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Welcome to the Alternative Armies blog. This blog tells you all about what we are up to and it is where we post our latest tabletop gaming news and articles.
We cover Flintloque and Slaughterloo, High Fantasy, Other Ranges as well as our 15mm scale fantasy, science fiction and historical ranges.
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Wednesday 27 June 2018

Copse of Corpses free Flintloque scenario seven for Escape the Dark Czar

It is my pleasure to present to all the players of Flintloque the seventh free scenario in the Escape the Dark Czar arc for download from our website or right here in this article.  It is a fun and different continuation of the scenario arc and is meant to be played solo.  Can you pick your way across a field of awakening Zombies?  Find out now!  Go HERE for all our free downloads or read on for the link and more information.


“Snow has a sound to it.  It does.  You would think that frozen water would much the same no matter where you find it.  But that is not true.  Not at all.  In the Witchlands the snow sounds different under your scarred leather boot and frost tainted foot.  In the avenues of Lyonesse the winter snow was a thing of beauty and it sighed as you stepped upon it with a promise of a future summer.  Here the snow crackles and shatters underfoot as if it is laughing at you.  Not that it is.  Rather it tells of a summer which will never come and of a deep cold that has been in place for all of time.  Snow has a sound to it here.  It sounds like death.”


Copse of Corpses – Flintloque Scenario
The seventh scenario for Escape the Dark Czar arc sees General Saindoux and his band of survivors finding themselves in a field of corpses recently visited by the Graviski Re-Animator and they are randomly waking up!  Will the survivors manage to evade and get past the Zombies?  In this strange scenario you can play solo with a nifty mechanic meaning you never quite know when the dead will rise.  It can also be expanded or played with two players. CLICK HERE to download it from our website hosting.




This scenario builds upon the miniatures from the beginners set which has ten resin 28mm miniatures plus bases and the core rules booklet for a fantastic starter price HERE.  It makes use of the Al-Garvey Goblin Legion which are great characters and the only Goblins in the service of the Emperor Mordred. The Undead in the beginners set go great with the new three figure Colour Party for Captain Preserovitch's troops which is HERE on the website.  If you have been playing the previous scenarios you will be all caught up but if not then you need the 'Beginning in Flintloque' page.



Beginning in Flintloque.  This page on our website begins your journey with the best Fantasy Napoleonic tabletop game in the world and it is where you will find all the codes used in the scenarios in the arc as well as scenics and free items such as the scenarios and video reviews of Escape from the Dark Czar and Death in the Snow by the Talking About Gaming independent channel.  There is also a page on our blog for those new to the game HERE.



June is nearing its end and while we still have Andy Jefcoates latest instalment of his Flintloque adventures to come we have made all of our releases.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Monday 25 June 2018

Talking About Games reviews Dogmen Officer and Flintloque Tactics

Now on Youtube and following up their review of our 59523 Abandoned Beer Wagon is a brand new nine minute look at the officer from 56594 Dogmen Witchlands Line as well at Flintloque tactics for play from Talking About Games (TAG) channel. Abraham is a keen wargamer and though we provided the model to him to review his review is impartial and we have no control or influence upon it. Go HERE to learn more or watch the video in this article. Thanks! 


TAG channel are using their Dogmen Witchlands Line to play Flintloque expanding from the beginners box set 5024 Escape from the Dark Czar. We have a lot of free resources and articles for you to read as well as all of the other videos with TAG channel have done relating to our products HERE on our Beginning in Flintloque page so check it out and enjoy! 


The Midsummer Madness event is now on and that means 10% off everything on our website as well as a free miniature in every order. This includes every book and miniature and army box for Flintloque and Slaughterloo. Read this article on our BLOG for full details. The event ends on the 29th June at 9am GMT. 


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Friday 22 June 2018

New HOT 15mm Elf Cavalry now released

Alternative Armies is delighted to announce the release of a new pack of 15mm scale Elf Cavalry and the mounting of these new cavalry and all other horse riding Elves in the HOT range on a new resin horse. Great for any system including HOTT 2nd edition. Go HERE for the range or read on for more information.

The Midsummer Madness event is now on and that means 10% off everything on our website as well as a free miniature in every order.  Read this article on our BLOG for full details. 


HOT116 Elf Mounted Knight Command
15mm Scale Miniatures. This code contains white metal and resin miniatures in the following mixed poses: Elf Officer on Resin Horse x 1, Elf General on Resin Horse x 1, Elf Musician on Resin Horse x 2, Elf Banner Bearer on Resin Horse x 2. As with all HOT 15mm Fantasy codes you can purchase a pack or you can choose a sampler which gives you one of each pose of miniature from this pack; a great way to try or to make skirmish forces with HOT.  With this pack you can also select single poses from the pack in any quantity by selecting and adding to the cart. These miniatures are meant to mix with HOT8 Elf Command as well as HOT9, HOT42 and HOT43 Elf Cavalry to create whole regiments.  Go HERE.

