Kings Of War

This bumper edition of Mantic’s annual Kings of War update introduces two brand new army lists, a campaign with new scenarios, and a raft of new ba...

Following their membership of the League, some gunpowder artillery is also used by both the Shire army and also the brigades in Ej, as the – mostly...

Originally conceived by the dwarfs as their Steel Behemoth, the concept of an Iron Beast was later brought to the Shires by the halfling Percival A...

Perhaps the most daring troops in a halfling army are the Ej Grenadiers. Using their mechanical-wings, these hot-blooded individuals swoop over the...

The Trained Bands are the most common troops in the Shire Army. Many so-called Braves that are drafted to the Bands are not full-time soldiers, alt...

While the halflings do love the pleasures of life, they are willing to go to great lengths to protect those things from anyone they think might be ...

The Halflings have split from the League of Rhordia. While relations have been rebuilt, the Shirefolk are now responsible for their own defence and...

A Scorchwing is considered the ultimate prize—if you can manage to keep all your fingers and toes. The rare few that have claimed one as a mount, u...

Scorchwings soar high above the peaks of the Three Kings, gliding on the thermals while watching over their domain with keen, glistening black eyes...

Tyrants are large, heavily muscled brutes that were nearly made extinct during the War with Winter. A bare few survived the great exodus but their ...

Many creatures indigenous to the Salamanders’ volcanic isles are utilised as beasts of burden or else their natural abilities adapted as tools in t...

The solid ranks of powerful and stoic Salamanders are warmed by the magical heat of fire elementals summoned by the mage priests. Brutish Tyrants a...

The Salamanders are cursed with the chill of Winter. Only the power of Kthorlaq and their mastery of flame keeps them alive. Salamanders’ blood bur...

Not all Ratkin experiments are entirely successful. Many creations perish soon after birth, too utterly broken to survive. Sometimes, happy circums...

Ogre Warlocks are revered amongst the tribes of the Steppe and often fulfil the roles of shaman, witch - doctor and spiritual guide within the noma...

Also known as cold drakes, these winged reptiles are smaller cousins of the dragons. They are easier to tame than their larger kin but are no less ...

Lords of the Kindreds often ride to battle atop fierce Cold Drakes, striking where the enemy least expects. Often they circle the battlefield in om...

The magic to summon these beings is fragile, but once successfully performed, the very air around the caster seems to coalesce and thicken as an an...

Air elementals are often invisible until they manifest fully in one location. While they are insubstantial, they can perceive the world but do not ...

These water-wyrms use their chameleon-like abilities and stealth to slither unseen as they hunt their quarry. They are lightning fast predators and...

Sirens were once Naiads that, against all odds, fell deeply in love with beings not of the realms. When an unlikely lover does not return or is kil...

In the dark, cold places beneath the waves, horrifying creatures lurk in a submarine world almost devoid of light. The Depth Horror Eternals are ug...

The Shredder is a smaller device than a Death Engine but no less fiendish. Crewed by a team of crackpot Ratkin “engineers”, it is a bizarre war eng...

Death Engines are strange, rickety contraptions crewed by “volunteers”; no two are ever of the same design. A bizarre mix of arcane science and cun...

Ratkin scurriers are often tasked with raiding the fleabag pens of the goblin tribes they see as easy prey. The captured beasts, which the Ratkin f...

Agile and adept at striking enemy weak points, these assassins will have learned their basic skills serving as scouts in the Scurrier teams. Those ...

Kings of War Northern Alliance Cavern Dweller Cavern Dwellers are but one of the horrors found within the expansive northern ice caves. These creat...

Taking the art of lethality from afar to extremes, the Ratkin Clawshot rifle is an arcane, long-barrelled contraption, beloved of individuals who p...

The backbone of a Ratkin warhost is a seething mass of hatred, teeth, and claws. Their Warriors form vast blocks of chittering steel and matted fur...

A towering abomination born of foul magic and arcane science, Scudku-Z’luk is the demon prince of the Ratkin race. Feared and worshipped by the ver...

A sea of baleful red eyes are visable across the battlefield. Arcane engines belching flame and smoke. Monstrosities that only a madman could have ...

More than a century after their revolt and escape from the Abyssal Dwarfs, the Ratkin have become a menace that has plagued many of the civilised l...

The only thing more dangerous than a small Goblin army is a Goblin horde. When a Biggit gets important enough to rally this many Goblins to his ban...

The first sign of a coming Ratkin incursion is large swarms of hideous, malnourished rats. They ruin stores and sow seeds of panic before their lar...

The Birthing Daughters are used to spread the will of the all-powerful Brood Mother throughout the Ratkin nest. In battle they stay close to the se...

Ratkin are cowardly creatures that prefer to battle in large groups of their furry brethren. When roused to war, the chittering hordes must be whip...

To a Luggit, size matters. Larger and tougher than the average goblin, these brash warriors wield oversized weapons to devastating (and sometimes c...

Riding into battle astride an angry mawbeast is perhaps the best proof that a goblin monarch isn’t always of sane mind. As if that wasn’t bad enoug...

As if a goblin wiz wasn’t already unpredictable and dangerous enough, some decide to ride into battle on a temperamental mawbeast. Even at the best...

For the aspiring flaggit, a mawbeast is an almost essential piece of battlefield equipment. After all, having a mount gives you one important advan...

Bizarrely, whereas being a flag bearer for other armies of Pannithor is often considered a lowly role, for a goblin it’s one of the most sought aft...

A goblin king (or queen, for that matter) is a particularly cunning individual that decides to crown themselves as a vicious monarch. However, the ...

Even among the skittish and manic goblins, a wiz is considered a little odd. Their grasp of magic is ‘rudimentary’ at best and they prefer experime...

Undead Warband often enlists some of the more sentient of the cursed beings to join their raids on settlements. From Vampires surrounded by swarms ...

The dead do not rest easy, for there are those who would use them as macabre puppets to fulfill their own mortal ends. Skeletal foot troops and cav...

A specialist trained in smashing through any obstacle, a Siegebreaker is a lumbering brute of a warrior, protected by a huge tower shield and wield...

The Matriarch is a deeply respected figure in ogre society. Often acting as captains or even warlords, they are great thinkers and strategists, and...

Beside every ferocious ogre, is an even more ferocious ogre yelling orders and, more often than not, trying to get ahead and get stuck in first. Be...