fantasy

Skeletons. The ubiquitous fantasy baddie. Whether guarding some broke treasure in a cave or gathering by thousands at the will of a necromancer, skeletons have been striking terror into the hearts of the living for ages. In this article...

G’day Goonhammer readers! The new Kings of War (2022) rulebook (aka Gamer’s Compendium aka Big Red Book), the final new game mode we have yet to cover is Ambush: smaller, quicker games of Kings of War. Thus far we...

Rings of Power may possibly have the most burdensome weight of legacy and expectation in recent media releases. A “prestige” television series in the tumultuous world of streaming following in the footsteps of the beloved Lord of the Rings...

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...

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...

G’Day Goonhammer readers! In this two-part series we will be covering our games at Clash of Kings Australia 2022 back in January. This is not supposed to be a documentation of tactical nous (or lack thereof), but instead to...

First I have to open with a condemnation of writer Jonathan Bernhardt, a cretin and a fool, who tweeted these two things in September of last year, which feels roughly like it was sixteen months ago: https://twitter.com/jonbernhardt/status/1434921744142409732 I, Jonathan Bernhardt, on...

G’day, Goonhammer readers! Today we will be covering the latest line of models to be released by Mantic Games for Kings of War, the Riftforged Orcs! The army rules are to be found in the Clash of Kings 2022...

G’day, Goonhammer readers! This is the second in a series of articles covering the strategic thinking involved in each level of the thrilling fantasy battles game that is Kings of War. With an understanding of army list construction under...

The beauty of Kings of War is that there is no single winning tactic, and with all the units and army lists available there's a large number of army styles at a player’s disposal. This allows for a huge...