Looks like the Fantasy battles market is heating up. Mantic looks to have a sizzling summer ahead, come see!
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Welcome to Kings of War Week.
A couple of weeks ago, in Reveal Week, we showed off the Forces of the Abyss army. This was the prequel to a whole feast of fantasy for the rest of this year…
This week we are going to look at Kings of War 2nd Edition. We’ve got a blog and video from Ronnie, as well as first looks at the new art, background, rules and more! Let us know what you would like to see in the comments.
To get us in the swing of things, how about a competition?
The World at War
Once, the world was in balance. That time is no more; it is an age recorded only in dusty scrolls or on the monuments of drowned cities. It is little more than a legend, for those who live in Mantica today remember little but war. There are, perhaps, some who remember better days – those half-gods or near-immortals gifted in sorcery – but if so, they hold their silence.
Since ancient times, the world has been ravaged by war. The wise foresee an age of horror approaching, for the spirit of the earth is sick, tainted by deadly sorcery in a great conflict ages past. Not that the warlords of this bloody era care, not while there is glory to be won, territory to be wrested from the enemy, foes to be slaughtered. The so-called Noble Peoples – Men, Elves and Dwarfs – now struggle for power and influence, battling across the ruins of long-dead realms, or staking claim to new lands. Their ancient pacts are no more. The kingdoms that pledged their armies in service of those sacred treaties are gone into legend, the descendants of the noble princes who swore eternal oaths of friendship warring openly with one another. The glorious empires of those days are lost to the ocean, or buried beneath shifting sands, the palaces of the wise now home to kraken or shambling revenants, while the scions of their great houses are exiled or long-dead…
The game of fantasy battles Kings of War 2nd Edition is hitting shelves in August, alongside a new two player battle set.
The Two Player Battle Set is a great-value-for-money way of getting started with Kings of War, containing two mighty armies to start out with. It pits the stolid Dwarfs against the horrifying Undead, containing perhaps our best hard plastic fantasy miniatures. They are easy to assemble and great if you are learning the game or wanting some additions to your collection.
We feel it needs a bit of backstory and an evocative name to really ground it in the fantasy world of Mantica. We hope you’ll help us with the name!
So, give it your best shot and let us know in the comments your suggestion for what to call the new Two Player Battle Set. Previous names have included Mhorgoth’s Revenge and Mhorgoth’s Rising. It doesn’t need to be tied to Mhorgoth, it can be anything just let us know.
We will choose one winner from the list to WIN a copy of the new Kings of War 2nd Edition Rulebook in hardback, signed by Ronnie, Alessio and the Mantic Team!
If we really like it, it may even end up being the name on the box!
What are you all waiting for, friends of the Fantasy Battles, UNITE!
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
