Flintloques, Muskets, and Long Rifles - Two Hour Wargames

Flintloques, Muskets, and Long Rifles 

Flintloques, Muskets, and Long Rifles – Two Hour Wargames in the world 

of Valon 

Introduction 

As some of you may know, I’ve spent a good part of the past couple of years working on Muskets and 

Mohawks/ Long Rifles, the new French and Indian War skirmish rules published by Two Hour Wargames. 

As others of you may know, I am a great fan of Alternate Armies’ Flintloque and Slaughterloo black 

powder fantasy rules. 

Finally as a subset of the above groups some of you may have noticed that the majority of my play test 

games for Muskets and Mohawks took place in the fantasy world of Valon. 

For those of you unfamiliar with the wonder that is Valon, it is a fantasy world populated by the usual 

suspects, orcs, elves, dwarves, and a few less usual, dogmen, bipedal toads, and rabbits, etc. Valon was 

once your typical fantasy world until, that is, the advent of black powder. Having harnessed the power 

of black powders the fantasy races banished humanity to the fringes (if humans survive at all), and fell to 

fighting amongst themselves in a manner strangely analogous to our own Napoleonic Wars. Those 

wishing more information on Valon, its, wars, and its people, are directed to http://www.alternativearmies.com/ 

. 

Here then, is a way to skirmish in Valon using Two Hour Wargames’ Muskets and Mohawks and/or Long 

Rifle. First we will take a look at how Flintloque’s experience levels and troop types translate to THW 

figures. Next racial statistics will be provided for all of the races and mounts currently available in the 

free Flintloque Lite version of the rules. Finally we close with a few thoughts on conversion methods and 

how players might wish to covert some aspects of the game on their own. 

Experience Levels 

The first step in converting a character from Flintloque to M&M/LR is to determine the character’s Rep. 

The table below lists each Flintloque experience level matched to a figure Rep in M&M/LR. 

Of course if you wish to randomly generate a section and start playing straight away you can always use 

the section generation rules in M&M/LR and have at it. 

Experience Rating Rep 

Raw 3 

Average 4 

Experienced 5 

Veteran 6 

Legendary 7 

Flintloque © Alternative Armies 2009 

Muskets and Mohawks and Long Rifles © Two Hour Wargames 2011 

Additional Material © Bob Minadeo 2011 Page 1


Some of you who may already be familiar with Two Hour Wargames’ rules may be taken aback by the 

possibility of there being Rep 6 and 7 characters on the table. Fear not. While such figures are indeed 

mighty fighters even they may succumb to the dreaded Obviously Dead result and drop from a single 

wound. 

Troop Type 

While both games feature the same the troop types as befits any black powder period game, there are 

some differences in how these types affect play. 

You may simply use the troop descriptions in M&M/LR or add the rules listed in the following table to 

your Valonian troops of each given type. 

The Worthy and the Chosen 

Troop Type Notes 

Regular Must remain within 15” of section leader or suffer 

-1 to Rep for Reaction Tests 

Light Roll extra d6 when firing. Discard lowest d6 

Grenadier +1 d6 in melee. Must remain within 20” of section 

leader or suffer -1 to Rep for Reaction Tests 

Cavalry +3d6 in melee when charging. Always count as 

Rushed Shot when mounted 

Gunner -1 d6 in Melee 

Marine +1d6 in melee. Must remain within 10” of section 

leader or suffer -1 Rep for Reaction Tests. 

Elite +1d6 for Reaction Tests 

The Forlorn and the Desperate 

(None may be elite) 

Troop Type Notes 

Militia Always Rush Shot. Must stay within 8” of section 

leader or -1 to Rep for Reaction Tests. 

Guerilla +1d6 in melee. Rolls additional d6 when firing, 

discarding lowest. -1 to Rep for Reaction Tests 

Irregular +1 d6 in melee 

Civilian -1d6 in charge test and melee. 

Racial Statistics 

We use four stats to define figures in Flintloques and Muskets, Move, Tough, Save, Melee. 

Move – is the figure’s normal move distance in inches. 





Tough – is a modifier subtracted from a weapon’s impact when testing on the Ranged 

Combat Damage Table. Note that a negative number here would actually serve to 

increase the weapon’s impact. 

Save – When a figure has suffered damage, it may roll 1d6 versus its save value, to try 

and lessen the effect of that hit. A success will reduce an OD to OoF, OoF to Knock 

Down, and a Knock Down to no effect. 

Melee – is the number of dice the figures adds to its Rep when conducting hand to hand 

combat. Note a negative number here will reduce the number of dice the figure will roll. 