We have a whole High Elf Army in packs in the range.  Here are the details beginning with those packs which now have the snazzy resin barded horse.


HOT8 Elf Command 
15mm Scale Miniatures. This code contains white metal and resin miniatures in the following mixed poses: Elf Queen on Resin Horse x 1, Elf Mage on Resin Horse x 1, Elf General on Resin Horse x 1, Elf Thief with Hand Crossbow x 6, Winged Faerie x 2. As with all HOT 15mm Fantasy codes you can purchase a pack or you can choose a sampler which gives you one of each pose of miniature from this pack; a great way to try or to make skirmish forces with HOT.  With this pack you can also select single poses from the pack in any quantity by selecting and adding to the cart.  Go HERE.


HOT9 Elf Knights with Sword
15mm Scale Miniatures.  This code contains white metal and resin miniatures in one pose.  Elf Knight in plate armour with Sword on Resin Horse x6.  As with all HOT codes you can choose from a pack or a single miniature.  Go HERE.

HOT42 Elf Knights with Lance
15mm Scale Miniatures.  This code contains white metal and resin miniatures in one pose.  Elf Knight in plate armour with Lance on Resin Horse x6.  As with all HOT codes you can choose from a pack or a single miniature.  Go HERE.

HOT43 Elf Knights with Spear
15mm Scale Miniatures.  This code contains white metal and resin miniatures in one pose.  Elf Knight in plate armour with Spear on Resin Horse x6.  As with all HOT codes you can choose from a pack or a single miniature.  Go HERE.

HOT10 Elf Spearmen
HOT11 Elf Bows
HOT20 Elf Chariots
HOT69 Elf Crossbows
HOT70 Bolt Thrower with Elf Crew
HOT71 Elf Mattocks
HOT72 Elf Blades
HOT73 Elf Axes


All of these plus a hundred other packs all on our website HERE.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Wednesday 20 June 2018

Midsummer Madness with ten percent off entire website plus free Druidess

"The light of the shore brings the gap between the worlds closer at the middle point of the year when the sun is at its zenith.  The Druidess goes to the land and to the sky and to the shore as a part of the eternal cycle of life, death and re-birth.  It is a time of Midsummer and for some a time for Madness."


The middle of the year is here and with Midsummer comes madness from Alternative Armies in the form of new releases, a free new miniature, free Flintloque scenario and ten percent (10%) off everything on our website.  We will have more details on each of these at the time and we begin with the Druidess and the details of the event.


Until 7am GMT on Saturday 30th June 2018 there is 10% off every production in every range on the Alternative Armies website.  All miniatures, all books, all digital downloads and all game packs too; everything.  This blanket discount is already applied on the screen so all you need do is add to cart as normal.  An ideal time to begin an army or to get that pack you have been wanting for ages.  We also have our Events and Bundles page with the biggest savings plus our Slaughterloo Divisions for the greatest deal for fans of the World of Valon.  Go HERE and have a browse.


Every order placed with us during this event will automatically get a brand new miniature for free worth 2.50GBP included.  There is no limit upon the number of orders you can place and each of them will get the FL24-01 Druidess the symbol of Midsummer and great for any game system.  You can of course also purchase this 28mm scale resin female druid miniature if you wish to. Find her on our website HERE.


As well as this discount and the free miniature we have New Releases too all of which are on our website now for you to see HERE.  These will get their own news article but if you are a fan of 15mm fantasy wargaming you should have a peek.  

We have a vast selection on our website for tabletop wargamers who are players of 28mm scale, 15mm scale and 6mm scale in genres of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Historical too.  Hover over the top sections of our home page for drop down menus and choose what interests you.  How about a few of our most viewed items such as these:


Sengoku Monster Hunter
Sculpted by John Bell this range of miniatures allow you to field a force of mythical Japanese creatures and others suitable for any game system including the game Monster Hunter. The range includes Tengu, Oni, Goblins, Kappa as well as Anime style female School Girls and Spider and Centipede and Snake Monsters along with Ghost and Monks and Miko. Now Cavalry, Tanuki and Spirits!  Also Hunters, Demons and Spirits.  Go HERE and there are reviews of the rules too.


Bradley 6mm Range
Produced in Scotland by Alternative Armies under agreement the Bradley Miniatures 6mm range of science fiction miniatures and vehicles.  Created by Lawrence Bradley Hitze and featuring in kickstarters you can now get these packs on the website HERE.


Begin in Flintloque
So you have heard mention of a tabletop miniatures game called Flintloque that has Elves, Orcs, Zombies, Dwarves, Ogres and many others fighting with muskets, pistols and cannons.  You have come to the right place to make a start with the greatest Fantasy Black Powder in the world.  Starting from nothing we will take you into the World of Valon with our beginners box set '5024 Escape from the Dark Czar'.  Go HERE for the journey into Valon.



