Kings of War Week: Background Chat
October 28, 2013 by warzan
Welcome to Kings of War week here on Beasts of War! Coming up we'll be looking at all of the factions from the great Kings of War game, giving away some epic prizes, and giving you the low down on what this world is all about.
To get things started Warren and James sat down for a first look at the background of the Mantica world and get a little chat about the events that led the world and the game to where it is today.
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The story seems a little generic, but it’s not too bad, good enough excuse to set a few armies on the table.
My thoughts exactly. The game is neatly backed by the story, just enough to bring flavour onto the tabletop.
I like the space there is. Fluff from the likes of GW and PP is impressive (and tremendous fun to read), but at the same time oppressive. With backstories less set in stone, I feel KoW offers a bit more encouragement for creativity.
yay kings of war, backed the kickstarter and ended up with about 1000 points of freebies
DAMN YOU MAN!!!
Oh goody more prizes!
I always liked the concept of the “gods” splitting into their aspects. I am however finally seeing the end of the tunnel on cleaning up my kickstarter models, just have my orc chariots, goblin mincers, elf stormwind calvary andTwilight kin calvary, and the heroes to clean up. after everything is cleaned I’ll probably go back and finish off all my orc infantry (pretty much just need a dip at this point). Hope the armies go to someone who needs them, the undead look great and the ogres are phenomenal…. though it would be a tough tossup between them and more… Read more »
I look forward to hearing about the different races and how the game plays out. I’ve heard its quite a fast paced game and easy to get a game done quickly. Mantic have really peaked my interest in their games since backing Deadzone.
Potentially an interesting back story. This is what always sells me on a game so I might have to check it out in more detail
Looking forward to this one, havent looked at kings of war since before the hardback rulebook came out.
I have 250 Mantic Undead models already… but I could always use MORE.
Excited to find out more about King’s of War. Definitely something I’m considering getting into, already have a few of Mantic’s fantasy minis.
I just got an email today saying that my KoW two player starter set was on its way to my loving hands. The fact that it’s KoW week on BoW makes this week even better! You know what would be the cherry on top…Winning more KoW stuff!
This looks to be a good series. I missed the kickstarter and would love to get into this.
woop woop! been looking forward to this for weeks now
That sounded very interesting.
Another great week.
I would love to have more undead and i’m seriously interested in getting some of those Basileans, but i still need to finish painting a lot of my stuff… so yeah…
Love the open possibilities that Mantica leaves for DIY armies
This sounds very interesting, i love this background I wish I had been part of the kickstarter. Because these war games have such wonderful fluff I would like to see one release as both a war game and a RPG at the same time so that one would lead people to play the other. the only system I can really remember trying this was Battletech and compared to other RPG systems of the time it was clunky.
looking to start a new game but im torn between Flames of War and this, spoiled for choice
looks like its going to be a good week
Kings of War looks like an interesting game, looking forward to seeing more videos about it
Will we see a battle played out? That would help me decide if I should jump in.
I miss the old background. 🙂
Always a good day for a prize. Looking forward to your coverage of this game.
I do like the look of their undead models
V excited by this, if I don’t win a prize I’m probably gonna buy!