Kings of War
2013 Edition Kings of War Rulebook Cover
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| Manufacturer(s) | Mantic Games |
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| Publisher(s) | Mantic Games |
| Years active | 2009 - present |
| Players | 2+ |
| Random chance | Dice rolling |
| Skill(s) required | Tactical, arithmetic, strategic |
| Website | http://www.manticgames.com/ |
Kings of War, (often abbreviated to KoW) is a tabletop wargame created by Mantic Games.
The game has been designed for armies of fantasy miniatures. It uses stock fantasy races such as Elves,Dwarves, Undead and Orcs, as well as demonic version of Dwarfs known as Abyssal Dwarfs. Each race has an alignment (good, evil or neutral) and races of the same or compatible alignments can join forces, allowing the player to have a mixed army.
Initially released as a range of miniatures without a set of companion rules, Mantic Games announced in July 2010 that a set of rules was under development. The game was designed by Alessio Cavatore, who previously worked on the rules for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, Warmaster, Warhammer 40,000 and Mordheim while working for Games Workshop.
The game was first announced in early 2010 as a closed beta. The 2010 edition of the game was released in September 2010 with the Mhorgoth's Revenge starter set. The rules were finally published as a download from Mantic's website in December 2010. The 2nd edition of the Kings of War rule book was released in the summer of 2015 and features a cleaned up set of rules, new units in every army and new armies.
Kings of War is a tabletop wargame where two or more players compete against each other with "armies" of 28mm miniatures. The rules of the game are published in a short, twelve page document which describes how miniatures are moved, how artillery is used and how combat can be resolved, as well as a limited number of unique rules for each army which define the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the race. Games may be played on any appropriate surface, although the standard is a 6 ft by 4 ft tabletop decorated with model scenery in scale with the miniatures. Any individual or group of miniatures in the game is called a "unit", whether represented by a single model, or group of similar troops.
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