Counter Charge - Ranks, Flanks and Kings of War

Join Matt, Kakwah and Stephen Devenish as they discuss their learnings from the world's first 4th edition tournament.

The Scrying Gems return to discuss the look of the meta at the launch of 4th edition.

Join us as we take a look back at the year that was 2025.

Toy Federation YouTube

We invite you to join us in the Loremaster’s Library as we discuss Claws on the Pain with its’ author James Dunbar. Word of caution this episode does contain SPOILERS. So if you haven’t finished the book yet we recommend pausing the show and then coming back after you finish the book. You can get your copy of the book from all fine book retailers or by using one of the links below.

Winged Hussar Publishing

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We are joined by Drek to chat about Epic Warpath and a ton of other topics along the way.

Pinned and Broken Podcast

Gamer Drek YouTube Channel

Dylan and Rob share their tips for surviving an edition change.

Dylan and Rob share their impressions after their first couple of 4th edition games.

Jeremy and Rob are joined by Jon Quayle to talk about the pricing formula and playtesting 4th edition.

In our November Fireside Jeremy, Matt and Rob provide their opinions and share your responses to our Topic of the Month!

Rob, Dylan, Matt and Dave share their first list building sessions for 4th edition.

We are joined by Zac to answer his questions about being a Tournament Organizer and running an event. To hear more from Zac check out his podcast!

Manticlore Podcast

Matt is joined by Paul Collins to preview the Twilight Kin army list for 4th edition.

In a very special version of the Fireside Jeremy, Matt and Rob provide their opinions on the 4th edition hot button topics of the day.

We are joined by Matt Temple and Blake Robertson to preview the Forces of the Abyss army list for 4th edition.

We are joined by Matt Gilbert from Mantic Games to answer your 4th edition questions.

Jeremy and Rob are joined by Dylan to breakdown Withdraw and Reform in Kings of War 4th Edition.

Jeremy and Rob breakdown the 4th Army Building rules and speculate what that may mean for the game going forward.

In tonight’s episode we share another collection of discussions with the Michigan GT participants.

Matt and Rob get together for another Fireside Chat.

In this episode we share the audio from our live stream from Oct 10th in which we dove deep into the Xirkaali Empire with it’s creator Kyle from Mantic Games.

Live Stream (YouTube)

It’s never too early to make a first impression. Join Matt and Nate as we share our initial thoughts on 4th edition after our first gameplay.

We are excited to share an unscripted Q&A covering everything BUT Kings of War hosted by Ronnie Renton at the Michigan GT 2025.

This is audio only version of of our 4th edition live stream from Sept 30, 2025. For the full video of the live stream head over to our YouTube channel.

We are joined by Mantic Director Matt Gilbert and game designer extraordinaire Alessio Cavatore to dive into Kings of War 4th edition.

Jeremy is joined by old friend of the show Steve Hildrew to talk all thinks UK Clash of Kings 2025.

We dive down under for what may be the last army review for the Ratkin Slaves!

In the last installment of our 2025 US Masters coverage I share my epic road trip with my good friend and occasionally great player, Andy Patton. See you in Minneapolis next year!

We reflect back on 10 years of Kings of War coverage!

Set against the rowdy and boisterous backdrop of the Strike Dice Grand Nationals we turn our mics over to the great state of Texas. So if you have the appetite pull up a chair and dive into a tall stack of hot takes.

In this fourth episode we breakdown day 2 of the Best of the Rest event at the 2025 US Masters in Reno, Nevada. You will hear from a mix of new and experienced players as they share their thoughts on this great event.

00:00:44 - Tyler

00:26:11 - Jackalopes

00:47:15 - Jose, Randy, Rick and Mark

01:28:30 - Pat and Rashad

01:48:35 - Dwayne and Ian

In this third episode we breakdown day 2 from the 2025 US Master in Reno Nevada. You will hear from a collection of folks including the people that brought us this great event plus from our first two-time US Master Adam Ballard. We’ve included timestamps for you to quickly find some of your favorite personalities. So sit back and enjoy!

00:00:47 - Jeremy Duvall and Mike Rossi

00:24:43 - Jeremy Duvall

00:31:24 - Adam Ballard

01:06:04 - Brinton Williams, Jeremy Duvall, and Kyle Timberlake

In this next episode of our coverage from the 2025 US Master in Reno, Nevada you will hear from a collection of mostly new players experiencing Best of the Rest for the first time. We’ve included timestamps for you to quickly find some of your favorite personalities. So sit back and enjoy!

00:00:40 - John and Nick

00:48:11 - Dwayne and Ian

01:24:08 - Dwayne and James

01:43:1731 - Jackolopes

In this first episode of our coverage from the 2025 US Master in Reno, Nevada you will hear from a motley collection of folks representing their region. We’ve included timestamps for you to quickly find some of your favorite personalities. So sit back and enjoy!

