Flintloque battle report Todoroni versus Albion Orcs

[TwoGunBob]

Finally remembered the camera for our monthly game of Flintloque. Flintloque is basically Napoleonics fought with fantasy races, elves are French, frogs are Italians, orcs are Brits, rats are Scottish, etc. I play at the local shop the first week of each month and tend to lose badly most games. This month's was no exception of course as I took my brand new Todoroni Cotechino Royal Guard for a spin and had them misfire their muskets, not hit the broadside of an orc and literally fall to pieces.

Orcs were the pre-painted option sold by Alternative Armies, frogs were painted by yours truly (in a white wine sauce). Buildings were scratch built by me as well, vaious rocks and foliage were game store gubbins lying around.

Scenario had poor section leader Bella Luigini Louis Gossi captured by the foul Orcs of Albion. They were doing a quick march to get him back to their lines for interrogation. My job was to rescue the poor section leader in an ambush and well... I failed miserably and the orcs chuckled and chortled as they brought him back to camp.

Pre-game pics of poor Bella surrounded by stinking orcs...





Baron Petrochemocholi and the Bishop of Nepolise watched the action from a high vantage point. (I just put them up there because well... I wanted them on the table. They had no bearing on the action).



I deployed my section around in two flanking manuevers that completely failed but I tried this thing they call strategy.



And the orcs began escorting Bella across the field.




Two shots of the game board around turn two or three. I really don't much care for the counters that distract from the table honestly but it makes everything easy to assess from the 'commander's view'.





I took up positions to snipe at the orcs as they passed but this looked more threatening than it was. My shooting was, as usual, complete rubbish.











One of my big todoroni (bigger, tougher frogs) suffered a critical hit and got blown to pieces by an orc 'Big Bessie' musket. He joined the audience watching over the game.





And the right flank collapsed completely from his lack of being there to support the line.

We had a sister game going on across the table of Russian undead squaring off gain Joccian ratmen. The Joccians were escorting a vampyre prisoner across the table. Same scenario, different armies basically.







And in the end the section Todoroni singer tried to sav his beloved leader and well... He's a singer, not a fighter and he was skewered by orcish bayonets and the game was lost...



Missing next month's game because it's my wedding anniversary the day after but I have the makings of a Russian undead section nearly complete and I'll have my KGB liches, zombies, and vampyres storming the field at the game in July.

[timg]

Thats some collection you have there Bob, lovely stuff.

[rob_alderman]

Hehehe! Always a pleasure to see a game of flintloque, even better a game of Flintloque with miniatures I sculpted being used!!!

It is sad to hear the failures of Todoroni coming to bear, that is, unfortunately, the way they are! Brilliant fun though.

Have you seen the new Big Todoroni? My personal favourites are the singer and the standard bearer who looks wonderfully glum.

[TwoGunBob]

I saw the new Todoroni but I have an undead DAP to paint, the Julianna Dwarves, and a section of Bella Luigosi line infantry to do up before I can even think of getting anymore Flintloque figs.

So far the tally is 10 zombies done and one dwarf. It's a lot of undead goodness, though. The Witchlands invade!

[rob_alderman]

Hahaha!

Yes indeed, it is a lot of Undead goodness!

I have far too much Flintloque stuff to even think about painting!!!! 

[DeafNala]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Thanks for the Oh-So-Cool Battle Report & Photos...not necessarily in that order. I had no idea previously what level the game was conducted at; this seems like a fine, large skirmish level...just right.

[rob_alderman]

Yeah, Flintloque is a Skirmish game reuqiring no more than 20 models a side (usually around half that, depending on what 'skill levels' they are or what race they are).
Slaughterloo is Flintloque's answer to mass battle. The game is played using Divisions, you can easily play a game with 1 division which would consist of a General, 2 Units of Line or Militia, some cavalry, artillery and/or light infantry. IIRC, Divisions have no size limit, being a minimum of 1 unit and a general. Line units are 20 models, militia are usually 24, light are 12 and artillery are 6 with a cannon.

I like playing both, but in recent years, I have been playing slaughterloo with my Todoroni army! 

[aggro84]

Nice battle report TwoGunBob. 

Nice, but very, very weird. 

[TwoGunBob]

We run Flintloque at 300 points and sections are about the same as what we used to use when playing 2nd edition without points. Sections vary from eight figures to usually around ten to twelve.

For instance my 105th Rifles orc section is eight figures because they're light elite units armed with the formidable Bakur Rifles and they have flaws ranging from being far sighted to having bad knees. This unit is so far standing at three losses and one major victory. Whereas my undead unit runs at 16 figures but they're all pretty rubbish really as the undead take quantity over quality and I chose a really pathetic vampyre officer as opposed to the usually deadly type.

My ferach, dogman, and most others stay at ten figures exactly with a mixture of traits and flaws.