A long while back, I was very apprehensive about the RC providing recommended standard terrain heights for Kings of War. I felt that if they were to do that, then people wouldn’t play around with terrain heights and types and the variation from game to game would diminish in favour of the recommended standards. For … Continue reading Stop Using Standard Terrain
Now I’m just a random ol’ fan of the game, I can post brain dumps without it being taken as official policy and the RC being held accountable for them! What would Kings of War look like if I were in charge? I don’t just mean Rules Committee in charge, I mean in charge of … Continue reading If I were king of the game…
I think many players undervalue infantry. This could be because on the whole, infantry stats are rather underwhelming compared to heavy hitters. You wouldn’t expect a bloke with a pointy stick to really stand up against an ogre, or a giant, or bloke with a bigger pointy stick riding a horse (or bigger), so it … Continue reading Infantry tactics
Coming home from the Clash of Kings doubles tournament yesterday, me and Elliot had a discussion about what "clean play" means to us. The basic idea being how you do things such as measurements, dice rolling and other general gameplay bits to reduce any arguments and make things as clear as possible for both parties. … Continue reading Clean play in Kings of War
I picked up Abyssal Dwarfs as my go-to army for major events this year, and done quite well so far, if I say so myself! Here’s what I ran at Lonewolf 2017 and a recent Black Dragon tournament: I achieved 9th out of 88 in battle at Lonewolf and 1st out of 14 at the … Continue reading My Abyssal Dwarf tactics
Map packs rear their head a little bit, with people asking the RC to create a set of approved tables with the right balance of terrain or fully endorsing map packs made by others. I’m against us doing this. We added suggested terrain heights to the FAQ – key word being “suggested”. These weren’t meant … Continue reading Map Packs, and why we won’t make them
I had some really interesting responses to my article on broken things in KoW 1st edition and many people who joined at the start of 2nd were really interested in some of the changes we made. I figured I’d write a bit more about things that we added, changed or removed for those who didn’t … Continue reading More first edition changes
In Kings of War, and many other wargames, you need to have a rough idea of your chances of success before committing to an action. Sometimes you may do this via pure experience (though that can be muddied with confirmation bias of course), and sometimes you may do it via maths. In Kings of War, … Continue reading Mathhammer: Foundation dice arithmetic
This is one that I wrote a fair while back and shared as a Facebook album, but that doesn't seem to work too well. So here it is reproduced! What you'll need: 2-3mm MDF base (I buy mine from War-bases.co.uk) Some spare 2-3mm MDF (another base is perfectly fine) 10mm Styrofoam - not polystyrene! Also … Continue reading Scenic basing tutorial
I do not miss 1st edition. I don’t think this is going to be a divisive statement, but I really don’t miss Kings of War 1st edition. There’s an oldhammer movement which seeks to promote the older editions of WHFB, but I don’t think that there’ll be one springing up for Kings of War 1st … Continue reading I do not miss 1st edition
Nick Williams 