Bolt Action Gentleman's War starter set - British 8th Army Vs German Afrika Korps DAK 

Enjoyed that. To be fair, the Desert War is the theatre where you can get away with not having scenery to begin with. Stick some books under a beige sheet and your good to go.

This is their best starter yet... More and more things are cropping up that I really want... The good thing about this set is that you can buy the starter army for DAK or the desert rats and it fits in perfectly.

Great video, gents. I get the feeling this set has been released with the idea that it could be used as a starter set for new peeps OR specifically for vet players looking to boost their existing armies!

Very nice. This looks like my favorite starter set from Warlord for Bolt Action.

Again, and I always say this on these - I love cool starter sets - and this qualifies!

Love the chat and the WW2 insights - thanks both - great video :)

Great show. Thank you

The see-sawing campaign was 'The Benghazi Handicap'. Because officers are horsey folk.

Tempting, very tempting. I am just waiting to see what Battlefront are going to release for Red Dawn, this if that is a bit meh then this will be my entry in to Bolt Action.

Great review. You are both gentlemen and scholars. I ordered the set after finishing your review. Also, Restless Kaiser, you have a bit of a Baron Attenborough look to you; I could definitely see you starring in the Great Escape!

This is a really good starter set. Very balanced and a great entry point. You can add a command box, a few special weapons teams, a tank and a transport and you’d have a very viable army without breaking the bank. Rubicon sells a 222 but it is not a gamers kit. Very detailed with loads of parts

How am I only discovering this channel now!? Great vid!

This is where I am going to be kicking off into the desert. This box set coupled with either the Africa Korp starting army ( Warlord Product Code 402612001), or the 8th Army Starter set ( Warlord Product Code 402611001). You would have damn near everything you will ever need to have an entire Platoon.

Awesome set!

Yeah having the light mortar in with my japanese infantry is pretty great.

Great video. 👍

Another great unboxing - thanks - Sold! I've been holding off getting into a new theatre but I have all the scenery already from my modern North Africa / Middle East Spectre Ops obsession last year (the adobe houses pretty much work from ancient to modern at a pinch, so WW2 fits right in!), and this scratches my early war itch which I've yet to scratch! Expect an order imminently Mrs K!

could I get one of the 200 bolt action books you got now? 😂

The chas from Miltary History Visualised will be able to tell you what the letters mean ;)

2 things that would make the mortar better would be; - they are a separate choice to the medium and heavy mortars for the Brits. Because they were integral with the platoons and there all through the war, the company and battalion assets of the larger mortars mean that they shouldn't take the same unit choose slot. - Range - indirect fire should be 9" to 24", not 12" to 24" (dare I even suggest 6" to 24". The explosive was fairly naff and the 2" mortar was used to deploy smoke, especially from the middle towards the end of the war, so in terms of effectiveness it's probably about right. If the 2 changes above were done then it would be a viable choice, especially having the light mortar as separate choice to the other mortars. 👍🏻

Fun episode 👍

Do you know when a 2inch mortar is not garbage? When you don’t have it when you need it. Same applies with a PIAT. 😊

Actually you aren't right with MP40 it was standard infantry weapon (espetially for sqad leaders ) from start of war - mp38 was used and tested asi early as in atack on Poland. After fight against sovients in Urban combat - where soviets mass used ppsh41 they sometimes use Full assault squads with mp 40 , IT was standard.gun and over 1000 000 was made. As and smg IT was mostly for added volume od fire (learned from ww1) it helps enemy heads get Down when coverfiring when atacking. IT was used for vehicle crew as well but IT was common standard mass used infantry smg . And btw :D it is not a small gun IT is similar size as ak47s with folding Stock (that Stock is basicly a copy of MP40 Stock) i did handle a replica and IT is weirdly long for 9mm and with Stock IT is clumsy as IT is common to see most soldiers just used it without stock

While I agree the newer sprues are easier, I must say I prefer the more tricky option of seperate weapons as that gives us easier variation of poses and gear.. Otherwise it seems like a very good set for the money.

This is great! The one minor nitpick I have with this set is that it doesn't include any of the new Italian plastics. That's problematic as most of the DAK (to the surprise of many) were made up of Italians. Even the allied Anglo-American forces--when fighting Italians--didn't seem to know they were fighting Italians--including the DAK armor! They wrote down they were fighting Germans. Very sad that the Italians are remembered only for their mishaps and not their successes--of which there were many in North Africa, including the destruction and routing of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade. In nearly every successful DAK armored assault, there were predominantly Italian tanks and tankers that made it up. But I understand that Warlord wanted to have a 'German only' force against the 8th Army. I hope to see either some joint Italo-German forces vs 8th Army or some Italian vs 8th Army boxes at some point.

My box arrived. The good - lots of plastic :) The not-so-good - The vehicle models are fiddly to build, and the instructions are not great (the sprue has part numbers, so why not use them in the instructions?); you cannot actually build the forces pictured in the book with the sprues provided. A big problem for a 'starter' box aimed at newbies. I am an experienced model builder so I can work around these problems, but it really should be better than this.

dear sirs ....malairia ? malairia ! . my grandfather would have loved just to have malaria ..................he was a tank commander ( BRIT ) , they had to wash in petrol, as a result they got skin conditions, invaleded out to a captured italian ship, converted to a hospital ..... he was then torpedoed ! ( survived ).....i thiink he would have perfered just malaiia ... regards, love the banter