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» Being a Clash of Kings Blueshirt
18/09/24 18:32 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Last Year I was privileged to be a part of the Team that ran Clash of Kings 23, the largest Kings of War Tournament in the world,...
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» The Rise of the RAT
18/09/24 18:10 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Brood Mother heaved her bulk to a more comfortable position on the pile of rotting cushions and drapes that was her nest-throne. She...
,» 2024 US Masters Coverage One-Stop-Shop
26/08/24 16:04 from -/28
It’s time for the 2024 US Masters! With so much going on, it’s easy to lose track of where to find everything. So here’s your one-stop-shop for links to information …
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» Drums in the Deep
24/08/24 20:15 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Child had been missing for a day now, an anxious mother brought to Fharads chamber by her husband after he returned home from his...
,» 2024 US Masters First Round Matchups Livestream
22/08/24 21:10 from -/28
Join us on our YouTube Channel this Saturday, the 24th, at 7:00 PM EST for the 2024 US Masters First Round Matchup Livestream! We’ll have the results of the community …
,» US Masters Coverage Announcement
26/07/24 20:22 from -/28
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» Farm Wars IV – the Great FoN Fail.
16/06/24 14:22 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Imagine having your own games room, lots of people do, now imagine that games room is the upper floor of a barn and has room for seven...
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» Not Dwarfs from the North !
17/05/24 18:56 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Neesha stepped gracefully off the edge of the small drop, her lithe body seeming to flow down from the snowy platform to the shore of the...
,» Holy Roman Empire Army (Medieval German) - Perry Figures
09/05/24 21:59 from Hordes of Things
A new army painted up for ADLG/DBX using Perry figures. Video overview here.
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» 2024 Kings of War
09/05/24 21:56 from Mug 'O' Dice
Hello MoD’ers, It has certainly been a while since my last post. It has been quite a busy period for me, a lot of non-wargaming stuff going on. Having just attended the Bexley Reapers 2 day event, ‘Shroud of the … Conti...
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» The Mahou Rise Again
01/05/24 17:47 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Tavern windows were brightly lit and although the door was closed it was obvious from the sound within that there was a great deal...
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» Something to Brag about
29/04/24 20:33 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
This past weekend I attended the 2-day Battles of the Undercroft III: Divinity and Destruction Tournament in Carlisle, England. As the...
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» Oh Well, Bears will be Bears
16/04/24 19:50 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The backboard of the wagon split with a loud crack! Several of the marauding Orcs looked around at the noise but the majority kept...
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» Who leads the Raven Clan?
14/04/24 14:57 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Osric shifted his backside on the hard cold surface of the Opal Throne, carved from a single giant gem that had been mined from the...
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» New(ish) Kid on the Block ....
13/04/24 10:13 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Ogre drinking hall was in uproar, Ogres waving fists, weapons, red goblins and parts of other Ogres at each other all trying to raise...
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» The Brock Clan of the Free Dwarfs of Bowland
08/04/24 20:14 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Brock Clan The Brock Clan of the Free Dwarfs of Bowland are the remnants of the once might Clan of Berserkers that followed Sveri...
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» A Den of intrigue and Iniquity - The Free City of Tyrsis
08/04/24 19:58 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Free City of Tyrsis. A trading port that has sprung up on the shores of the High Sea of Bari, originally founded by the Dwarfs to...
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» Mammoth Hunting Party
07/04/24 14:17 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Whilst going through some old documents on a thumb drive I found this background I had written for an Army I took to The Battlemasters...
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» Free Dwarf of Bowland Prequel
07/04/24 13:35 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Banks of the River Hodor, two days travel East of the Tower of Blackmere- the last Remaining Imperial Dwarf Naval outpost in...
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» If You go Down to the Woods Today Part II
31/03/24 16:36 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
In the Aftermath of the Raid of the Abyssal Dwarfs into the sacred part of the Forest to steal the Hydras eggs and the near mortal...
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» If You go Down to the Woods Today Part 1
31/03/24 14:57 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
While I have been busy writing short stories for the Blog and increasing the Narrative output the Trolls decided to give the stories a...
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» A Kings of War novel review: Pride of a King
26/03/24 22:21 from -/28
Jess reviews the latest Tales of Mantica novel by the renown Ben Stoddard.
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» Honour the Brave
18/03/24 18:47 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
As part of the Narrative background being developed for the Free Dwarfs and their erstwhile opponents I decided that I needed some...
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08/03/24 20:18 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Raven clan of the Free Dwarfs once again have answered the call to arms and travelled to the coast to take on more nefarious invaders...
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06/03/24 20:27 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
As the Raven Clan have expanded from the initial concept of Northern Alliance Allies to their own burgeoning army, the idea of forming a...
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» Not Always the Guards
06/03/24 20:22 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
Back when the Free Dwarf list first came out there was a troop type that did not occur in the Master Dwarf list and right from the very...
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» Kings of War 3rd Edition: Herd Army Review
03/03/24 18:07 from -/28
This article is updated for Clash of Kings ’24, I have marked changes to the article and units with red text. With Herd the newest army I (Jake) have been …
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» Kings of War 3rd Edition: Order of the Green Lady Army Review
27/02/24 22:00 from -/28
This review has been updated for Clash of Kings 2024, I have highlighted changes to the article in red. Greetings, Alex Chaves here! Since our last OTGL review was done …
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» Expanding the Story
23/02/24 19:19 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
When I first started the Free Dwarfs of Bowland Blog all that time ago, I had an idea in my head of what the place the Free Dwarfs lived...
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22/02/24 19:05 from Free Dwarves of Bowland
The Free Dwarfs of the Raven Clan have evolved a very distinctive style of warfare since their sundering from their Homeland, without the...
