aussie Frog ) would be a nice touch . And IRC there were also 2 different styles of 2pdr barrels , 2 commander’s cupolas , internal / external hinges on the mud shoot doors , plus single or twin exhaust pipes depending on engine ( AEC /Leyland ) on this Queen of the Desert. The joys of new kit anticipation….
Two really interesting releases. I love the Campaign books as I find them a good way to ‘ease in’ to a period of history I know a bit about but haven’t studied in any great detail. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Matilda II ever since reading ‘Tramp in Armour’ by Colin Forbes as a young teenager. I might even have been younger than that. It was the story of a tank being cut off behind German lines during the fall of France and them trying to follow the line of battle and get to Dunkirk. I absolutely… Read more »
Long term I would like a platoon of Mathildas for the desert and Early War Europe but, it’s the opportunity to field non German Axis platoons for Eastern front battles that I am really looking forward to. Particularly as German’s are so over represented.
I now have the Hungarian Army Box Bundle and the Fortress Budapest book. The Miniatures from the Honved Section are great and the book is probably the thickest book Warlord have published for Bolt Action. There are some great units and Theatre selectors in there.