Absolute Beginner's Guide to Kings of War 1/4 - What you need to play

[@TalkingAboutGames]

I think it's also important to inform beginners, that there are currently two 2 player starter sets, "Shadows in the North" and "War in the Holds", which contain the basics you need to get started right away: two armies and a basic rulebook for a pretty good price.

[@DeathByDragons]

Definitely! I wanted to keep as many time specific elements out to try and make them last, but this is a great comment 👍

[@Randomnumbers-153]

What about A Storm In The Shires?

[@thenedain]

Really good series. I'd point any beginner the direction of this to get a good idea of the basics.

[@DeathByDragons]

Thanks!

[@frankidius]

I liked this set of videos. As a gamer of some years, but a player of multiple different games, and having played almost none of them for more than a year due to the pandemic, this is good as a simple refresher to get the cogs into Kings of War mode again. Thanks.

[@DeathByDragons]

I can’t wait to be gaming more regularly again !

[@NoProcrastinationMiniatures]

Awesome! Currently working on painting the (now previous) starter set with the carrot of learning how to play once painted up!

[@DeathByDragons]

Awesome! Gotta say, the quality of their miniatures has skyrocketed

[@Sancredo]

Great and informative video! Haven't tried KoW, but was interested for the longest time. This video was great to better know the game!

[@DeathByDragons]

Glad you like it! Give KoW a go - I haven’t regretted it one minute :)

[@gamer85p]

Really useful! Wanting to switch to King's of War to fill the void left by old school Warhammer Fantasy

[@DeathByDragons]

A lot of people comment that it feels like the game Warhammer should have been :)

[@HordesofThings]

Great work, a lot of effort to make a quality vid tutorial series like this! Thanks to you and your wife :)

[@DeathByDragons]

Our pleasure!

[@the_ogre1234]

Love the game. This video is awesome as well. Keep up the good work.

[@jakehutton885]

Really great video, thanks for putting this together for the community. A big shout out of thanks to your wife :)!

[@DeathByDragons]

She was caught reading the Armada rulebook the other day!

[@kericmason]

Great introduction. Also feed the algorithm...

[@DeathByDragons]

Thanks Eric!

[@nickbrooks2236]

Fantastic videos! I use them all the time to recruit new players. Do you think you could do a video on Ambush?

[@DeathByDragons]

That's so awesome to hear, thank you! Ambush is pretty much the same rules, but I could maybe do an intro to what makes it different/simpler? I feel a bit of a fraud, I've only ever played one game lol

[@ianc8325]

great to see some ground floor content for Kings of War, watching 3 hour streams of Universal battles games is not going to draw people into the game.

[@DeathByDragons]

For sure. I'm trying to make content that matches my attention span (about 30 sec... oh wow look over there

[@grumhelden]

so much this!

[@amc6354]

Just getting g started . Enjoy your vids and style and enthusiasm . Looking forward to preview this week ?

[@DeathByDragons]

Welcome, and thanks so much!

[@wraithface4410]

Great

[@carfaxabbycemeterygoth7937]

Both my partner and I who are new to kings of war loved this my partner thought Christine was delightful and funny we are both curious if you will ever post a video on how heroes work? And if you and Christine will ever do a battle report ?

[@DeathByDragons]

Thanks so much :) Can definitely add this to the list! I had planned on getting a battle report in with the both of us but it’s proving a challenge ... I will continue to work on her!

[@carfaxabbycemeterygoth7937]

@@DeathByDragons ​ my partner suggests bribing Christine with dinner foot rubs and margaritas or shopping and that would be super cool if you provided additional beginner tutorials your tutorials were very helpful Thanks again for the awesome content

[@drummerkidd12]

great video!

[@ducklord9933]

I'm thinking of picking up the game for me and my nephew, he has trouble socializing and I think this kind of game could be good for him. Is kings of war a good starter choice for new players? Or more specifically good for kids?

[@DeathByDragons]

It depends on their age, but the rules are simple enough that kids should be able to pick up the basics reasonably quickly. There's a fair amount of stats and measuring but with help so long as they're interested I think it'll work. My son at 12 had no problems with the rules but had no interest in the game!

[@josephskiles]

Thanks for this I have been checking out the goblin models and wanted to see how this stacks up to AOS

[@DeathByDragons]

They're very different games. AoS is a skirmish game, this is ranks and flanks - people say it's the game they wished fantasy battle had been. no individual model removal, clean rules, no "gotcha" moments. I may be a slight fanboy here :) I have friends that love AoS, but I'd say the main difference is you can't win KoW with your list, you win with your skill on the table.

[@josephskiles]

@@DeathByDragons well I guess to some extent no matter what game you play if you don't have an understanding of your army or your opposition then you could have the best army possible but it won't do a lot of good. Some games I admit are much much more pay to win or forgiving of mistakes if you have the right army but true balance is something that's just about close to impossible to achieve unless there is basically no differences in armies and what fun would that be? Thanks again for the videos, I'm very new to tabletop war games as I've always had my time wrapped up in D&D over the years but always wanted to try them out. I'm in the middle of building a night goblin army for AOS, and both a Night lords and sisters of battle for 40k , but I might have to at least buy some of the awesome goblin models because I collect goblins and trolls . Heck I'll watch your videos and might download the rules if KOW grabs me the right way. The biggest problem is I live in the Midwest where I have to travel an hour just to get to a game store in the capital of my state , and while 40k is of course popular and AOS also has it's deciples but I haven't ran into anyone yet that plays KOW . I can't even get most of my friends to try D&D let alone convincing them to build and paint war armies.

[@DeathByDragons]

@@josephskiles well of course I’d say this but in terms of balance you’d be hard pressed to find a wargame more so than KoW. There are quite a few players in the Midwest but as I understand it it’s a big old place. They have a Facebook group though, so check it out and maybe chat to Andrew summers who’s their region chair :) facebook.com/groups/KingsOfWarMidwest/?ref=share

[@josephskiles]

@@DeathByDragons I'll check it out, thanks!

[@pugslum09]

so whats the difference between kings of war and war hammer????

[@DeathByDragons]

Hi, sorry I missed this comment. I didn't play warhammer much so maybe others can comment, but no individual unit removal, no massive "hero-hammer" units that clear the board, no ridiculous world-beating magic seem to be three recurring themes. Kings is just more balanced, where it's more about the player than the list...

[@elias1579]

This game looks like a flashback from the 80’s

[@DeathByDragons]

Which is about when I last played warhammer ...

[@scruffy524]

where'd you get the Counter Charge shirt?

[@DeathByDragons]

I had it made :)

[@scruffy524]

@@DeathByDragons Don't blame you. Great podcast, also great logo! Thanks man

[@tinywargames892]

Battle mats not necessary? Heresy.

[@DeathByDragons]

I mean, you wouldn’t catch _me_ playing without one, I’m just saying ;)

[@arcazrael13]

great series :) She's way better at it than you, get her on your videos from now on ;)

[@DeathByDragons]

She is my better half in every way! Except dancing. I am the greatest dancer.

[@arcazrael13]

@@DeathByDragons next video, dance off.