History TabletopGame / KingsOfWar

* CharacterAlignment: Armies are divided into Good, Neutral and Evil, and cannot take allies from armies of the opposite alignment -- so no Goblin/Elf combinations, for instance. Neutral armies, however, can ally with anyone they want.

* CharacterAlignment: Armies are divided into Good, Neutral and Evil, and cannot take allies from armies of the opposite alignment - so, no Goblin/Elf combinations.
* {{Determinator}}: Anything with Headstrong (granting 50% chance to resist wavering) or Stoic Resolve (restore one point of damage upon rolling Steady on a Nerve check). Dwarves and Basileans are particularly notable for this, since each of them has one of the above rules across the board. Occasionally you also get something with a -/X Nerve value, meaning total immunity to wavering, but most of those are Undead.

* {{Expy}}: More than a few of the factions are expies of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' armies - their Orcs, in particular, are virtually identical, right down to the boar-riding. The recently announced "Uncharted Empires" expansion will have a few more lists for Warhammer-alike armies, especially with the cancellation of WHFB - a playtest list for the very Skaven-like "Ratkin" was released to accompany the announcement, along with beta tests for the Not!Lizardmen, Not!Chaos, Not!Bretonnia, Not!Khemri and Not!Beastmen.

* FullBoarAction: Gores which are big enough to carry Orcs into battle.

** OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: They come in two flavors: the traditional Dwarves with cannons and badger cavalry, and Abyssal Dwarves who are an army of {{Mad Scientist}}s who bolster their numbers with thralled monsters and mutated dwarves.
** OurElvesAreBetter: The typical Tolkienesque Elves, and their dark counter parts the Twilight Kin. Standard Elves get the Elite rule, giving them rerolls to hit; Twilight Kin get Vicious instead, which provides a similar reroll to damage.

* StoneWall: As you would expect, dwarves tend to have low Speed stats but good Defence - even their most fragile combat units tend to have a Defence equal to a main-line elven unit, and 5+ and 6+ Defence scores are not uncommon. They also get Headstrong across the board, making them resistant to wavering. They're not ''as'' slow as ''Warhammer'' Dwarfs, at least, since they have a higher base Move value and access to cavalry.

** The Night-stalkers are a mix of nightmares brought to life, EldritchAbominations from outside reality and undead spirits twisted by magic.

* WhenTreesAttack: Elves have access to several tree-based units.

* {{Expy}}: More than a few of the factions are expies of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' armies - their Orcs, in particular, are virtually identical, right down to the boar-riding. The recently announced "Uncharted Empires" expansion will have a few more lists for Warhammer-alike armies, especially with the cancellation of WHFB - a playtest list for the very Skaven-like "Ratkin" was released to accompany the announcement, along with news of reptile-men and beastmen armies coming.

* GlassCannon: Most ranged units only have a Defence of 3+-4+, but can dish out damage from a safe distance, especially units like human Arquebusiers with Piercing 2. More than a few armies also have units with Crushing Strength or, in second edition, Thunderous Charge, but low-moderate Defence values and only average Nerve - human Pole-Arms Blocks, for example. Then there are Troop units, which consist of either five cavalry or ten infantry; usually they get more attacks per point than the big Regiment (twice as large), Horde (four times) or Legion (six times) units, but at the same time they have really, really bad Nerve values.

* MightyGlacier: Forest Shamblers and multiple Undead units have Shambling, which prevents moving At the Double, and both the Forest Shamblers and some of the Undead units have Crushing Strength scores and no shortage of attacks. Both their armies have a workaround; Forest Shamblers come with Vanguard, meaning they can move before the game begins, and a whole bunch of undead hero units in second edition have Surge, a spell that moves Shambling units.
* ThePaladin: Basilea's [[PlanetOfHats Hat]] is this, and a High Paladin is one of their hero units.

* {{Expy}}: More than a few of the factions are expies of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' armies - their Orcs, in particular, are virtually identical, right down to the boar-riding.

* CharacterAlignment: Armies are divided into Good, Neutral and Evil.

* GlassCannon: Most ranged units only have a Defence of 3+-4+, but can dish out damage from a safe distance, especially units like human Arquebusiers with Piercing 2. More than a few armies also have units with Crushing Strength or, in second edition, Thunderous Charge, but low-moderate Defence values and only average Nerve - human Pole-Arms Blocks, for example.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: The Dwarfs have badger cavalry.
** The Basilean Sisterhood ride on panthers.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Basilea humans can field Elohi, angelic beings armed with flaming swords.
* OurElvesAreBetter: The typical Tolkienesque Elves, and their dark counter parts the Twilight Kin.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: They come in two flavors: the traditional Dwarves with cannons and badger cavalry, and Abyssal Dwarves who are an army of {{Mad Scientist}}s who bolster their numbers with thralled monsters and mutated dwarves.
* StoneWall: As you would expect, dwarves tend to have low Speed stats but good Defence - even their most fragile combat units tend to have a Defence equal to a main-line elven unit, and 5+ and 6+ Defence scores are not uncommon.
* UndergroundCity: The Twilight Kin dwell in an underground city beneath the great desert.

The game was first announced in early 2010 as a closed beta.[10] 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. An updated version the rulebook is due for release in the summer of 2015 and features a cleaned up set of rules, new units in every army and extensive public playtesting to make the armies and game as balanced as possible.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: They come in two flavors the traditional Dwarves with cannons and badger cavalry. And Abyssal Dwarves who are an army of MadScientist's who bolster their numbers with thralled monsters and mutated dwarves.

* EndlessWinter: A demon named Winter once covered the world in ice for 100 years, till all the surviving races rallied together and drove her out. However the side effect of all the excess ice melting caused a massive flood which broke the largest human faction causing them to be broken to several smaller factions.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: They come in two flavors the traditional Dwarves with cannons and badger cavalry. And Abyssal Dwarves who are an army of MadScientist's who bolster their numbers with thralled monsters and mutated dwarves.

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It draws many inspirations from ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'' miniatures. Albeit made with [[CrackIsCheaper cheaper materials]].