You hate rolling lots of dice (remember, full auto!), or you insist that wars ended in 1945. Also, if you love close combat—bayonets are rare in an era of submachine guns.
The model range is stunning, but don't feel locked in. These rules work perfectly with 15mm miniatures if you want to play huge battles, or 28mm for that gritty Spectre Operations vibe. Bolt Action Cold War Rules
For years, the question in the historical wargaming community has been: "Can I use my Bolt Action rules to play the Korean War or the Vietnam War?" The answer was usually a messy mix of homebrew stat sheets and squinting at T-55s pretending they were late-war Panzers. You hate rolling lots of dice (remember, full auto
You are tired of the WWII setting but love the flow of Bolt Action. You want to play We Were Soldiers or The Pentagon Wars on the tabletop. The rules are 85% familiar, 15% thrillingly new. These rules work perfectly with 15mm miniatures if
The first thing to note is the scope. The rules cover everything from the immediate post-war clashes (think Arab-Israeli wars) all the way up to the late Cold War (Soviet-Afghan War, Falklands, and hypothetical WWIII in 1985). This means your plastic army men are finally legal. You aren't just fighting Nazis anymore; you are fighting ideology.