Bolt Action: Western Desert Boot Camp Live Blog – Saturday

Oriskany is running his campaign this weekend recreating Operation Crusader.

The first games of the campaign are underway and Oriskany shows us how the map is shaping up.

If you’re taking part in our Bolt Action project competition this weekend, it should be nice to know you’re not painting alone. The guys here are progressing with their armies, and we’re all excited to see the completed battalions on Sunday!

Another spot prize has been awarded and this time it’s for a complete and utter FUBAR.

Gerry talks to Stephen about exactly what happened for him to win this infamous gong.

Saturday night closes in, and the weekend seems to be taking its toll on the team…

Another of the hotly contest Boot Camp Gongs has been awarded. Boot Camper Michael’s sharpshooting soldiers took out the enemy’s HQ, scoring himself the Headhunter prize.

It felt about right for the Boot Camp members to get their tanks so they can start using some heavy armour on the tabletop, throwing in a bit of heavy metal to see what damage they can do.

The British got their hands on two Valentine MkII as well as a Humber MkII Armoured Car. The Germans snagged themselves an 8 Rad Armoured Car along with a Horch Transport Vehicle.

We shall have to see how much carnage they can cause across the rest of today and tomorrow!

Oriskany continues his campaign in the Western Desert, encouraging some first time Bolt Action players to join in the fun!

Oriskany catches up with Mick and Rob to see how their game finished up. With this being a little bigger than the other games going on right now it was fascinating to see just how much artillery came down on the tabletop.

If nothing else…the trees got blown up. All of Justin’s hard work gone to hell…

We’re closing in on the end of the day and find out how things have been doing with Oriskany and his campaign.

Things have been going very well and…for once…actually accurate to History. With Warren in close proximity everything can sometimes be askew but in this case, it looks like the British are putting the German to the sword.

Another GONG was won…or DONG which appears to be what Lloyd turned our board into. Here we have a winner who managed to completely wipe out his opponent.

Dinner time and tonight we’re treating the Boot Camp to some traditional Irish fare!

Oriskany continues his Legends of the Desert series, telling us some of the amazing stories and incredible people who took part in the conflicts in the western desert.

This time, we find out about some of the legends of the German forces, as well as the Free French Forces who fought.

It’s not all about war gaming! Open gaming starts from 1pm tomorrow, and there’s plenty to choose from! Even the team will be getting in on the fun and playing Sycthe!

If you missed it earlier today here is the full Stream Archive for the Bolt Action battle we played out today between two of the Boot Campers with John and Charlie watching over them to keep a handle on the rules.

As we said, this was a great opportunity to try out some cool rules AND see our trench table in action.

That’s it for the second day of the Boot Camp. Everyone has been enjoying their games of Bolt Action and we have seen a lot of the spot prize Gongs given away already.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the third day of our live coverage and tune in for the Live Let’s Play of Charlie vs John at 11:00 BST. Who shall be named king of the Boot Camp?