All players must have current DieCon 2025 membership
Bolt Action Tournament is open to 16+ players.
No Event fee in 2025.
Bolt Action 3rd Edition
Tank War
1500 pt army list
June 8, 2025 0900 – 1800 hrs
Tournament Schedule
0830 – 0900 — Check In
0900 – 1100 — Round 01
1100 – 1200 — Lunch
(Judges will check armies for theme and painting)
1230 – 1430 — Round 02
1430 – 1530 — Optional Break
1530 – 1730 — Round 03
1800 — Out Brief / Awards
TOURNAMENT RULES
• Desire to have fun playing Bolt Action 3rd Edition.
• Each round is 2 hours.
o players will finish their current turn, and then the game ends automatically.
• Lists will be a maximum of 1500 points armored platoon.
• Maximum 18 order dice
• Will be constructed using following Bolt Action 3rd Edition sources:
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition Rulebook
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition Further Axis and Allied Nations pdf
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition Armies of Germany.
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition Armies of the United States
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition FAQ published by Warlord Games prior to May 5, 2025.
• The following sources cannot be used to construct your Tank War Platoon:
o All Bolt Action 1st/2nd Edition resource books published prior to Bolt Action 3rd Edition.
o All Bolt Action 1st/2nd FAQ’s published prior to Bolt Action 3rd Edition.
o All Bolt Action 1st/2nd Fan Based updates/FAQ approved by Warlord Games prior to Bolt Action 3rd Edition
o Bolt Action 3rd Edition Compendium.
• Models
o Should be WYSIWYG.
o All questions will be handled by event judge.
• Painted army is not required (There is a fully painted army award)
Army List:
o Tank War Army list due by May 28, 2025.
o 1 point bonus TP* for submitting list prior to May 25, 2025.
o Submit Army List by sending eMail to: dieconhq@diecon.com
Subject Line: Tank War 3rd Ed. Singles DieCon 25 6/8/2025.
o Player should have 3 copies of submitted Army list for each event.
• One copy for each opponent.
• Player will provide their opponent a copy of their Army list.
SCORING/Tournament Points
o Victory is calculated as described in the Scenarios being played and Tournament points are awarded for victories, defeats and draws as shown below:
• Victory = 1 TP*
• Draw = .5 TP*
• Loss = 0 TP*
o Beginning with second round, players will be paired using a Swiss system (i.e., matching players on the same number of TPs, in descending order).
WINNING THE TOURNAMENT
o The winner is determined at the end of last round based on following criteria.
• Player with most TP* will the winner.
• In case of a tie, the winner will be player with highest Casualty points.
o Sportsmanship, Painting, and theme will also factor into a separate overall score
For any questions email dieconhq@diecon.com
Subject line: Question: BA Tank War DieCon 25 June 6, 2025
Pick “Bolt Action: Tank War” as your Sunday event.
Pick “Bolt Action Weekend” for all three Bolt Action events.
