Edge of the Abyss - Summary

Greetings!

This first global Kings of War campaign, Edge of the Abyss, is over! While we don't know yet what is going to be the exact impact of the result for the world of Mantica, I would like to share my own experiences after participating in the campaign.

First of all, I was very happy the campaign was organized and the additional supplement was released. From my personal point of view, campaigns and supplements are perfect because I don't need any new miniatures at the moment. But spicing up the game with new stories and ability to take part in shaping up the future of the world - now that is temptation I don't even try to resist! I immediately ordered the supplement and was very lucky that there were a lot of local players who wanted to participate too.

I would like to stress out that this post is my feedback on the campaign. I do hope it will be of some use to game designers as I think the campaign was a fantastic idea. I would love if they had an annual event like that with more and more players participating and more and more exciting new releases accompanying the event.

Edge of the Abyss - The Great Wall! - Empire of Dust - 2017/09/27

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The fifth scenario of the Edge of the Abyss campaign is played on the Ardovikian Plain where forces of good try to build a Great Wall in order to stop the green tide of Orcs pouring further into the lands of Men.

This time I had a great pleasure to play against Christo and his Empire of Dust army! I have never had a chance to play against him so it was great to finally do so. Empire of Dust, on the other hand, is not completely new foe for me but then I have not fought against this army for quite a long while. 

Christo brought the following army to our game:

Empire of Dust - Army List

40 Revenants, Horde, Brew of Strength

- Bone Giant, Monster

- Ahmunite Pharaoh, Hero, Wings of Honeymaze

20 Mummies, Regiment

- Reanimated Behemoth, Monster 

- Cursed High Priest, Hero, Heal (4), Shroud of the Saint

20 Mummies, Regiment

- Cursed High Priest, Hero, Heal (4)

6 Enslaved Guardian Archers, Horde, Chant of Hate

6 Enslaved Guardian Archers, Horde, Blessings of the Gods

Edge of the Abyss - Twilight Glades - Night Stalkers - 2017/09/24

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Battle number 4 of the Edge of the Abyss campaign takes place in Twilight Glades. Main opponents are Elves and Night Stalkers so I was lucky that Jules had time to field his fantastic army of various monsters and horrors from nightmares! 

It always great to play against him and this time we could add a bit of thematic feel to the game with terrain set up that was tailored to represent the Twilight Glades and fielding main opponents for the scenario.

Unlike in previous games this time my army got a special rule due to scenario so I was curious if and if yes how this would affect the way the army fights. As always, Jules was busy with painting more models and units to his great looking army. This time, in comparison to the army I played against several months ago at Clash of Kings, he added a unit of Fiends. 

Night Stalkers - Army List

60 Blood Warms, Legion, Brew of Strength

- Void Lurker, Hero, Brew of Haste

- Shadow Hulk, Monster

6 Fiends, Horde, Helm of the Ram

- Dread Fiend, Hero

- Planar Apparition, Monster

20 Spectres, Regiment

- Screamer, Monster

20 Phantoms, Regiment

- Screamer, Monster

3 Nightmares, Regiment

Edge of the Abyss - The Dead Fleet - Undead - 2017/09/15

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Edge of the Abyss campaign continues! I must say I really enjoy the games, as they are a bit more relaxed without time pressure. I do like plaing with chess clocks during the tournaments but it also nice to have a bit of a break and play a few more casual games once in a while. 

This time I had I played against Chris and his evil Undead in a very fitting scenario - The Dead Fleet. I have played against Chris before but since it was quite a log time ago I was even more happy to do so! 

We also played in a different location as Chris suggested we should promoted Kings of War in another store in Canberra, Jolt. It is a very nice place to play too, with plenty of space and neat tables. I played there before and as it is relatively close I was happy to drop by.

Chris has a really cool army comprised of old school models. It is always great to see it assembled across the table and he constantly adds new units to it. The one he used in our game had:

Undead - Army List

20 Skeleton Archers, Regiment

- 10 Ghouls, Troop

- 10 Ghouls, Troop

- Revenant King on Undead Wyrm, Hero, Wings, Pipes of Terror

20 Reventants, Regiment, Undead Giant Rats

- 10 Soul Reaver Infantry, Troops

- 10 Wraiths, Troops

- Army Standard Bearer, Hero, Banner of the Griffin

20 Mummies, Regiment, Brew of Courage

- Cursed Pharaoh, Hero, Wings of Honeymaze

3 Zombie Trolls, Regiment

- Liche King, Heal(6)

6 Werewolves, Horde, Potion of Caterpillar 

- Necromancer, Hero

Edge of the Abyss - March to War! - Orcs - 2017/09/12

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Once given the signal, Forces of Evil march to war! In the second week of the campaign I had a great pleasure to play against Tasman, who is responsible for rallying the local players so that we too can contribute to the global campaign.

Tas is currently in the process of painting his brand new army, Orcs! It was thus the task for my Elves to stop the rampaging greenskins from doing even more harm to the world of Mantica. 

Tas modified his army list based on the experiences from the previous week and this is what he brought this time:

Orcs - Army List

6 Trolls, Horde

-War Drum, Monster

-Krudger on Winged Slasher, Hero

6 Trolls, Horde

-War Drum, Monster

- Grumtongue, Hero

20 Ax, Regiment 

- Flagger, Banner of Griffin

20 Ax, Regiment 

20 Ax, Regiment  

20 Moreax, Regiment 

20 Greatax, Regiment  

Orclings, Regiment

Orclings, Regiment

Orclings, Regiment

Edge of the Abyss - On the Precipice - Twilight Kin - 2017/09/10

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Edge of the Abyss campaign started on 28th August and I was very happy to join and contribute to this global event. Luckily for me, our fantastic local TO, Tas, already had some great plans and rallied KoW players to participate in weekly game night to fight for the future of Mantica. The friendly crew of Three D6 store hosted us and we had plenty of room to have several games being played simultaneously. 

The plan is to play each scenario in each week and then have a big battle at the very end of campaign. Hence, while I am reporting this game with a bit of delay it was actually played on 24/08/2017. As planned, we begun with the very first scenario "On the Precipice" that was fought at The Edges of the Abyss. Thanks to the fact that some players have few different armies it was possible to have equal numbers of Good and Evil forces. 

In the very first game of the campaign I had a pleasure to play against Mark and his Twilight Kin! I have played against Mark a few times so far but I think it was always against his Elven armies. He brought the following for the opening of the campaign:

Twilight Kin - Army List

40 Crosbowmen, Horde, Jar of the Four Winds

- 10 Shadows, Troops

- 10 Shadows, Troops

- Priestess, Hero

- Dragon Breath, War Engine

20 Blade Dancers, Regiment 

- Priestess, Hero  

20 Blade Dancers, Regiment 

- Army Standard, Hero

10 Dark Knights, Regiment, Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar

- Dark Lord on Pegasus, Hero

10 Dark Knights, Regiment, Blessing of the Gods

- Army Standard, Hero

The Valley of Kings 3.1 - Summary - 2017/09/08

Greetings!

It was really great to get back to playing Kings of War and even more so to attend such a fantastic tournament. 

Three D6 crew as always organized the venue in a perfect way so many thanks to them for being such a great host. Matt is doing stellar job as an organizer too and I personally feel very lucky to be in Canberra and be able to attend his tournaments. 

It was fantastic to see players from interstates to attend the local event and boost the numbers so that for the very first time we reached the maximum number of players for the tournament! 

And of course many thanks to all my opponents, Matt, Daniel, Kate and Ken for fantastic games! I hope I will have a chance to play again all of you and it was mainly thanks to you that I enjoyed the day so much.