Part two in a two-part series covering the Chicago Dice team at the premier Bolt Action tournament in the Midwest – Operation Sting. You can also read Part One. Mission overview – As the battle escalated, the fog of war turns the situation into chaos. The Axis forces are surrounded as the Allies close in…… Read More Operation Sting 2018 – Day Two Recap and Final Thoughts
Fourth and final in a series of articles covering Andrew, Ben, Dexter and Paul’s journey to Operation Sting 2018. Battle of Elsenborn Ridge – Double display Andrew and Ben – When we started working on army ideas not long after Adepticon and learned that Operation Sting would be set in 1944 this year, the Battle… Read More Road to Operation Sting – Part 4: The Display
Part one in a two-part series covering the Chicago Dice team at the premier Bolt Action tournament in the Midwest – Operation Sting. Our armies Andrew – German 506th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion Built around the impressive Trenchworx Jagdpanther I themed my platoon as part of the 506th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion. Running a 390pt tank and… Read More Operation Sting 2018 – Our Armies and Day One Recap
Ben, Dexter, Paul and I took tons of pictures during the event. We tried to capture both games in-progress and armies on display. Enjoy! The Armies The Games The Tables
Third in a series of articles covering Andrew, Ben and Dexter’s journey to Operation Sting 2018. Andrew – Late-war winter Germans The theme: I’ve been sitting on a small force of winter Germans since Adepticon 2016 and I’d been looking for an excuse to expand. A combination of Sting’s 1944 theme and Warlord’s major support… Read More Road to Operation Sting – Part 3: The Hobby
Operation Sting breaks down scoring into four categories; battle, appearance, sportsmanship and theme. Part of the theme score is a written army background explaining the historical context for your platoon and the units you picked. 16 December – 1944 Elsenborn, Belgium In the Ardennes forest, just to the east of Elsenborn Ridge, the relatively untested… Read More Operation Sting 2018 –Defend the Ridge!
Operation Sting breaks down scoring into four categories; battle, appearance, sportsmanship and theme. Part of the theme score is a written army background explaining the historical context for your platoon and the units you picked. Panzers on the Elsenborn On Dec. 18, 1944 the German 506th Heavy Antitank Battalion unleashed the state-of-the-art Jagdpanther tank destroyer… Read More Operation Sting 2018 – Panzers on the Elsenborn
Second in a series of articles covering Andrew, Ben and Dexter’s journey to Operation Sting 2018. Andrew – Late-war winter Germans The surprise: After a few practice games with the Jagdpanther I can now fully appreciate one of the most powerful rules in Bolt Action – Tiger Fear. I knew I was taking a risk… Read More Road to Operation Sting – Part 2: The Tactics
First in a series of articles covering Andrew, Ben and Dexter’s journey to Operation Sting 2018. Operation Sting is one of the premiere Bolt Action events in the U.S. Over the years Sting has gained a reputation in the Bolt Action community for taking all aspects of the hobby (paint, sportsmanship, and gaming) to the highest… Read More Road to Operation Sting – Part 1: The Armies
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