Kings of War - Vanguard

[Dave]

Nothing, but like Tom my models are on round bases. No side arcs makes it even easier, can’t you use the back edge of the round base then....

[Darkson (Simon)]

Square or round doesn't bother me, other than a like Tom and Dave, a lot of the models I'd use are on round (my Mordheim stuff is on square, but not sure if the right size).

Ideally, I'd be probably looking at rules only, unless the deal is really good.

[Tom]

Campaign stuff up today. Seems to pitch itself halfway between the Necromunda level of everyone being a unique individual and Frostgrave's everyone bar the wizard being expendable.

They keep talking the right talk to keep me interested.

[Dave]

It does all sound very promising.

If I start my fantasy themed game board this weekend then it might just be ready in time for the kickstarter completion date of 2020!

[Ray]

I believe board size for this is 3x3, so it can share boards with malifaux

[Ray]

Alpha rules are now available (via link in the latest email). I'll get them downloaded onto my ipad so people can take a look on tuesday.

[Tom]

Liking the Alpha rules. Slightly worried at constant references to the campaign being a way of linking full KoW games. A nice idea to be an option but my interests lie 100% skirmish level.

[Ray]

Have you ever actually tried kings of war? It's a mass battle game in terms of look and feel, but because units are a fixed size/shape you are really only playing with 10-20 models per side, it's just that some of those models represent large bodies of men rather than individuals.

[Darkson (Simon)]

Liking the Alpha rules. Slightly worried at constant references to the campaign being a way of linking full KoW games. A nice idea to be an option but my interests lie 100% skirmish level.

Ditto, and while I admit I haven't tried KoW I know that it doesn't suit my tastes, I just don't like games with units and/or progression.

[Dave]

I watched a beasts of war video (don’t watch it, it’s awful) with the main man from mantic and the message was that this game would stand on its own and the KoW tie in rules would purely be a “bonus”. It’s entirely possible I misunderstood the message though given that I skipped a fair bit!