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Orcs in the Hills
Issue 2 - Online Edition Return to the Contents Page
Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article The Original Letters Pages from 1996 Martin Adlem, Bournemouth: The Flintloque rules do not cover magic apart from mentioning it in the intro and scenarios. Is this done on purpose for an expansion, by accident or have I got a duff copy? Unfortunately the magic rules for Flintloque got overlooked in the typsetting process (along with the scenario maps!). A single sheet supplement is now included in copies of Flintloque, but unfortunately some of the first run didn't include this in error. If you (or anyone else missing the rules) send Alternative Armies an SSAE, they will send you the supplement comprising of the Magic Rules and the three maps for the scenarios. Tim Warren, Queen Charlton: In Flintloque thanks is made to Bernard Cornwell for his excellent Napoleonic fiction. Having checked him out there seems to be rather a lot of it! Which books do you recommend that I try and is it any use for Flintloque? All of it and lots are the simple answers to your questions. Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series are highly recommended reading for any Flintloque gamer. They may well be historical novels, but Cornwell sure knows how to write. To date Cornwell has written thirteen Sharpe novels namely; Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle, Sharpe's Gold, Sharpe's Battle, Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Sword, Sharpe's Enemy, Sharpe's Honour, Sharpe's Regiment, Sharpe's Siege, Sharpe's Revenge, Sharpe's Waterloo and Sharpe's Devil. They cover a period from 1809 to 1821 and we recommend that by and large you read them in order (as listed above) to allow you to appreciate the way Cornwell develops his characters. The Orc Rifles in the Flintloque box and some subsequent blisters are squarely based on the human characters in the books, and we think you'll have fun matching them up and discovering the original characters traits and attributes. A number of the books have also been converted into a TV series starring Sean Bean (who looks rather like the Sharke miniature!) which ITV shows periodically. All of these are available on video and are excellent inspiration for getting a feel of black powder warfare at the Flintloque level. Two new episodes are due to be shown on ITV this year. We want to take a more detailed look at the Sharpe novels and TV series in a later issue of Ores in the Hills and give examples of how useful they are to Flintloqne gamers. Malcolm Lewis, Bridgewater: Why are Dwarves so unfairly treated in Flintloque? I can accept that they are not very quick, but why are their muskets so much worse than everyone elses? It shouldn't just be the Dwarves... Basically the rules should state that shorter muskets such as those carried by the Dwarves and Rats are not as effective as the longer ones sported by the Elves and Orcs. The effectiveness of the longer weapon is based on historical precedent (compare a musket to the shorter carbine), however there was no intention to only have the Dwarves carrying this less effective weapon. The problem appears to have arisen as Steve had not seen the Rat miniatures when he wrote the rules and only thought that the Dwarves were carrying a short musket (thus why it is called the Dwarf Musket). It should be that any race that carries a short musket (such as the Rats) or any character that uses one (see Guerrillas of Santanda) use the stats of the Dwarf Musket. Orcs in the Hills
Issue 2 - Online Edition Return to the Contents Page
Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article Webmaster's Notes This was originally published by Wessex Games in the second issue of Orcs in the Hills in the Spring of 1996.
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