The Alternative Armies Blog

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.
Our game systems and free content such as PDF downloads and reading articles. Enjoy and do dig back in time to see what was going on before now.

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Thursday 30 November 2017

Furioso 16th Century Renaissance rules reviewed in Vae Victis 136



Just arrived in the mail from France the latest issue of Vae Victis magazine (Number #136) which contains a very nice and positive review of our Furioso 16th century Renaissance wargame rules by Steve Danes.  Click on the picture below to see it in readable size.



My French is reasonable and I want to thank them for the review.  The rules work with 6mm, 15mm and 28mm miniatures.  We play in 15mm scale using the Altuos Range of miniatures.


If you are keen on the magazine go HERE and for the rules visit our website where it is in print and as a digital download too.

Excellent!  

GBS

Monday 27 November 2017

Cyber Monday 2017 at Alternative Armies 25% off all digital downloads 24hrs only

Digital madness at Alternative Armies today and for 24hrs only we have taken 25% off every single digital title in our whole catalogue. All the books can be found on the Digital Downloads page and you get your titles upon completion of check out. Go HERE. Additionally you have until 9am Tuesday 28th November to get free shipping on all physical orders over 15GBP in cart. 


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 the website. We have collected them all in one place. Just add to your cart. No shipping, no waiting, just download after payment is completed. All of our digital paid downloads are always 20% cheaper than the print version of the same title would be. If you have any questions just ask us on sales@alternative-armies.com. 


We have Flintloque 3rd edition books (War in Catalucia, Death in the Snow, Grapeshotte, Bier & Bones), we have Slaughterloo 2nd Edition, we have Furioso 15mm Renaissance, we have Sulphur post apocalyptic, we have all of the USEME series of titles plus we have HOF Fire-Team and Age of Might and Steel. Go HERE

Twenty Four hours only. Get your order in now!

Here are all of our Six new releases from last week.  Go HERE for them and select the one you like to look at.


Thanks for Reading and for all your support over this mega week long event culminating today. 

 GBS

Friday 24 November 2017

Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017!

The Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. Automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and six brand new releases too. It is now the weekend of the event, its huge, it will conclude with a 24hrs only Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Ends 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November. Go HERE



New Releases! 
See the New Releases page for all these now out.


VNT39 Air Squid and Handler (28mm High Fantasy Monster) 


56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry plus Uniformation article (Flintloque and Slaughterloo) 



MP30 Deaths Head Fountain (28mm Torture Chamber) 



RAP037 Ikwen Hardened Fighters (15mm Loud Ninja Games) 



SGF82 Soba Shop (15mm Sengoku Range) 


Black Friday Event Offers! (Save up to 50% on these codes) 
These are on our Events and Bundles page with all the other bundles.





5024 Escape the Dark Czar (Flintloque Beginners Set) 
VLE13 Gnomish Notary (less than 50 numbered sets remain!)





EH01 Flower of Evil (Monster Plant) 
VNT31-05 Liche Lord (28mm Fantasy) 
VNT33 The Wyvern Kildane (28mm Fantasy) 



HOT7 Giant (15mm Fantasy) 
HOT30 War Elephant (15mm Fantasy) 
HOT31 War Mammoth (15mm Fantasy) 



V007 Scythe Jet Copter (15mm Sci-fi) 


ER28 Wolf Hounds (Erin 28mm) 
ER29 Venom Pigs (Erin 28mm) 
ER30 Wolves (Erin 28mm) 

Plus twenty plus more big bundles of 15mm and 28mm fantasy and others including Ganesha Games, Asgard and more. 


Cyber Monday Mega Digital Event! (25% off all our digital download books for 24hrs) 
For one day only we are going to reduce the prices of all our paid for PDF books by twenty five percent on our Digital Downloads page. Flintloque, Slaughterloo, Furioso, Sulphur and all the others. Cyber Monday 27th November only. 

If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You must be on the list to get it. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun as we send out each day's new release and news. 

Lastly if you wish to combine orders with our little sister site The Ion Age then you can and you get access to the offers and free shipping. Send an email to info@theionage.com and list out all the codes you want from both websites along with your address and your paypal email. We will respond and send you an invoice to pay. Easy! 

Thanks for reading and enjoy the biggest event of the year! 

GBS

Thursday 23 November 2017

Ikwen Hardened Fighters released from Loud Ninja Games

You have been waiting. You have been asking. Now you can be getting! Brand new from Loud Ninja Games a new pack of Ikwen sculpted by Eli Arndt. Go HERE or read on for more. 



"The Ikwen are one side of an asymmetric war against a higher tech, invading enemy. They fight in a less organized, militia style, utilizing acquired weapons, not of their of own manufacture." 


RAP037 Ikwen Hardened Fighters 
Over a generation ago, the planet Kwiell was set upon by aliens bent on exploiting the natural resources of the planet. The planet’s native population, the Ikwen, found themselves suddenly enslaved and their society rocked as they were enslaved, put to work and in many cases hunted and killed. The Ikwen have spent decades in frustrated servitude to these invading overlords. We see them as very much freedom-fighting indigenous life forms, use them as alien invaders, allies, mercenaries or even lower tech indigenous forces for more organized warfare. This pack contains (6) six different 15mm scale white metal miniatures armed with a mix of blades and pistols. Excellent melee soldiers and Ikwen leaders. All miniatures are supplied unpainted and without bases. 4.00GBP. Go HERE


Eli Arndt -The Making of the Ikwen
I want to share a little gem with you. A video created by the fellow behind LNG Mr Eli Arndt. Its five minutes of information all about the ideas behind some of the most successful sets of miniatures of the Loud Ninja Games range...The Ikwen.  