HOF Security Force Alpha
All across the core star systems and on Terra itself there is a need for security after, during and even before the high rollers and expensive kit arrives in the battle zone. Security Force Alpha is just that force filling in as police, paramilitaries, mercenaries and planetary militias too. They are the faceless grunts that do the thankless jobs needed by all those who govern, control or enforce. Use them as you will from the near to the far future!   A big range of 15mm scale miniatures featuring resin troopers at tremendous value!  Go HERE for the HOF range.


Furioso the Italian Wars
Furioso is a set of wargames rules that covers European warfare in the sixteenth century. The rules allow players to fight large scale land battles with a simple to use and enjoyable gaming system.  Furioso can be fought using any scale figures from 6mm to 28mm.  The second book expanding into Italy and the inventions of Da Vinci is out now.  See the game HERE as well as our big range of 15mm Renaissance miniatures.


Ganesha Games Fantasy
Alternative Armies manufactures Ganesha Games 28mm scale white metal miniature lines under an official agreement. Miniatures made and shipped from Scotland. Axe and Brimstone Range sees Halflings fighting off Possessed Dwarves with their Dolman stone allies and Fighting Fungi too! Hammer and Forge Range which focuses on the Dwarf race and their allies and enemies. The Fighting Fungi Range of warring plant men and women which began the Ganesha Range.  Go HERE and see all the single miniatures and value packs.


Digital Downloads
Alternative Armies publishes many wargame books and systems.  Some of these are in a digital download format as paid for PDF's from this website.  We have collected them all in one place from across the website.  Just add to your cart.  No shipping, no waiting, just download after payment is completed.  All of our digital paid downloads are always at least 20% cheaper than the print version of the same title would be.  Go HERE.


Monsters and Creatures
Want big and scary?  Want strange and evil?  Want a challenge or a centre piece or pieces for your collection or army?  We have Space Brains, Sandworms, Big Mouth Beast, Wyverns, Giant Troll, Air Squid, Scorpions, Rats, Crustacean Monster, Tree Demon and many more.  Go HERE

Thanks for your time and enjoy the event!

GBS

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Popular Flintloque Casualty packs now in resin and lower in price

Welcome fans of Flintloque and Slaughterloo to this months release for these game systems.  These are not new releases as such but rather a new version of seven popular packs from the range.  Useful for marking the fall of characters in skirmish or on the field of battle from units.  Useful for dioramas and for scenic items too the core casualty blister packs are now being produced in high quality resin rather than white metal.  To that end we have new pictures and also a price reduction on all these packs.  Now you can get double the dead for your money.  Click on the links to go to each pack as they are spread across several different armies.


Each of the following packs contains four 28mm miniatures in resin and is supplied with our resin cartouche style bases.  Each pack is now just 4.00GBP and while some have one pose others have two different poses or even three which are supplied evenly mixed.


56018 Dogman Casualties 
This pack contains a mix of three different Dead Dogmen and can be used for any Confederation of Finklestein state or for the Ostarian Army or Grande Armee du Norde. Go HERE.


52010 Dwarf Casualties
This pack contains a mix of two different Dead Dwarves and can be used for any Confederation of Finklestein state or for the Krautian Army or Grande Armee du Norde. Go HERE.


51030 Elf Casualties 
This pack contains a mix of two different Dead Elves and can be used for the Grande Armee du Norde or any Armorican Armee fighting on Valon. Go HERE.


54028 Orc Casualties
This pack contains a mix of two different Dead Orcs and can be used for those red coats in the service of the Duke of Wheeling-Turn. Go HERE.


56019A Highland Rat Casualties 
This pack contains four identical large dead Ratmen in the service of the Army of Greate Britorcn in Catalucia. Go HERE.


56019B Lowland Rat Casualties
This pack contains a mix of two different dead Lowland Ratmen in the service of the Army of Greate Britorcn in Catalucia. Go HERE.


55507D Zombie Casualties
This pack contains four identical Zombie Piles (each of two corpses) which are former minions of the Dark Czar. Or awaiting reanimation... Go HERE.


This concludes our releases for the World of Valon for June 2018 and our last release before the arrival of Midsummer Madness late on next week. If you want to get into Flintloque then begin with the 5024 Escape the Dark Czar box set and our free resource downloads, videos beginners page and the Alternative Armies Tabletop Gaming group on Facebook.  Feel free to post a question and see you there!



Here at Alternative Armies we have two new week long deals on two entire ranges every week. Each offer is 10% off every code in two entire collections of our website.  Every pack, unit, box, book and so on in the collection is ten percent cheaper than its normal price for seven days.  It changes every week at midnight GMT Sunday so it is well worth a look to see what we have on offer from our vast choice.  Go HERE for the page and it is well worth seeing every Monday what the new deals are.  This week the offers are on The Torture Chamber and the 15mm scale Potomac American Civil War ranges.


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