Racial Statistics Table 

Race Move Tough Save Melee 

FERACH ELF 8 0 0 0 

TODORONI (LITTLE) 7 -1 0 -1 

TODORONI (BIG) 5 0 1 1 

DWARF 4 0 1 0 

DOGMAN 6 -1 1 0 

OGRE 4 1 2 2 

BURROVIAN (SMAL) 8 -1 0 -1 

BURROVIAN (BIG) 7 0 1 1 

WILD ELF 8 -1 1 1 

ORC 6 0 1 1 

LOWLAND RAT 6 -1 0 -1 

HIGHLAND RAT 7 0 1 1 

HOB GOBLIN 8 -1 0 -1 

BOG ORC 6 0 1 2 

GOBLIN 5 -1 0 -1 

DARK ELF 7 -1 0 -1 

CENTAUR 18 1 1 1 

WEREWOLF (SMALL) 8 0 0 1 

WEREWOLF (BIG) 7 1 1 2 

TROLKA 5 2 3 3 

TROLKIN 8 -1 0 0 

OTHARI 7 -1 0 0 

HALFLING 7 0 0 2 





Mount Statistics 

When fighting a mounted figure the first hit will always affect the mount. Use the mount’s Tough to 

modify the weapon’s impact when determining ranged damage. 

Mounts ignore Knock Down and are removed from play on an OD or OoF. When a figure’s mount is 

removed from play, place the dismounted figure in the spot where the mount was and treat the figure 

as Stunned. 

A mount’s Melee value is the number of dice added to the rider’s Rep when conducting hand to hand 

combat. 

Mount Statistics Table 

Cavalry Move Tough Melee 

LIGHT HORSE 13 1 -1 

HEAVY HORSE 12 1 0 

PIGMY HIPPO 9 2 1 

BOAR / MUSK OX 11 1 -1 

PIG 10 1 0 

MOOSE 8 3 1 

DONKEY / PONY 10 2 -1 

RHINO 8 3 1 

UNICORN 14 1 -1 

HIGHLAND COW 10 2 1 

RAM 12 1 -1 

LIGHT LIZARD 13 1 1 

HEAVY LIZARD 9 2 0 

DODO 10 1 0 

OTHARI CAMEL 8 2 1 

HALFLING SHEEP 10 0 0 

SKELETAL HORSE 12 2 -1 

ZOMBIE HORSE 12 1 1 

FLYING MOUNT 14 1 -1 

Additional Conversions 

As you may have noticed a lot of elements unique to Flintloque have been left out. This has been done 

primarily for speed of play, allowing players of Flintloques and Muskets to field more figures than are 

typically comfortable to field in a straight up game of Flintloque. 





Strictly for ease of use, centimeters are converted to inches on a two for one basis and vice versa. I 

actually prefer inches, as they are a bit less fiddly to work with. The downside of such conversion is some 

loss of granularity as half inches are rounded up to whole in order to easily determine Fast Moves. 

Finally, appended below you will find a handy percentage/d10/d6 table that will allow players to convert 

other factors such as skills and racial traits, into M&M/LR terms. This is included so that players may add 

in as much extra detail from Flintloque as they wish. 

Example – In Flintloque, Ferach Elves automatically add 5% to their chance to hit a target. Checking the 

row of the Dice Conversion table below we see that 5% yields no change in terms of a six sided die. 

However were that 5% to be combined with some other factor that brings the bonus up to 10%, players 

could rule that the Elf in question may add one to his Rep when firing. 

The table could also be used to convert the entirety of M&M/LR to a game using ten sided dice rather 

than six sided dice. I have actually done this and then discarded the change as too fiddly. However that 

doesn’t mean that your players will agree. So give it a go if you have a mind to. 

Conversion Factors 

Percent d10 d6 

5% 1 0 

10% 1 1 

15% 2 1 

20% 2 1 

25% 3 2 

30% 3 2 

35% 4 2 

40% 4 2 

45% 5 3 

50% 5 3 

55% 6 3 

60% 6 4 

65% 7 4 

70% 7 4 

75% 8 5 

80% 8 5 

85% 9 5 

90% 9 5 

95% 10 6 

100% 10 6 





Final Thoughts 

I trust you have found the preceding though provoking or at least somewhat less than banal as you have 

continued to read this far. 

In closing remember that there are as many styles of game as there are players to play them. By 

expanding the styles of game for which Alternative Armies figures may be employed it is my hope that 

the ranks of Valonian gamers will expand a bit, and that is no bad thing. 

Should you discover some point on which no agreement can be made between your players, simply roll 

a dice. Odds one side wins the argument, and tails the other side does. Note down the conflict and play 

on! Nothing should be allowed to hold up the game and any differences of opinion may be expanded 

upon infinitum post game should a protagonist and antagonist be sufficiently interested in the 

discussion! 

Should you wish to discuss any of the foregoing I may be reached through the Two Hour Wargames 

Yahoo group at: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/twohourwargames/ or the Alternative Armies 

Notables Yahoo group at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/notablemembers/ . 

Bob Minadeo 

Evesham, 2012 

This article is an updating of the Flintloques and Muskets article first seen in The Orcs in the Webbe 

( http://www.orcsinthewebbe.co.uk/ ) Advent Calendar for 2011. At that time Muskets and 

Mohawks/Long Rifle were not in production and some changes have been made so that this document is 

in synch with the published rules.

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