It all started with a flat tyre. The Northern Kings were just setting off from Bristol, having just played in the South West Clash, when Padley's car got a flat tyre. Trying to find a garage open at 4pm on a Sunday was... not fun. We did find one and they were luckily able to … Continue reading Year in Review: The Scarecrow Gathering

Part one of two. In these articles I'm going to explore the common refrain of "Just double 1 it" in Kings of War and why people shouldn't offer this. I'm rushing to get this posted before Elliot arrives for our Friday gaming session (in accordance with support bubble lockdown rules) and cut this part out … Continue reading “Just Double 1 it” part 1 – People suck at guessing odds

For those who know what it is, here is the download. For those who don't know, I've written an Excel dashboard which takes a chatlog from Universal Battle and displays the dice statistics: This allows you to truly see if one player rolled particularly hot during a game but you'll often be surprised at just … Continue reading Universal Battle Dice Dashboard

I've seen more and more people questioning whether the dice rolls in Universal Battle are fair, or whether they are biased in some way. This has led to the #UBDice meme in the Kings of War community whenever someone has a particularly hot or cold roll, and others discussing whether to start hand rolling dice … Continue reading #UBDice

I've done a lot this year. Near year resolutions and all that has had me thinking about things to change in my hobby, which lead me to try and remember what my 2019 resolutions were, which lead me to try and tally up everything I've done in 2019. Turns out there's quite a lot. In … Continue reading 2019 Hobby in Review

TL;DR: All themes are split out into separate factions. Anyone who is the best in faction with a score of 200 or more is the Faction Master. Anyone who is best in faction with a score less than 200 is a Faction Regent. Anyone who is a Faction Master will receive an invite to the … Continue reading Best in Faction – How we’re doing it

I'm writing this as a blog post because it's quite a complicated subject and there's no ideal solution. The question simply is how should we handle Best in Faction awards for 3rd edition on KoWMasters.com? We've been mulling it over for months in the Committee and not been able to come to a decision. That's … Continue reading Best in Faction Awards

Two more decisions made for KoW Masters and the leaderboards. Mixed Game Events If an event combines two games, such as Vanguard and Kings of War then only the Kings of War portion is eligible for rankings. The points awarded for Kings of War are what players will be ranked on for the purpose of … Continue reading More Masters Decisions

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