The scales are very different in the two games, as are the mechanics. Not sure there will be all that much in the way of cross-over beyond the theme.

Maybe others have a more helpful point of view 😉

A friend plays Bolt Action and I looked at several of his books. Other than nice graphics I felt they would not be useful for HoN. As Nostradunwhich says above, different scale and scope of the game.

But if someone loans them to you, they are interesting to look at.

Quote from Newbie1994 on [28/01/2016] à 08:43

Bolt action would be a crazy hobby to have. I could never do the painting.

As a recovering WH40k addict and an ex Flames of War Player, I can tell you the painting can become quite a chore. Take a look at the normal Soviet Army for Flames of War for example. Took quite some time just to paint the troops, let alone the basing and finishing.

As I told one of my old Flames of War buddies, another advantage to HoN is I open the box and all my troops are "painted and based". LOL

Quote from Newbie1994 on [28/01/2016] à 18:00

I had a small Catachan army for WH40k but it was never my thing I hate painting and that always stopped me from war gaming also with having to create a battlefield too. This is why I love being able to open the box and play straight away.

My eyesight is not what it used to be, I don't have the time I once had and I was never a great painter to begin with, so I also gave up on miniatures gaming myself. But HoN really scratched that itch and is a ton of fun to boot 🙂

Quote from Newbie1994 on [28/01/2016] à 18:00

By the way i will try and put on a few new missions that are included in this book and make them for HoN.

Well, I would use them as ideas rather than straight conversions… don't want to copy things verbatim. 😉

I'm planning of just using the general picture of the missions to create these missions. But these miniatures are so much work all you have to do in HoN is punch a punchboard.

I have to be honest and admit I think these missions would translate well for HoN. I mean ok the rules and scale is different but we have all the units and boards to recreate these missions apart from hills. I must get around to trying to get this down into paper.

I also ordered the British Army and German Army books to help me.

I tried to paint 40k figures once and I just destroyed games because of my awful painting. But hey also HoN you get so much more for your money. £40 would get you a box of figures and nothing else and for HoN you get the whole game with no painting playable out of the box with the ease of play, depth and complexity that all these war games have.

I will try and get something working this week. I seem to be bogged down in work with my day job and also my after hours job as a musician. But I will get onto this right away.

I was looking at doing a mission based around the German breakthough at Mortain and having a mission based with 2 separate orders for each commander. For example the American Commanders mission would start with preventing the breakthough and having one of his squads in a preset position. And the German commanders is to breakthough the line of resistance and capture certain points. I will have to plan this out.

I am also trying to do a mission based around the defense of an aid station.I want to try and get a more personal story to these missions.

I have a number of the osprey books which I was hoping to use in conjunction too with making a few missions.

Quote from Newbie1994 on [31/01/2016] à 14:05

I will try and get something working this week. I seem to be bogged down in work with my day job and also my after hours job as a musician. But I will get onto this right away.

No rush. We all know how Real Life can slow down our "Hobby Time" quite a bit. I know I have that happen with my work, family, and other responsibilities all the time. If only we could play and do hobby stuff all the time. But we can't. =)

Quote from Newbie1994 on [31/01/2016] à 23:13

I guess that what makes our hobby so special. I've ordered the German,American and British army books from Bolt Action and ordered 2 pre painted British Army Bren Team (just to see). But I have found this bolt action book really interesting especially more interesting trying to convert or think or seeing new ideas for missions.

Bolt Action is a fun game, but is it a different scale that HoN. It is easy for the Bolt Action games to become a major arms race. The group at the FLGS broke up because it was too easy for someone to just field all late war goodies and overcome their opponent.

Bolt Action can be hard for those who feel overly competitive. Where the games like HoN help keep army stacking to a minimum and thus are, IMO, easier to keep on a friendly fun level.