Direct Misfire - a Kings of War Podcast

ConVic 2026 is upon us again and its biggest yet!  Join Bensome, Sellick, Andy and special guest Croger (the G is soft apparently) as we go through Kakwah Kup, The state of the game with new players coming to Kings in Australia, ConVic 2026 lists and predictions. Ooh exciting! Warning: There's a few naughty words and adult themes in this episode, so please exercise listener discretion. Cheers, Sel...

Sellick has gone rogue! After a series of Rocks and diamonds miniature releases He's reached out to Studio sculpting and product coordinator Dave Symonds to get the low down on the process, ways of working, retrospective activities and more! If you've ever wanted to know what has gone into a miniature looking like it does, slap this in your ears! I apologise for nothing, with Bensome away I get cr...

Bensome, Sellick and Andy jump on the mics and discuss the new Fracture book release information! With news of Universal and updates to existing commands as well as refreshed lists for Basileans, Forces of the Abyss, Forces of Nature and our old friend Ogres much to discuss!  Lend us your ears for 20 minutes as we discuss the information on hand!  -DM

Ever wonder what it would be like to play Kings of War on a table with wacky terrain that doesn't logical sense! Well Bensome just did it across 3 games at Terrain Wreck 2 and even managed to take the win! hear tales of diagonal deployments, math hammer failing northern alliance and Rex not taking dwarves.  This is a bite size episode while we work on something with a bit more substance for you &l...

While Andy and Sellick were back in Melbourne on new dad duty -  Bensome Clash of Kings 2026 was waving the Direct Misfire flag! First major 4th edition tournament in the world with a work in progress errata and plenty of dice.  Join us as we discuss the tournament, Ronnie's Q&A juicy goss and 4th Edition as a whole! Cheers, DM

It's that time once again for us to wrap up the year with one last podcast. Join us as we self-reflect on what 2025 brought us. This will be a nice, short, and sweet episode just to say thanks to everyone who cared enough to listen to our ramblings. As ever, stay safe over the New Year period and we'll see you on the other side! :) Enjoy!

G'day Champs, here we are again with the last of our 4th edition previews.  Join us as we take a look at the newly re-raised Undead list (thank you Mantic)! Guaranteed to be less controversial than the Goblin army list! :o Enjoy! PS: All opinions presented in this episode are based off years of prior experience with both wargaming the Mantic Undead army. Theoretical interactions of the units discu...

Good evening Champs! We have returned as promised, with some more 4th Edition goodness; this time in the form of a Goblin army list preview (thanks again Mantic)! Join as as we run down the entire list and appraise it in the similar style of our previous army reviews.  Buckle up as it's going to be a doozy! Enjoy!   PS: All opinions presented in this episode are based off years of prior experience...

Greetings Champions, we're back once more bearing gifts! Yes, that's right we have some more juicy 4th edition goodies to impart unto thyself, direct from Mantic!  Join us as we reveal and discuss the Cover rules, give the Magic Artefacts a once over, and wade through the swathe of Special rules.  Enjoy!

Greetings Gentlefolk! The fellas are back and this time have brought along a couple of guests: Matt Gilbert and Alessio Cavatore! Join the gang as they delve into as much of 4th edition KoW news as Mantic will allow (we may have gleamed a couple of fresh tid bits).  Enjoy!   PS. The audio on Matt and Alessio's end isn't the greatest and there were lots of times it just completely dropped sound. I'...

Good day fine folks, it's time for another episode! This go around the guys are joined by Kakwah, as they retread their successes and failures at the Convic 2025 Tournament.  Enjoy!

Shiver me timbers, it's cold down Victoria way! Good thing we've got a piping hot episode fresh out of the oven for you*. Join the usual suspects as they run down their submitted army lists for the Convic 2025 tournament, which is on this weekend! The guys also run through some of their favorite attendees lists, as well as ruminate over who will take top spot. As a reminder, the winners name will...

Salutations dearest of gentlefolk! Today we have a special guest on this cast, Yan "The Man", winner of the recent Briscon event. Join us as he recounts how he bested his foes to take top spot. We've also have returned from the Enigmatic Isle with tales and learnings of the first Direct Misfire event! It was a cracker of a doozy and I'm going to put this on record: it was the most fun event anyone...

Yes, it's that time already! The time for our annual "It's been ages since our last cast" cast! Join us as we share our opinions of the new Kings of War Champions rulebook and cover what the heck the game is even about. If you know nothing of the game then this episode is for you.  We also go over our upcoming narrative or "non-standard" event: The Enigmatic Isle! It's a doozy so if you're too laz...

We're back again for one more Nights episode covering the remaining day of the Aussie Clash of Kings for 2025. Did Sellick get up off the floor of the rankings? Did Andrew sour ever higher or follow Sellicks' Day 1 performance? Those answers and more to questions you'd never ask, can be found in this ep.  We also have a chat about our experiences with the Commands now that we've a reasonable amoun...

Good evening Champs! The fellas have played there games for day 1 of the Aussie Clash of Kings tournament. They also managed to return back to their hotel room to recount their triumphs and tribulations! Listen to them yammer on about stuff that I can no longer remember; it's late and my brain is no longer working.  Be warned, it's a Nights ep so quality is low as well as the speaking ability of t...

Do you want to hear three seriously elite, power gaming, former masters attendees who are ready to take the crown of Clash of Kings Australia 2025? Well life is full of disappointment kid and Christmas is over. As a consolation prize join Bensome, Sellick and Andrew as we debrief on some Aussie Clash of Kings lists, pick our favourites to take out big prize and lock in their place for Aussie Maste...

What's this? What's this? Another episode for our beloved champions! Can you believe that another year has gone by? I certainly can because that's how the flow of time works. Join the fellas for the podcast equivalent of a turn seven, where they chat about the year that's gone and what's in store for the future. Don't like recap episodes? Well then you're in for a surprise because there's lots of...

Thats right - We've managed to pin three grown men with fulltime jobs down for 33 minutes in December! Join Bensome, Sellick and Andrew as we talk about Sellick's torn hip flexor, Andrew's Only fans and the other stuff like Aussie Masters, Upcoming Clash Of Kings Australia 2025 and importantly Command dice as more and more games are being played.  Enjoy! Sellick

Alrighty, the episode you've been waiting for has arrived! Mantic has bequeathed unto us an advanced copy of the soon-to-be-released Clash of Kings 25 book and lo, the knowledge inside this tome will be imparted to thyself! Join us as we discuss some of the more important changes to each army as well as cover every single Command Order available. Enjoy!

ConVic, Victoria's largest event has been run and won. And while the world is going crazy about command dice and the Clash of Kings tournament in the UK, Direct Misfire has been joined by old mate Huw one more time to run through the highlights & results of ConVic 24.    This will be the last time with Huw in the intro as we turn a page with Andrew. Its only fitting Huw is here to forget unit...

 ConVic 2024, Victoria's masters qualifying tournament is nearly upon us! listen in  to Bensome, Sellick & Andrew as they run through their 2100 point lists, a favorite list each & bold predictions for the 6 game event.    You can can find all the lists, scenarios & players pack here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DDYzPRQBeP39wNs3QnqPQdAiV7DktWvE?usp=drive_link If you're want...

That's it! We've made it passed the halfway point of the year! To celebrate such a feat we've got another episode hot out of the oven for you to nosh on (recorded in May and June :o). Continuing the "Up Your Game" series, the chaps give you the score on all things High Defence and how to beat them. No this isn't just an episode whining about Dwarves because we also have Mike Rossi joining the cast...

*Yawns* Bugger, it's June already?! Where'd the last 4 months go? Now that we've exited our brumation it's time to get back on the bike and release some more episodes. Oh, would you look at that; there's one right here! We aim to bring you a series of shorter, more tactically focused episodes where we discuss a particular aspect of the game some might be struggling with. A series which will help "...

That's it, we're done, Clash of Kings has been run and won! Join Bensome and Sellick (no Andrew due to communication issues) as they recap their final day of the tournament and poorly impersonate Andrew in his absence.  This is a shorter than usual episode as its late and I'm tired. #whinge Enjoy! ~Bensome