00:00:40 - Jeremy Duvall

00:30:33 - Mike Rossi

01:00:21 - Blake Robertson and Tyler Schulz

01:13:31 - Ben McLure and Noah Hutton

01:30:29 - Cyle Poole, Justin Robbins and Ray Shields

Matt and Rob are back to catch you up on the world of Kings of War and behind the scenes here on Counter Charge!

We are joined by the MidWest Region to announce the location of next year’s’ Masters being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 11-12, 2026.

We invite you to join us in the Loremaster’s Library as we discuss Pious with its’ author Mark Barber. Word of caution this episode does contain SPOILERS. So if you haven’t finished the book yet we recommend pausing the show and then coming back after you finish the book. You can get your copy of the book from all fine book retailers or by using one of the links below.

Winged Hussar Publishing

Amazon

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Audio only version of our 2025 US Masters Matchup Livestream. The full video version can be found on our YouTube channel.

In today’s episode we tackle diving into tournament play with Zac from the Manticlore Podcast!

Here are a “few” links to things covered on the episode.

The Manticlore Podcast

US Kings of War Masters Page

Mid Atlantic Region Group

Mid West Region Group

Mountain Region Group

Northeast Region Group

Pacific Northwest Region Group

South Region Group

Southeast Region Group

West Region Group

UK Masters Site

Blackjack Scoring System

Northern Kings Scorin...

Travis Timm joins us in the List Builders Studio.

Matt and Rob are back to catch you up on the world of Kings of War and behind the scenes here on Counter Charge!

Join Matt, Simon and Jeremy as the bound through the list of Rhordia, on the backs of their nimble aralez. Is this the last hurrah for the Broken Alliance? Or will their story continue?

Let the healing power of the Green Lady wash over your armor as Marcelo Rouco and Luke Schafer share how they successfully play with the Order of the Green Lady army while still having friends.

Matt and Rob dive into all things Event Special Characters including the Bard characters that will be in use in the upcoming Kings of Memphis 5 June 21-22.

Blake Robertson joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Blake's List

The gang floats back with another monthly Fireside Chat to share your 4th edition wishlist!

Richard Comstock joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Join Jeremy, Ryan Smith, and Scot Holcomb as they discuss crafting worlds and all things display boards.

We are joined in the List Builder Studio with the King of Nerdhammer, Allen Buehner.

Tonight we right a wrong 10 years in the making as we are joined by Andrew, Ryan and Coach from Family of Gamers 777 YouTube Channel. In our chat recorded at Adepticon we cover the gamut from Halo to Kings of War and everything in between.

We invite you to join us in the Loremaster’s Library as we discuss Steps to Deliverance with its’ author Mark Barber. Word of caution this episode does contain SPOILERS. So if you haven’t finished the book yet we recommend pausing the show and then coming back after you finish the book. You can get your copy of the book from all book retailers or by using one of the links below.

Winged Hussar Publishing

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Episode 330 - Steps to Deliverance (From June 2, 2019)

The gang is back for another monthly Fireside Chat!

April Masters Minute

Kings of Memphis 5 - June 21-22 - Memphis, TN

We are back with our final Adepticon Megasode containing recordings from Sunday at Adepticon 2025!

Adepticlash Results

We are back with our second Adepticon Megasode containing recordings from Saturday at Adepticon 2025!

Opening Credit Theme
"Stoneworld Battle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We are back with our first Adepticon Megasode containing recordings from Thursday and Friday at Adepticon 2025!

This recording was taken from our Kings of War Champion Livestream from 4/7/25.

We were able to chat with a number of folks from Mantic Games at Adepticon 2025 to find out what they have been up to recently.

00:00:30 Ronnie Renton (No Handler)

00:42:46 Kyle Pretzel Twinkie

01:04:18 Blake Shrode

01:46:51 Community Pat (Retired)

Join the King of the Uk Radek as he and Matt discuss his domination of the UK Masters.

Join us for this month’s Fireside Chat as we share your thoughts on the Topic of the Month.

The time of Champions is almost upon us! We are excited to be joined by Andy Burdis and Rob Burman to chat about Rob's new game Kings of War Champions. So join us at the table as we get an exclusive first look at this exciting new game.

Join Matt as he catches up with Page, KJ and Nick to talk all things Clash of Kings Asia 2025.

Alan Buehner and Bryce Clark join us for our Forces of Nature Army Review. Don’t forget to check out the Kings of War Wiki for more background information.

Luke Schafer joins us in the List Builder Studio.

