Chris Abbey at Sally 4th just published a very nice battle report on a Sea Lion game he ran with Combat Patrol from the Bolt Action scenario book. See the details here.
More information about the rules can be found on Sally 4th’s page or the rules’ Web page.
Greg, one of the guys in our gaming group, suggested that I create a set of cards for the units in this starter set. Warlord released the starter set along with Bolt Action 2. It appears that a number of Bolt Acton players have been attracted to Combat Patrol. I created a set of unit cards for the units that come in this set. You can download them from the Combat Patrol Web page, print them, cut them out, and use them to try Combat Patrol. Scroll down to the free stuff toward the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Over the longish weekend, I had a chance to knock out a terrain project that I have wanted to create for some time. After completing some alien bugs using glitter paint, one of my buddies suggested the leftover glitter paint would make cool rock formations.
I began this project by using a foam cutter to carve the bits of foam. Then I glued them together with Eileen’s Tacky Glue.
Once dry, I gave them a thick coat of Krylon foam primer. This was one of the reasons I wanted to take on this project — to see if the foam primer works as advertised. They promise that you can spare this over foam and then use normal spray paint without fear of the paint causing the foam to melt. It worked! After spraying the primer on the foam, I then coated the rock formation with Krylon dark brown, camouflage, matte paint. Without the primer, the rock formation would have been a melted mess.
After the brown base coat dried, I then sprayed most of the formation with the green glitter blast paint. I thought that the rocks didn’t look right all green, so I sprayed the lower sections and undercuts with Testors Dirt Mugre rock texture paint. The final result is pretty good, I think. They will be suitable alien-looking terrain pieces for a science fiction game.
I completed a new demonstration video for Combat Patrol(TM) over the weekend. This one focuses on how to resolve grenades and high explosive attacks. It is visible on both the Combat Patrol(TM) Web page and on the Combat Patrol(TM) Facebook page.
I hope you find this page useful and interesting.
Due to a conflict with our venue, we have changed the dates for Barrage 2017. Please mark your calendars.
Where to get Combat Patrol™: World War II:
Start sets (two Action decks, an Activation deck, and the printed rulebook can be purchases from Sally 4th (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Combat-Patrol) and On Military Matters (http://onmilitarymatters.com/pages/dfindex.php).
See http://www.bucksurdu.com/Buck_Surdu/Combat_Patrol.html for more information about Combat Patrol™: World War II, including demonstration videos and lots of free downloads.
Some months back, I invested in the Sally 4th Exotic Locations Kickstarter. As a nut for Casablanca, the Rick’s Cafe American doorway was enough to entice me.
Exotic Locations uses Sally 4th’s terra blocks system. When I bought into the Kickstarter, I bought Rick’s Cafe, the Souk, the Museum, and the Egyptian house. These will make nice sets for Pulp games.
Part of what made this Kickstarter so attractive was the useful “set dressing” sets that came with the blocks.
In this picture you can see how the cubes can be assembled in many ways to create the set for an exciting pulp adventure with GASLIGHT or other rules.
When you ordered the Kickstarter you also received customized shipping crates to place on the set to block movement and line of fire.
Welcome to Rick’s!
The assembly instructions were very straightforward. After assembly, we painted all of the blocks with an off-white latex house paint mixed with fine sand. Then we attached the doors, window screens, and other accessories. I think they turned out quite nicely.
And dressed another way, it becomes an outdoor market.
In these pictures, I have shown no more than half the set dressings that came with these sets. There is a LOT of furniture.
Considering all you get with these sets, I think they are a tremendous value!
Some weeks ago, I started work on this pub from Sally 4th. When I originally ordered it, I ordered the photorealistic sheets for the interior, but not the wooden portions. They arrived a week or two ago, so I spent Saturday completing the building. I named my instance of the pub the Frog and Ferkin.
I am very pleased with the outcome of this this building.
This kit went together easily. All the parts fit nicely. The instructions were clear. The only part that needed trimming was the order that goes between the two floors to provide a lip on which the top floor fits. If you look closely in the picture below, you will see that I goofed it up a little.
Greg is getting excited about Sea Lion scenarios, so I’m sure the Frog and Ferkin pub will soon be a scene of action.
This weekend Chris’ Bones III Kickstarter set arrived. I didn’t order the Kickstarter, but I added these figures to Chris’ order. I got them from him on Friday and worked on them over Fathers’ Day.
I have begun to format the cards for the Japanese South Pacific supplement to Combat Patrol(TM): World War II. The Action Deck is largely the same as the basic rules. The difference will be in the morale section. For the Japanese cards, the morale results are more unit type results and fewer individual results. The graphics look more tropical as well.
The South Pacific set will include three Action Decks. For those who don’t want to buy the South Pacific set of Acton Decks, they can look up the serial number on the bottom of a card and index the result in a table in the South Pacific supplement. Other than the cards, the South Pacific supplement will be a free download, like all the other supplements.