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Kings of War: Urr and Cytoplasm do battle at ConVic 2023, Part 1

G’day Goonhammer readers! We had the pleasure of participating in our local two-day Kings of War tournament event, ConVic 2023, and we can already say it was a great time. Urr took his Aztec-theme Varangur, and Cytoplasm his Mantic...

Getting Started in Kings of War 2023

G’day Goonhammer readers! Do you miss rank and flank fantasy wargaming? Do you wish you could recreate the battles of Total War: Warhammer? Do you just want to play a game where massive armies can fight a full six...

Kings of War: Day 2 at Clash of Kings Australia 2023

G’day Goonhammer readers! We’re back again with Day Two of our coverage of Urr’s performance at the Australian national Kings of War tournament, Clash of Kings Australia 2023. Urr’s first three games from Day One proved to be quite...

Kings of War: Urr’s Clash of Kings Australia 2023 – Day 1

G’day Goonhammer readers! It’s Clash of Kings Australia time! Run at the same time as CanCon in our nation's (unexpected) capital of Canberra, Clash of Kings is Australia's biggest Kings of War event. It’s a celebration of the hobby,...

Kings of War: What is chaff and how to use it?

G’day Goonhammer readers! Chaff units and using them are an integral part to Kings of War (and wargaming overall), but rarely is the term “chaff” explained. Having become part of wargaming language decades ago, newcomers are often left wondering...

UK Warhammer 40,000 Competitive Play: A Beginner’s Perspective

Hi, my name is Kerry, and I go by the name K.Legss online. I recently attended Golden Demon 2022, which is where I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely guys from Goonhammer. As always, when you meet people,...

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...

What else is in the new Kings of War (2022) book?

G’day, Goonhammer readers! By now, most of our Kings of War readers will have the Kings of War (2022) book (aka The Big Red Book) in their eager hands. We have already covered the various new game modes; Legendary...

Taking Kings of War up a notch with Legendary Games

G’day Goonhammer readers! If you’re not aware, almost the entire Kings of War community is counting down the days until October 24th and the release of the new Kings of War Gamer’s Compendium. This is going to be a...

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 -...