Intelligence Report – Armies of the British Commonwealth: Australia!

So, Armies of the British Commonwealth is now on pre-order, and you’ve seen the very broad overview of what it contains. Now it’s time to start our deeper dive on the nations making up the book. We’ll begin at the beginning, with Australia – let’s go Down Under! 

Each of the nations in Armies of the British Commonwealth comes with a full set of national special rules. As a reminder, these replace those found in Armies of Great Britain – no double-dipping allowed! – and provide each nation with its unique ‘flavour’. They’ve also got their own sets of unique units, but we won’t be looking at those just yet. This is just a quick overview of Australia’s ‘character’ on the Bolt Action tabletop, to give you a taste of what’s to come.

Well, how about that for a set of rules?! Australia is shaping up to be a serious force in Bolt Action, and it’s only the first nation featured in Armies of the British Commonwealth. Never Give Up makes assaulting Australian troops an even riskier proposition for the enemy, while Aggressive Patrolling gives you great board control.

As you’ll see later on, Australian forces are well supplied with Infiltrators to make use of this rule, unlocking some very powerful combinations if you want to theme your force after the legendary Jungle Divisions. Finally, Ambush Drills gives Australian units a unique ability to resist the powerful effects of an Ambush order, opening up new lines of advance across the tabletop.

These rules immediately make an Australian force feel completely different to a British one, or indeed any other Commonwealth one – which is the entire point of Armies of the British Commonwealth, of course! This is before we get into the unique Australian units, and the units from the Standard Commonwealth Units portion of the book available to Australian forces, which further ensure that your Aussies are unmistakable in battle!