Loud Ninja Games 
LNG is a small, boutique sized gaming company dedicated to bringing a little bit of fun to the miniatures and gaming community. Great and original 15mm science fiction miniatures and vehicles from wargamers to wargamers. Scotland and the United States of America working as one! The YanDrassi. 15mm Alien Empire. The Ikwen. 15mm Alien Militia. Alien Encounters. 15mm Strange Creatures from the Stars. Wasteland Mutants. 15mm Dangerous Near Future. The Chuhuac. 15mm Space Raptors. Alternative Armies is the official manufacturer and seller of all Loud Ninja Games products. Have a browse. Go HERE


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry released with free article for Flintloque

Big and brutal it is our pleasure to present to you the central Flintloque and Slaughterloo release for this month. An entire unit of new Ogre Cavalry which can act either for Hunvaria or for the Krautian Giant Legion as elite riders. They can also be Hussars for both sides. This new unit is entirely in resin and at a reduced price compared to white metal (along side of our other Ogre cavalry) plus we have a free article for you to download. Choose from a single to a skirmish pack or a full unit of ten plus painted options. 


Go HERE for 56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry or click HERE for a free Uniformation article download with rules and more from our website. Sculpted by Elton Waters. A big unit! 


56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry 
 Hussars of the finest quality who make the lands of Urop tremble with their very step. The veterans of the Guard Ogres can choose to fight for the Emperor Mordred or for Kyng Gorge as part of your Ferach or Alliance armies. This code contains 28mm scale multiple part resin models comprising two poses of body with separate hands which can be made an Officer with pistol, a Standard Bearer with pole, a Musician with bugle or two poses of sword arm. Dressed in hussar uniform with bearskin head gear they are mounted on resin Rhinos. They are easy to assemble and come supplied with our resin cartouche style cavalry base. 


You can choose from a single trooper booster, a skirmish pack of five miniatures or a full unit of ten miniatures with a saving. You can also choose to purchase these miniatures pro-painted and based in Scotland for immediate play out of the box. Note we will supply them in the Hunvarian uniform shown unless you request K.G.L uniform or other uniforms by email with your order number. Go HERE

Uniformation – 56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry 
Download a free Uniformation article which contains fiction, background and rules for Flintloque and Slaughterloo plus images for this miniature as well as details of Ferach and Alliance use. Stats Block for Slaughterloo included! It is hosted on our website and you can get it by clicking HERE. We have a vast amount of free files for you which you can get by going to our FREE DOWNLOADS page. 



Go HERE for War in Catalucia which tells you of the KGL and for Beir & Bones which deals with Hunvaria. Both are in 5030 Slaughterloo. Go HERE for the Ogres of the Confederation and HERE for the Ogres of the Alliance. We have a large range of Ogres from this divided land to choose from and don't forget the new 56115 Captain Schlager of the KGL who is great for your forces too. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Tuesday 21 November 2017

15mm Mummified Wizard on Throne released!

Now released at Alternative Armies a classic 1980's 15mm Fantasy wargaming piece now re-mastered and into resin for a reduced price. The way cool Mummified Wizard on Throne. Go HERE or read on for more. 


DFE01 Mummified Wizard on Throne 
Dungeon Scenics or a Lord of the Dead this pack contains one model. A real classic 15mm miniature from the 1980's now re-mastered and into resin. Single piece with no assembly required standing 35mm tall. This code is supplied unpainted without a base. 4.00GBP. Go HERE

The Tabletop 15mm Fantasy Range 
A classic range of 15mm Fantasy miniatures originating with Tabletop Miniatures this listing include many personalities and unusual monsters and creatures in addition to the now staples of Fantasy gaming. It also has the classic Asgard 15mm Fantasy codes too. Have a browse. Go HERE


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 



If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

 GBS

Monday 20 November 2017

Soba Shop released for Sengoku 15mm Japanese range!

Now released at Alternative Armies into the excellent and unique 15mm Sengoku Japanese Fantasy range is the first code in the fifth wave. The Soba Shop sculpted by John Bell. Go HERE or read on for more. 


SGF82 Soba Shop with Peddler 
Travelling the cities and the roads the Soba Shop is carried by its owner who is always ready to dispense noodles and other food to customers high born and low. Great for historical or fantasy gaming. This pack contains four 15mm white metal parts which assembled form the Soba Shop. They are the Vendor with pole, the roof, the left shop part and the right shop part. Easy to assemble and about 35mm long when built. This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted without a base. 4.00GBP Go HERE


The Sengoku Range 
Beginning its fifth wave of expansions this 15mm scale range is sculpted by John Bell and now contains more than eighty different miniatures. Warriors, Peasants, Monsters, Creatures and much else besides. Many of these creatures are unique in 15mm scale to this range. Have a browse. Go HERE.

Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 



If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Sunday 19 November 2017

MP30 Deaths Head Fountain released into Torture Chamber collection

Now released at Alternative Armies into the adult themed Torture Chamber collection is the great 28mm scale Deaths Head Fountain. Go HERE or read on for more. 

MP30 Deaths Head Fountain 
Great for use in any diorama, dungeon or wargame collection the Deaths Head Fountain is a three piece 28mm scale resin model with requires a small degree of assembly. Re-mastered from a classic 1980's design it goes really well with the TOR codes. Assembled it is 40mm tall and 40mm wide. The pack is supplied unpainted and without a base. 4.00GBP Go HERE

The Torture Chamber Collection Excellent for roleplay, dungeon crawl, dioramas and wargaming you can purchase the packs or parts of them if you just want some of the furniture or the people from them. Thus far we have the following. The Whipping Beam, The Cage, The Rack, The Branding Iron, The High Inquisitor on Throne, The Snake Pit (2017 version) as well as The Iron Maiden, The Wall and The Garrotte Chair. Go HERE. Be warned adult themes. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS