Nerve Check

Ben, Jon, and Ray discuss Summer Smash 2025, which took place on June 14, 2025, in Oshawa, Ontario. During this tournament, we found out that Bigger is luckier, and luckier is better! Upcoming events: July - King of the Thames 9-10 August - King Beyond the Wall VI: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AaPfVaZf6/ 20-21 September - Crossroads: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FyW9qV7bq/  

Ben, Jon, and Ray talk about the first round match-ups for Summer Smash 2025! Taking place on 14 June 2025 in the Bond St. Event Centre, located at 44 Bond St. E., Oshawa, Ontario. Yes, we are a bit silly in this one, but that is only because of the oversized army list creations we did for this tournament! Army Lists Can Be Found: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZWKdON2Ip6yjAKbNG-85QgF4k6i...

Ben, Jon, and Ray talk with Paul, James, and Max about their experience at March of Death! Their first two-day event. How was their experience? What did they learn, and what would they recommend to anyone attending their first two-day Kings of War event? Sign up for King Beyond the Wall VI Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/share/15TSkq2iGz/ Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Ben, Jon, and Ray discuss Auras in Kings of War, notably Cloak of Death, Rally, Radiance of Life, Rally, Dread, and Ordered March. The first 5 minutes are fluff/intro; Minutes 5-25 are a discussion on Auras; and Minutes 25-30 are about possible giant heavy lists for Summer Smash! Editor's Note: For Summer Smash, I am debating between 3 armies: Forces of Abyss; Trident Realms; or Orcs. Each list wi...

Ben and Ray discuss the games played at Vanguard GT, recap the lists, and discuss what they say about the meta at the Mid-Atlantic event. Ray also discusses his Forces of the Abyss list, how it performed, going 3-1-1. Ray's round 3 game is on video here - skip the first 30 mins...we were slow starting: https://www.youtube.com/live/yU4yiO1ctoc?si=ENvMizDBAo3LQvpm

Ben and Ray discuss Vanguard GT and recap the lists and Meta at the Mid-Atlantic event. Ray also discusses his Forces of the Abyss list, how he plans to use it, and the record he would like to achieve at the best tournament of the year, Vanguard GT. The post-tournament video will be up tomorrow. Editor's note: This is posted after the fact because I was busy that night painting my gargoyles and fi...

Ben and Jon talk with Eamon about an army that fits on the other side of the spectrum when compared with Halflings, Ogres! They have Mantic Models that may have missed legs day, but don't say that in earshot of them - they are excellent sprinters. They discuss the models, rules, changes, and how to build a helpful list from a competitive play perspective. Editor's Note: My first Kings of War army...

Mood for Love is a 3 was a doubles tournament run in Hamilton, Ontario, on 22 March 2025, where participants arrived with their force and were randomly assigned a partner (hence blind date). Ben is joined by Nathan (tournament organizer) along with Jon and Eamon (first place team), who talk about how this unique tournament style went.

Ben and Jon talk with Nathaniel about the other small army in Kings of War... Halflings! They do have new models from Mantic and even a book of fluff. They discuss the models, rules, changes, and how to build a helpful list from a competitive play perspective. Participants range from reasonably informed amateurs to hosts who may have read the rules and are happy to make things up! :-) It is an awe...

Ben, Ray, and Jon discuss Invade, Control, and Hold the Line scenarios. How we play these scenarios with our respective armies, Trident Realms - Fish give up, Kingdoms of Men Flyer Spam - easy mode, and Ratkin - playing on hard. You can also tell Ben doesn't do these write-ups... Listen to this shorter episode and give your thoughts on the next three scenarios we should discuss. Also, if you want...

Ray, Jordan, and Chet will discuss the first-round Matchups at Fully Loaded, which will take place on March 29 and 30 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. We will not be keeping track of the predictions. If a listener would like to send us a spreadsheet, we can discuss who was right most often – but that would take away from the fun of this activity. Please remember this is all for fun, and while I cannot attend...

Ben, Ray, and Jon discuss March of Death 3 and how the tournament ran, which was pretty smooth. First and foremost, thanks to Adkins for the use of his software—I wouldn't have run a tournament without it. It was awesome! Also, thanks to Rossi for the tips and support during prep. After discussing the tournament's organization and running, we discuss the games, and well, let's just say Ben had a f...

Ben talks with Joe and Greg about Ronnie Renton's favourite Kings of War Army - the Dwarfs. The models, rules, changes, and how to actually build a useful list from a competitive play perspective. All participants are reasonably informed amateurs with this army :-) One of them even took dwarfs to Masters in 2024 and won Best Painted! Dwarfs really can do it all! Side note from the editor - Faber I...

Please submit your March of Death list to Ray on the 24th if you haven't already done so, so we can have a match-up cast! Ben, Ray, and Jon discuss March of Death 3. We discuss the event, location, plans, and list. This event should be a blast. The list review should be on Wednesday night!

Ben, Ray, and Jon, joined by Alex, discuss the first Kings of War Tournament Dead of Winter, which took place Feb 1st and 2nd in Albany New York. We review our performance which ranged from excellent (Alex with Nightstalkers), to good (Ben with Trident Realms), and well some not so good (Ray with Forces of Abyss - but I would argue I had the best opponents and as I am writing this Ben and Alex can...

Ben, Ray and Jon talk about the recently released Errata for Clash of Kings 2025 (beginning at minute 4). Minor screw-ups were had - namely by Ray at the beginning. Overall we think this is a positive change to Command dice and the rules as written. A remaining concern over the adjustment to the Loot Scenarios for scoring that we hope will be clarified - specifically for Push.

Mike and Cory join Ben and Ray to discuss the first-round Matchups at Dead of Winter, which will take place February 1st and 2nd in Albany, New York. Thanks to Cory and Mike for giving us a broader perspective on the players and armies. We will not be keeping track of the predictions. If a listener would like to send us a spreadsheet, we can discuss who was right most often – but that would take a...

Ben, Ray, and Jon discuss the first two Kings of War Tournaments we will be attending in 2025. Dead of Winter (Feb 1-2) and March of Death (1-2 Mar). We review our lists (Trident Realms, Forces of Abyss, and Kingdoms of Men) and explain how we expect them to work at Dead of Winter. We also explain why you should attend March of Death! Reminder lists are due for Dead of Winter 20 Jan, so yes, you c...

Ben and Ray are joined by Eamon (owner of Red Goblin Printing) to discuss our Kings of War Experiences in 2024 and expectations in 2025. Red Goblin Printing https://redgoblinprinting.com/ Upcoming Events: March of Death 1/2 March - https://www.facebook.com/share/1B7VxHniqx/ Registration - https://forms.gle/qFHLyqJc9rHmNh3a8 Tournament Pack - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rNlejwMMcQycNUwfbmv8...

Ben, Ray, and Jon talk about Ray's experiences at Nerdhammer using the vile Forces of Abyss. Are Abyssal Berserkers broken? What does Command Dice add to the game? What list is Ray taking to Dead of Winter? Looking ahead, we discussed Christmas Carnage on 14 December and March of Death on the 1st and 2nd of March 2025. Christmas Carnage https://blackknightgames.ca/pages/events March of Death https...

Ben, Nathan and Justin talk about Command Dice - sometimes changing from balanced discussion to rant. Command Dice was part of the recently released details from Clash of Kings 2025. Ray avoided this video on purpose. He would not have added to the balance of this discussion.

Ben and Ray discuss the recent Forces of Abyss update from Clash of Kings 2025. This is a fairly in-depth discussion of the changes to Forces of Abyss, the units available, army builds, and the multitude of options. Command dice, Trident Realms, and rules changes to follow.

Ben and Ray are joined by Nathan and Justin to talk about the recently released details from Clash of Kings 2025. This is the initial overview of the book with in-depth reviews of Command dice, Forces of Abyss, and rules changes to follow.

Jon and Ben talk about the released details from Clash of Kings 2025.