Kings of War has reached another milestone - 3rd edition. What started as a cheaper-model replacement for GW games that needed a rulesset (KoW 1st edition) has matured into a professional game that doesn't need its shared ties with Warhammer anymore. According to playtesters, the game has improved without losing any of its original elegance. … Continue reading Milestone – Kings of War 3rd edition
picture courtesy of mantic games Kings of War 3rd edition is looming on the Horizon. Just any moment KoW 3rd edition can drop and spoilers are all over the internet. In this blog post I'll look at what rumours spark my interest and which do disappoint me a bit. Please bear in mind that I … Continue reading Kings of War 3rd edition hype
Elite and vicious are both strong rules, especially if it's an army wide rule. The rule allows for more damage, especially guarding against that single bad dice roll that happens once every time. The rule makes units not only perform better, it increases their reliability. (which is a good thing) Elves (and their evil kin) … Continue reading Why Elite and Vicious are (almost) the same thing
2021 update: The original blog post originates from 2019 when I made the first pictures. Since 2019 the army has been expanded a bit, so I added the new additions near the end of the post. Furthermore, the rules reference of the blog post refers to the 2nd edition of the rules. Some of this … Continue reading Overview: my undead army
As KoW3 looms at the horizon one of the questions that keep me (and at least one of my mates) busy is how different do we want armies to be in KoW? In KoW2 armies get more and more similar. (Not from a hobby perspective, of course, but from a gamer's perspective.) For instance: the … Continue reading How unique should armies be?
EDIT: This post was written under Kings of War 2nd edition rules. Kings of War 3rd edition army composition may be different, thereby invalidating some of the below post's army composition. Mantica needs stalwart men who face off against the evil that stalks the land. The brotherhood needs reinforcements, and you'll be the one to … Continue reading Building on a budget – Brotherhood
Edit 2025: The original blog post was back in 2019 when I started this blog. Since then (see my hobby posts) many armies have been expanded or updated, but this blog post and some of the army pages haven't. Recently I updated my Topaz army page, the rest may be updated someday too! Such is the … Continue reading Overview of my completed armies
It's been a while since I posted a hobby update. Mainly because of the fine weather, painting is very slow these days, but that's okay. KoW hobby time is -for me at least- partially a fall/winter thing. That said, I finished a pair of reaper bones scorpions. As with all reaper minatures, the detail isn't … Continue reading Hobby update and Scorpion comparison
Just a small update: Kings of War 3rd edition was announced! More information on the Mantic website here: Probably the rules will not chance so much. (they didn't last time), but the army lists will. As there was some room to improve 1st edition, I think the changes from KoW 1 to 2 were bigger … Continue reading Kings of War 3rd edition on the horizon: # hyped!
When I started reviewing the Kingdoms of Men army list, this was mainly because of my frustration with shooters and war machines. After this, I posted some ideas for characters and infantry. Not to leave a process near the the end, this post describes the final part of the Kingdoms of Men army, cavalry and … Continue reading Improving the Kingdoms of Men Army – here is the cavalry
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