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Thursday, 17 February 2011

5028 Bier & Bones book now Released!

Hello Everyone!

The big day is here and Alternative Armies has now released the brand new fourth book in the Flintloque series for third edition.

5028 Flintloque - Bier and Bones


It's a cracker with all new background, more than twenty nations listed, full rules, unique skills traits and flaws, tables, pull out sheets and more all in its ninety six pages.


If you are a Dogmen, Dwarf, Ogre or Rabbitman player...this is your book!

Go HERE for more information.
Regards,

Gavin.

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

5028 Flintloque 3rd ed - Bier & Bones: Pre-Order Now!

PRE-ORDER NOW!
RELEASE DATE WORLDWIDE 17TH FEBRUARY 2011

5028 Flintloque 3rd Edition - Bier & Bones

Please note any order for this product with get a free Promo2010 miniature automatically and will be dispatched in the week of release. If you pre-order and place other products in your order these other products will be sent before the release of 5028 unless placed one week before book release.

The forth book in the series for Flintloque 3rd edition sees the Ostarian Empire fighting for its life against the Ferach Armees of the Emperor Mordred. Before the invasion of the Witchlands and the canker of the Catalucian ulcer the Emperor Mordred forged the Confederation of Finklestein and subdued Burrovia before taking his columns against the Dogmen of Ostaria at the Battle of Osterblitz. Soon the Dwarves of Krautia joined the fray and the future of Valon was for the taking...

The Bier & Bones book contains full Flintloque rules, the background to the Wars of Urop, the Armies of Ostaria, Krautia, Burrovia and other minor powers and allies plus characters and section generation. Skills, Traits and Flaws along with scenario creation and three starter scenarios. Solo play mechanics and pull out sheets (Section Roster, Game Counters I, Game Counters II) and much more.

A4 Format
Perfect Bound
96 pages
Colour Covers & Colour centrefold
Pull Out Pages
ISBN and Barcode
£15.00

A stand alone rulebook that can be used on its own or with 5025 War in Catalucia, 
5026 Death in the Snow and 5027 Grapeshotte.


MORE INFORMATION ON 5028 FLINTLOQUE 3RD EDITION – BIER & BONES Here are the contents of the Bier & Bones book section by section.
Introductory Section Title Page, Contents and Credits Page, What is Flintloque the Skirmish, Introduction to the World of Valon, The Napoleonique Style of War.
The War in the Central Urop This section of the book contains background covering the initial Ferach Attacks upon the other nations of Urop, the formation of the Confederation of Finklestein, subduing the Burrovian Republique and the climatic Battle of Osterblitz. In addition to this are other minor campaigns such as the Tree Line Wars, Krautia and the Monich Bier Wars, Saxhunde and the Battle of Yenna and much more. All of the Central Uropean fighting right up to the current campaigns in Kartoffelburg giving you the chance to play out any one of them. Additionally the background section of the book also contains Scenario Seeds like those in 5025 and 5026 which give you great ideas and set ups for forces for your games of Flintloque set in Central Urop.
The Armies of the Uropean Wars This section of the book contains the organisation, troops types, uniforms and famous characters from the primary armies involved in the Uropean Wars. These are the Dogmen of the Ostarian Empire, the Dwarves of Krautia, the Rabbitmen of Burrovia, the Ogres of Hunvaria and all of the regular and dutchy troops in the Confederation of Finklestein (including the Dutchy of Saxhunde, the Dwarves of Beervaria, the Von Rotte regiments etc). Minor powers covered include The Dogmen of Pudigrochumsberg, the Dwarves of Brewswick and of the Blacke Horde, the Wild Evles of Swizzic and Turcani plus the Ogres of the Krautian Giant Legion and more. All you need to organise your forces.
Character and Section Creation Here you will find out how to create sections including officers, musicians and more. How to deal with your troops between games and replacing the dead. Also Skills, Traits and Flaws unique to each race in the Armies section are listed here. Finally Wylde Magicke for mortal characters.
The Rules of Bier & Bones Introduction, Designers Note, Terms and Definitions. The full rules for Flintloque the Skirmish along with exclusive content on all of the racial types covered in the book such as Dogmen, Dwarves and Ogres. Skills Traits and Flaws along with National Characteristics make your characters from this book all the more unique. Also unique troops and sets for Ostarian, Krautian and Burrovian players.
The Tables for Flintloque This section contains all the needed tables and statistics for Bier & Bones. Master Racial stats tables, Weapon tables, Mounts and Melee tables and more.
Solo Play rules for Flintloque Flintloque 3rd editions unique easy to use Solo Play mechanics. Simple, effective and popular!
Pull Out Sheets These pages are perforated for easy removal by players and contain useful tables, rosters and counters.
Ninety Six packed pages of adventure and fun for all miniature wargamers!
 

