Bolt Action Campaign : Fortress Budapest Book

Throughout the autumn of 1944, the Axis forces in the Carpathian Basin were fighting for their very existence. Campaign: Fortress Budapest will inspire and guide you through the entirety of this particular conflict and on to many more victories with your Bolt Action forces!

What is this book?

The Siege of Budapest, the Soviet invasion of Hungary that led up to it, and the desperate German offensives to relieve the city covered kilometres of frontline; these battles lasted eight months and involved hundreds of thousands of combatants. Within the 168 pages of this impressive resource, the authors have squeezed in a variety of very different scenarios for players.

Fortress Budapest is the latest Campaign expansion to Bolt Action Second edition. Whilst there is historical detail within the narrative, this volume is not a history book – it is first and foremost an impressive wargaming supplement. The intention of the author Bryan Cook and the team who put this book together was to provide a good mixture of scenarios, new units, and new rules whilst still giving some historical background for context. Some previously published rules and units have also been reprinted – this is to save players the expense of buying additional books for content which is vital to this volume, but might form only a small part of other books.

What's in this book:

Packed with history Fortress Budapest contains complete scenarios, additional special rules, army lists, new units and of course the all-important complete theatre selectors.

    Fighting for Transylvania

        Scenario 1: Hold the Ojtózi Pass

    The Battle of Tordá

        The Red Army Arrives

        Direct Assault on Tordá

        Scenario 2: Into the Valley of Death

    Counter-attack at Debrecen

        Operation Debrecen

        Coup in Budapest

        Scenario 3: Operation Debrecen

    A Phone Call With Stalin

        Encirclement

        Operation Budapest

        Fortress Kecskemét

        Scenario 4: Flak-Regiment 133

    Breakout Under Moonlight

        Chaotic Retreat

        The Attila Line

        Scenario 5: The Attila Line

    Breakthrough at Pestszentimre

        Scenario 6: Counter-attack at Pestszentimre

    Enter the 3rd Ukrainian Front

        Festung Budapest

        SS IX Mountain Corps

        German Strength in Budapest

        Scenario 7: The Back Door Left Open

    The First Assault on Pest

        Scenario 8: Street Fighting in Pest

        Block by Block

        Scenario 9: Withdrawal Across the Danube

    Relief Attempts

        Scenario 10: Operation Konrad I

    Operation Konrad II

        Scenario 11: Operation Konrad III

    Last Stand in Buda

        Városmajor Grange

        Scenario 12: Farkasréti Cemetery

        Scenario 13: The Buda Hills

        Scenario 14: Supply Drop

    The End is Nigh

        Scenario 15: The Last Redoubt

        The Breakout Attempt

        Sacrificed for the Reich

    Operation Spring Awakening

        Hitler’s Last Gamble

        Scenario 16: Death Ride of the Panzers

    New Units

        Include; German, Hungarian, Soviet and Romanian

New Theatre Selectors:

    For Germany

        Panzer Kampfgruppe Armoured Platoon

        1944–45 Panzergrenadier Reinforced Platoon

        Panzer Reconnaissance Reinforced Platoon

        Heavy Anti-aircraft battery Reinforced Platoon

        IV SS Panzer Corps Armoured Platoon

        6th SS Panzer Army Armoured Platoon

    For Hungary

        Carpathian Mountains Border Guards Reinforced Platoon

        Assault Artillery Battery Armoured Platoon

        Hungarian Armoured Field Division Armoured platoon

        For Hungary & Germany

        Budapest Pocket Defenders Reinforced Platoon

    For Soviet Union

        Guards Mechanised Brigade Armoured Platoon

        Forward Detachment Reconnaissance Party Reinforced Platoon

        Urban Assault Group Reinforced Platoon

        Soviet Anti-tank Strongpoint Reinforced Platoon

    For Romania

        1944 Allied Romanian Infantry Division Reinforced Pl

Additional Special Rules:

    City Fighting

    Buildings

    Sewer Movement

    Command and Control in a City Fight

    City Siege Assets

    Minefields