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Expansion for Bolt Action
Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII
2023
Rules assistance for Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–6 players
Rules assistant for Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII
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Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII is an expansion for Bolt Action released in 2023 for 2–6 players. It was designed by Adrian Mandzy and its main mechanics are Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
Little known outside of Central Europe, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) mounted one of the largest and longest lasting armed resistance against the totalitarian forces that occupied their homeland. This handbook focuses on the struggle against Nazi and Soviet occupations in the UPA's campaign for Ukrainian independence. Thirteen maps and 114 images, including historical images and modern reenactor photographs, allow the reader to expand their knowledge of this area of history as well as to provide the information needed to refight battles in miniature. The scenarios themselves can be adapted to your favorite rulesets and suggestions are included to fight small-scale actions using Warlord Games Bolt Action ruleset. —description from the publisher
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Publishers
- Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC
Questions and answers
Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and World War II. Its main mechanics are Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII are: Adrian Mandzy. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Bandera's Boys: Twelve Historic Scenarios and Background Material About the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) During and After WWII as an expansion for Bolt Action. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Bolt Action to use it. Check that your edition of Bolt Action is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.