The Festive Raffle 2010 - From Alternative Armies now on!

The Festive Raffle 2010  
Presented by Alternative Armies.....

Tickets supplied with ANY Order at the rate of one per £5.00 spent (or fraction there of) with the winning numbers being drawn, winners contacted and numbers announced here on 6th January 2011.
Remember also that any order placed gains a free Promo2010  miniature as well so its a double win!

All prizes are provided by Alternative Armies and are delivered by 1st class or international mail to the winner free of charge. Winners will be contacted by email using the address given on their qualifying order that produced the tickets.  A record of all ticket numbers is kept by the company.

The Prizes in the Raffle are as follows;  

1st Prize
2nd Prize

Magnum Orcus 2010
 56pp Softcover Book.
A limited run book (20 copies only) of the artwork produced by Mr Edward Jackson during 2010.
A significant prize and collectors item sought after by many Flintloque, Slaughterloo and Firefight 2.0 players.
These are the only two copies being given to the General Public, all others are for internal company use only.

3rd Prize
A Slaughterloo Unit of Von Rotte Line Infantry worth £30.00
Never heard of these Dwarven Infantry miniatures?  
Not a surprise as they will not be released until January 2011.
Twenty Dwarves including Officer, Musician, Standard Bearer and three different poses of troopers.

4th Prize
£20.00 Alternative Armies Gift Voucher
A voucher which can be used for any Alternative Armies products online or by telephone.  
This may include postage.

5th Prize
Choose a Prize!
The winner will be contacted to select their choice of £15.00 worth of Alternative Armies product from our ranges which will then be sent to them post free anywhere in the world.
Choose from, among others...Flintloque, Firefight 2.0, DarkeStorme, High Fantasy and more.

Promo2010 Miniature - Free with Any Order from Alternative Armies



The Bombe Bunny: This miniature is the promotional miniature for 2010 from Alternative Armies.

It is supplied for free automatically with any and all orders, one per order placed, during the month of December 2010 until 6th January 2011. The miniature will be supplied unpainted unless the majority of the order placed is for painted codes in which case the miniature will be automatically supplied painted and based.

The Promo 2010 miniature will also be supplied at the rate of one per order for the 5028 Bier & Bones book until its release on 17th February 2011. Note that after 6th January 2011 this will be the ONLY way to get this miniature. The miniature will be supplied bagged with a printed insert detailing its background, special rules and painting guide.  On the 18th February 2011 the mold containing this code will be destroyed making it an extremely rate collectors item much like the 2009 miniature Raylen Durandus the Imperial Messenger.

There is a December festive Flintloque scenario featuring the Bomb Bunny which can be had for free upon email request or from the Notables Yahoo Group as of mid month. The scenario is entitled ‘Powdered Eggs’.

Monday, 3 May 2010

Open discussion on the next Flintloque book

Hello Everyone,

With the release of 5027 Flintloque 3rd edition - Grapeshotte now complete the World of Valon moves on to talking about what is next for Flintloque.

Those who are members of the Notables Yahoo Group or have been involved as customers of Alternative Armies will know that the company takes great care and pride in getting its gamers involved in the creative process. Even to the point of letting gamers choose which book is to be published next in the 3rd edition series for Flintloque.

The choice is between;

Bier & Bones - Flintloque Game Book
(see above for the prospective cover of this title)

or

Retreat to Kooruna - Flintloque Expansion Book

Each offers things the other does not.

So get involved, go along to the Notables and read the postings that apply to this important thread. Your input does matter..let them know what you think is important and why.

Here is the link to the Notables Yahoo Group
Look for messages: 10216 and 10270 for thread starts and full details.
(If you are not a member of the group then just apply to join and the friendly lads at AA will make you a member...tell them Barking Irons sent you!)

Thanks,

Gavin.