In this installment of the Loremaster’s Library we delve deep back into the realm of the Dwarves with author Mike Rossi and his book Honor’s Price. You can get your copy of the book from all great book retailers or by using one of the links below.

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And don’t forget that we will be covering Steps to Deliverance on our next Loremaster’s Library in April!

Join Matt as he talks to Steve Evans and Chris Lynch about their journey through using all 28 KoW Factions.

Follow Steve at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296736120389627

https://www.youtube.com/@lazypiratepainting2947

Follow Chris' journey to the top at: https://kowmasters.com/

The gang is back with another Fireside Chat for the Month of February.

Adepticon Registration

Kings of Memphis 5 Information and Registration

528 - A Very Special Episode of Counter Charge

Kings of War Forum

Kings of War Errata and FAQ Update

Mantic Vault Facebook Group

Join us to hear from a few people at ClashAu25 and from two of the podium players.

Marcelo Rouco joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Marcelo's Order of the Green Lady List

Jeremy and the gang talk more US Clash of Kings and Adepticon.

Big Dan Wright from Portland joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Dan’s Free Dwarf List

Ray joins us in the List Builder Studio to share his list building wisdom with you.

Mark joins us to chat about his passion for the hobby and his move to Kings of War from Age of Sigmar.

The gang is back for our annual Year in Review!

Chet Dudick joins us in the List Builder Studio. We’ve also included the 2 lists that Chet shared with us during the show.

Goblin List

Kingdoms of Men List

The gang is back with author C. L. Werner to do a deep dive into Rise of the Celestians!

Join Matt and Jattz as they do a brief overview of some Xmas gaming gift options. Link to the spider effect paint below:

https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/green-stuff-world-spider-serum-10ml

Ged Courtney joins us in the List Builder Studio.

We chat with new Kings of War player Josh Edwards from Memphis.

Justin Robbins joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Justin's Ogre List

In this busy time of the year the crew is back to catchup and share your response to December’s Topic of the Month.

Kings of Memphis 5 Event Pack

North Wood GT 2025

Forces of the Abyss Armada Fleet

Vanguard My Mini Factory Campaign

Tonight we speak with Mike Horner of War Room Hobbies to give you a look behind the curtain of your Friendly Local Gaming store.

For the 4th time Jeff Traish has been crowned the Australian Master of Pannithor!

Si Brand joins us in the List Builder Studio!

Night Stalker List

Orc List

Ratkin List from UK Clash of Kings 2024

Jeremy is joined by Adam and Blake to talk all things Adepticon 2025 and break down Mantic's event schedule.

Visit Milwaukee

Pairings Pack

Adepticlash Pack

Audio from our recent live stream reviewing the Army Lists from the 2024 Aussie Masters.

The gang is back to bring you another Monthly Fireside Chat!

Mantic Vault FB Group

Topic of the Month Thread

Ian Caine’s Fishponds Wargamers

Join Jordan and Rob as they take their first dive into all things bases.

Alex Chavez and Luke Fraser join Rob for the annual all too early review of the new scenarios found in the 2025 Clash of Kings Supplement.

Join Cyle “Dino Lord” Pool, Brinton Williams, Sean Vilmont and Kenny “Skull Face” Heisler as they take you on a long walk for orcs.

1st/2nd Edition Orc Special Rules

Mark Ottley’s Bloody Eye Tribe

Cyle's Oops Moar Axe Army List

Cyle's Flawless Orchestra of Death List

Kenny’s List

Sean’s List

Orc Facebook Group

Orc Pannithor Wiki

Join Cyle “Dino Lord” Pool, Brinton Williams, Sean Vilmont and Kenny “Skull Face” Heisler as they take you on a long walk for orcs.

1st/2nd Edition Orc Special Rules

Mark Ottley’s Bloody Eye Tribe

Cyle's Oops Moar Axe Army List

Cyle's Flawless Orchestra of Death List

Kenny’s List

Sean’s List

Orc Facebook Group

Orc Pannithor Wiki

The gang is back with author Scott Washburn to do a deep dive into Broken Alliance!

Let’s dig into some Data and Dice!

The Scrying Gems return and dive deep into the 2025 Clash of Kings

Andy Patton and Jeff Bodeen share their first US Masters Experience.

The gang is back for another Fireside Chat in which we share your great responses to the Topic of the Month!

Kyle’s Video on Command Dice

726 - Clash of Command Dice

Controlled Fire Podcast

We kick off our Clash of Kings 25 coverage by chatting with Dylan Scribner and Paul Collins to hear if the new book meets their expectations!

Jeremy, Rob, and Jordan review a wide range of miniature paint brands in this hobby deep dive.

Join Matt and Steve as they discuss the biggest Kings of War event in the world, Clash of Kings UK.