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Digitising Kings of War in the Mantic Companion

G’day Goonhammer readers! For the unaware, Mantic is moving into the 21st century by moving online with their new Companion App. The Mantic Companion is a progressive web application that brings all the components of their biggest games to...

Kings of War: Post-tournament army analysis

G’day Goonhammer readers! Having finished our recap of ConVic 2022, it is time to critically assess the army lists we took. We'll explore what changes we feel are needed, but also how we can improve our own gameplay -...

Kings of War Tournament Reports: ConVic 2022 Day 2

G’day Goonhammer readers! The ultimate Victorian Kings of War tournament, ConVic, continued into Day 2. Urr with his Varangur has a very respectable score of 3 wins and 1 loss, while Cytoplasm and his Goblins have been a bit...

New Kings of War: A massive book, Orcs, Ogres, and even an App!

G’day Goonhammer readers! In the last week Mantic has revealed a huge range of upcoming releases for Kings of War, from a new book to models and even an app! We summarize all that is known, sprinkling a little...

Kings of War: Road to ConVic22 Part Five – Winter Carnage

G’day Goonhammer readers! The Australian tournament ConVic 2022 is almost upon us, but we have one more chance to truly test our lists at a small local tournament aptly named Winter Carnage (it’s quite cold in Melbourne!). Winter Carnage...

Kings of War: Road to ConVic22 Part Three – Playtesting and Practice

G’day Goonhammer readers! Welcome back all to another Road to ConVic article, where we, Urr and Cytoplasm, document for your general consumption our stumbling progression towards the upcoming two-day Kings of War tournament known as ConVic in Victoria, Australia. Both...

Kings of War’s Empire of Dust: True Kings of the Tombs

G’day Goonhammer readers! It’s been quite a week for Mantic, with all kinds of hot releases coming out. The Umbrella Academy Board Game was launched on Gamefound, but that wasn’t enough for Mantic. They opened the tombs and revealed...

Firefight 2nd Edition Rulebook Review Part 2

We first took a high level look at the box set for Firefight 2.0 and last week we started a more in-depth review of the rules. This week we continue the Rules review so you can get an idea...

Firefight 2nd Edition Rulebook Review Part 1

Last week we took a look at the brand new box set for Firefight, Mantic's platoon-level science fiction tabletop wargame. We did a high-level overview of the box set and everything included. This week we're going to dive into...

Firefight Second Edition Starter Set – The Goonhammer Review

  Mantic Games have released the hotly anticipated second edition of their Firefight miniatures wargame. First developed due to fan demand during the 2015 Warpath Kickstarter, Firefight is a company-level wargame, ideal for battles with 50 to 100 models per...