Plastic Gurkhas & VC Legends! New Bolt Action British Army Update #OTTWeekender
May 1, 2026 by brennon
It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we take a look at the upcoming new miniatures for Bolt Action! New plastic 28mm Gurkhas lead the way for the Armies of the British Commonwealth supplement. It's a great time for those diving into more World War II wargaming from Warlord Games.
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Ben and Gerry talk about the contents of the new Bolt Action supplement, Armies of the British Commonwealth, the legendary VC winner who comes with the book pre-orders AND the new plastic Gurkhas and what that adds to your Bolt Action British armies. Tell us what you make of the new miniatures and the Commonwealth forces!
As always, dive into the comments and tell us all your thoughts about the show this week and what we chat about!
Tabletop Gaming News
See what you make of the tabletop gaming news that we've picked out from this week!
- Bolt Action Armies of the Commonwealth & New Plastic Gurkhas Coming Soon - Ben goes through what's coming for World War II wargamers and Bolt Action
- Mantic Games Preview Fracture - Next Book & Miniatures for Kings of War - Gerry speculates as to what's coming in the future for Kings of War
- New Avatars of War Plastic Stone Trolls for Fantasy Wargaming - See what you make of these classic-looking Stone Trolls for use in Fantasy wargames
Do you think you'll be getting your hands on some of these new miniatures?
Tabletop Gaming Kickstarters
Get stuck into two very different Kickstarters this week. One covers Sci-Fantasy roleplaying and miniatures, whilst the other is Cold War Gone Hot!
- Warpland RPG Miniatures by Taiga Miniatures - Check out this amazing range of Sci-Fantasy miniatures for use on the tabletop!
- BRUDERKRIEG - Cold War East German Infantry by Flank March Miniatures - Let the Cold War go hot with some great infantry, mechanised options and more
Could you be tempted by the twisted warriors of Warpland or perhaps those East Germans?
More Tabletop Gaming News
What did you make of the news from this week in the world of tabletop gaming?
- First Celtos Miniatures in 10 Years! New Sidhe Dragon Lancers - Some classic Fantasy miniatures make it back to the tabletop for Celtos
- New North Korean Troops for Spectre Operations - Get your hands on the rank and file of North Korea for use in your What If? wargames
- XCOM Miniatures Game Teased by Modiphius - A brand-new take on XCOM on the tabletop. How do you think it will play?
What did you make of the news from this week in the world of tabletop gaming?
Make sure to dive into the comments and let us know what you think of this week's show!
Have A Great Weekend!
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When I was in the military, myself and few others from my unit were in Aldershot for a few weeks on training. One night we were out in town and as we came out of a pub there was a gurkha being harassed by 5 paras.
I being young and nieve asked one of my bombadiers; shouldn’t we go and help him out. He said no, just watch and learn why those wee fellas are the biggest badasses in the army. It was like watching a mini Chuck Norris, he kicked the absolute living daylights out the paras with them legging it from him. I had heard stories from my dad about them when he trained alongside them but I always thought he exaggerated a lot. After that I was like OK what my dad said was true….they really are hardcases….
The North Korean Peasants would also work for 70’s Chinese infantry.
Whenever Modiphius announce something, I hope it is related to being 5 units of measurement from somewhere interesting
Kings of War 1st edition was so much fun. 2nd edition was also awesome and had a blast. 3rd lost me. 4th I haven’t even looked at.
I’ll be keeping an eye on X-com.
The releases from Warlord have been great.
looking forward to seeing what they do with X-com, if they include a campaign system that allows you to do similar things to what you can do in the game (build a base, research tech and so on) it could be a very interesting game
Yay XLBS time’s 👍
Ooh the North Korean troops would be good for Ukrainian games
Brill show guys 👍
I’ve been wanting X com models for ages as I love the universe. I’m hoping it’s got scope for solo / co op but also vs. I can see it wth one player controlling the squad and the other deploying aliens in groups like you do in the game.crashed UFO anyone?!