I have played enough games of Kings of War 2nd edition now that i feel like i can offer a valid opinion on the game and can also answer the question: Should i play KOW? In fact i can answer that one with another question: Do you like Chaos or Order?
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| KOW is a game of Order |
Kings of War is a game of Order where the random effects of the dice are limited to "To Hit" and Rout rolls. To put it plainly here are the key points you need to know abut KOW core mechanics:
- All units charge the system distance every time and do not have this distance reduced by terrain. Their charge distance is equal to double the Speed value of the unit in inches.
- There is no breaking down of the movement phase. Every unit has a list of orders they can do in the movement phase and must pick one. These orders include things like advance (move a number of inches equal to the unit's speed stat), Halt (stay still) or Charge, to mention a few. This means that if one of your units is blocking an other's charge then you can move the blocking unit then charge with the other.
- All units have a Melee and Ranged stat in their profile, this is what the unit needs to roll in order to hit things in ranged or melee combat. For example if a unit has a Melee stat of 4+ then it would hit another unit in melee on a d6 roll of 4+, its the same for ranged. There are modified to these rolls but there are only about 4 including magic items
After reading Vaults of Winter i decided to waste no time in getting started on the next book in the series Tears of Isha.
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| The Book Itself |
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| The Book in Question |
Having recently got a Ereader and rediscovered my passion for books and reading i decided to get the Black Library books Vaults of Winter and Tears of Isha, the first two books in a planned trilogy about the Wood Elf's king Orion.