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,» Scoring System - a bit of a dive that led me to the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything,
11/02/24 13:19 from Mark's Kings of War adventures bliggity blog
At UK masters we used the King of Herts Scoring System. Why? Well for several reasons: It is one of scoring systems in use in the UK I was TOing and it is a system I am familiar with. It is currently the only system where if you win all ...
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» Live Battle: Adam Ballard vs Sergey Kovrov
08/02/24 22:57 from -/28
UPDATE: Start time is now 2:30 PM EST. We’re back with another live streamed battle report with commentary! Grab a drink and join us on our YouTube Channel for Adam’s …
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» Kings of War 3rd Edition: Goblin Army Review
29/01/24 22:33 from -/28
This review has been updated for the 2024 Clash of Kings. Big shout out of thanks to Steve Forster for writing the update! If you are interested in our other …
,» 28mm Ancients Collection
23/01/24 23:24 from Hordes of Things
An Ancients tourni coming up soon, so decided to get all my figures out and do some retouching of basing. In January have painted up enough extra figures to run Parthians for the tournament - the cataphracts and horse archers at the back...
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» Kings of War 3rd Edition: Northern Alliance Review
20/01/24 22:31 from -/28
Hello everyone, Jake here bringing another army review update. A big shout-out to Jess for writing our Northern Alliance review! The original review was written by Felix Castro, so this …
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» Kings of War 3rd Edition: Abyssal Dwarf Army Review
29/12/23 17:01 from -/28
Greetings Dash28! Brinton here updating Jake’s excellent Abyssal Dwarf review for Clash of Kings 2024. If you are looking for our other army reviews you can find them here. Tier …
19/08/23 14:52 from Mark's Kings of War adventures bliggity blog
A little while ago I was wondering what people thought of best n worst factions. So I thought I would try and collect some thoughts from people that can be graphed out. S tier system I deliberately re used the video games S tier system (...
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» kings of Heat
15/08/23 09:23 from Mug 'O' Dice
Good morning MoDers, It has been a while, however I finally have some time to catch you up with my hobbying over the past months. In late June this year I went to the weekend school fundraiser held by Matt … Continue reading →
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» Bexley to Brighton, two tourneys in May
01/06/23 12:53 from Mug 'O' Dice
Hello MoDers, it’s pretty much halfway through the year, so definitely time for another blog. As I have said before, I don’t get much game time in, but this month has been different, I have managed to squeeze three casual ...
,» CRACK THE VAULT!
15/05/23 21:08 from Get older. Don’t grow up.
We’ve known it’s been coming for a long while and they finally let fly! Mantic are doing STL’s for home printing! I wrote a couple of blogs a few years back when I got my 3D printer and discussed my experience and most importantly, what ...
,» Simply the best!
09/05/23 21:26 from Get older. Don’t grow up.
After going tournament crazy last year I’m having a more relaxing season and having some fun with the game. My Free Dwarf Masters list had 3 Living Legends in it which was a lot of fun. Living Legends add a lot of character and theme to ...
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» Hobby events and tournaments 2023
17/04/23 21:04 from Mug 'O' Dice
Hello MoD’ers It would appear that the snails pace of my hobbying this year continues unabated. It took me just over three months to finish a horde of Water Elementals for my forces of nature army, and I’m not entirely …...
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» 2023 and back at it
18/03/23 21:39 from Mug 'O' Dice
Hello MoD’ers, I cannot believe that it has taken so long to get blogging this year. I just have had a few things to write about, but just not had the motivation to type. I am going to try to … Continue reading →
,» The Road to Masters part 2!
25/01/23 22:00 from Get older. Don’t grow up.
So on a frosty January morning I turned up at Mantic HQ for the UK masters to finally declare who was Kings of War 2022 Champion! After 14 tournaments I was 9th in the rankings. As I also had best in race for Free Dwarfs I took them and ...
,» The Road to Mastery pt1
16/01/23 20:37 from Get older. Don’t grow up.
In a blog many, many moons ago in the glorious days when I did regular updates I did a post about myself and my personality traits that held me back in having more success at Kings of War. So, after several years of slowly climbing the M...
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» My Rhordia pt 4: Ciabatta
18/12/22 12:05 from Mug 'O' Dice
Hello MoDers, yes a second post in December. I’m trying to top and tale my projects from this year, including the write up of ‘My Rhordia’, as that painting project draws to a close: Ciabatta, once a prosperous region a...
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» Crash and Grab Santa
10/12/22 15:01 from Mug 'O' Dice
Good evening MoD’ers. I have a few posts to type before the year comes to an end, and this brief article will cover my most recent Kings of War activity: In my last blog I was looking forward to my … Continue reading →
,» Different Deployments
06/12/22 14:32 from Mark's Kings of War adventures bliggity blog
On top of the moans about scenarios, there are also moans about the standard deployment - 12" from Center line along the long table edge. So muppet power to the rescue Big note - although could be used for every scenario - some I w...
06/12/22 01:01 from Mark's Kings of War adventures bliggity blog
Got thinking on some more Scenario ideas Capture the Flag Place 2 sets of 3 Loot Tokens 6 inches from the center line Place 1 Central Objective Token in the middle of the table You cannot pick up the loot tokens that were set up on...
,» Scenario ideas
02/12/22 13:57 from Mark's Kings of War adventures bliggity blog
I have over the years pondered about the scenarios Monday, 28 September 2020 Sitting and pondering over some New Scenarios Saturday, 26 September 2020 The Scenarios we Love and Love to Hate Sunday, 13 September 2020 Balanced Scenari...