I'm going to a 40k tournament in two weeks time. Fluffy Highlander is a "fun and fluffy" tournament. May as well make it my first! The plan is Orks. Of course. What else would you play in 40k? There are quite tight listbuilding restrictions: - Your entire army must consist of a single battalion. No … Continue reading Preparing for WAAAGH!

The book is finally getting into people's hands, and we've now been given the nod from Mantic that we can talk about V3! Finally! Northern Kings have been playtesting third edition and have submitted the most battle reports out of all the groups. Of course. So here's a big dump of thoughts in no particular … Continue reading Version 3 thoughts

More KoWMasters changes! But first! Rules Remaining The Same While we've changed the formula for determining the number of points available for an event in order to better reflect the UK KoW organised play scene, the rest of the rules for a ranked event are remaining the same. They must have a minimum of 10 … Continue reading Changing Seasons

It's no secret that the current rankings formula used for KoWMasters doesn't truly suit the UK Kings of War organised play community. It was originally written based on the old WHFB community which revolved largely around two day events. These events would usually have 40+ players. Anything smaller or was a one day event was largely … Continue reading Introducing the new rankings formula

This weekend I had a couple of tactical situations that I thought would make for an interesting write-up. Deliberately presenting a rear charge I deliberately gave my opponent a rear charge on a regiment of Hellequins with their Abyssal Dwarf dragon. I had been on the back foot all game with all of the action … Continue reading Tactial situations at Sword of Summers

This past weekend, 1st and 2nd June 2019, was important for two reasons. Firstly you had the birthday of an incredibly smart, sexy, champion Kings of War player and all round modest guy, me, and also the Northern Kings held our first two day tournament. We’ve been up and running for about 18 months now. … Continue reading Northern Kings – A review so far – Part One

I've recently started taking a dedicated Kings of War accessory box with me to events. This is filled with all of the various tools and templates that I use in-game. I remember way back in the day I almost looked down on people who used a lot of templates and accessories because I felt they … Continue reading Kings of War Gameplay Accessories