 Hi folks, I've been invited down to Monday today to have a chat about things that Monday have been working on recently and some things that are happening in the future and and with Ronnie the main man today and we're going to chat all things fantasy Yeah, so Ronnie in your clash t-shirt there I'm going on What do you want to tell us about well tell us where we've been well I mean, I think you know what's what's exciting about Kings of War at the moment is We've really got a release schedule that's thumping out Yeah, it started in the pandemic with other with less distractions We could just knuckle down and get it and we started with before George That was our take on all in a big way Empire of dust Ogres were my very different but we're in hard plastic for the first time the quality really started kicking through on all these I don't even with over the steps up again to be I call it war class You're now getting fun armies that have a real stamp of mantic on them and the halflings have But they're starting to get every three months. We're starting to get another one started to get another one this year I think probably the most excited you have gone back tonight stalkers Yeah, I did some real flavor with the butchers and with it with the units and the armies are now When you first do them everything's about the rank and file when you hit an army for the second time You start adding the juicy bits the fun bits Start with eyes talkers got even better by Northern Alliance when you've got dwarfs on Raven throwing ice hand grenades You know now we're starting to get the fun stuff and then you know I know some people arriving at summer getting it tomorrow So it's hitting stores in two weeks time But it's on the twilight kin which has blown the bloody doors off, you know, it's really We're launching the right way people been looking forward to it. It's coordinated with clashes a new army It gives you a whole new meta. You know when you go to tournaments next year There'll be Northern Alliance. There'll be night stalkers. There'll be variants on those armies But they'll be twilight kin you'll know to played them before that you've they've got a lot how to play them You've got to learn how to defeat them and there is ways So I love the fact the meta is changing the qualities there the audience for game 90 man tournaments in New York would even know about, you know, they're like, oh, do you know there's lots of people here playing? We're having wildcat and so not just clash not just masters rest of the rest not just, you know masters in ours We're really getting lots of people playing our games enjoying our games buying our soldiers And it's not just tournament play. It's it's you know people just building armies and you know, we all know I like I'm a bit of a fetish for a massive battle So it doesn't have to be two thousand three hundred and twenty seven points. It can be it's great. So the plastics the releases the schedule It's just lovely. It's lovely to see. Yeah, but we're just chatting briefly earlier on before we started filming like From when when you think sort of 10 12 years ago where magnetic armies were now to where the model range is now Like it really has its own flavor the quality of the minis is up there now Like there's no reason not to well, I think we were we were marmite from day one where we I think until I'm dead I think by undead, but with elves it was very marmite and probably more disliked it than liked it dwarfs Were actually a solid dwarven Dwarven players who were there on point of a dwarven By the undead, I think it was hard to argue that there that the aesthetics wasn't there Um, but we started a little round bases on them and so on so forth We went through kind of a few years of the Kickstarter years, you know where it was Kickstarter We're also doing other things dread ball and now I think we've come back to our first love. Yeah, and we've got the quality there It takes a long time It takes a very short time to get a reputation a little bit longer thing But I think there's it unequivocally now you're looking at what we're doing and it's got a The the rules the armies the top quality of the soldiers the plastics The resin it's harmonious It feels like you're fully joining up to a completed fully rounded out panathor universe Yeah, 100% I'd agree. It's like you see here. It's got all of the arms and legs It's got all the components now and all of them are robust Yeah, it's not just the rules are good, but I'm going to use this or I like this model But I'm not killing the game. There's there's a fully round is there and I think you know in the past People have supported us for the hope of where we're going to get to I think now you can join and start playing kings of war absolutely the knowledge that it's there All we need to do now is get more people doing it keep supporting their armies and keep putting new things out I think that's a great point I think I think I think we'd all agree now the next stage is getting more people getting new eyes on it Like getting those folks in who who may be kind of have an opinion outdated from years ago Well, yeah, it gives another look. Yeah, yeah, you know come back come back Have a look at the twilight king have a look at the rules set You know and and our job is to not stop doing that So we've got to keep the releases coming out. They've got to keep getting better and better I quite like this idea of revisiting Armies in the early parts of the year and putting the big thing out at the end of the year. So early 2024 Trident realm Well, we're going to come back to the fishmen the army that should never exist And who doesn't want big giant frogs? Spitting mortar shots across the thing is with how does on them frogs riding frogs double frog action. So Plus one of the other core units so that that army really starts to take on and starts to become part of the panacea world So we've got the releases coming. There's you know, going to be at least two armies next year possibly a third We might even have something completely wacky at the end of next year, but Constantly coming back to building adding plastics to our armies removing metal putting resin in Making sure that it's easy to get cool fun Exciting armies that visually look brilliant and I'm playing in an interesting way. Yeah So the next stage is it was just saying there about getting new people started Yeah, ambush is a great way to get people started if you've never played before and they want to kind of dip their toy And give it a try We kind of realized that Hi, I want to play kings of all good going by a 400 page rule book I'm paying 200 figures and then come back and we'll talk to you Okay, that might seem a little intimidating January this year. We put the first six ambush sets We did the sets that had at least kind of two sets of plastic So that you weren't just building Tons of troops that we know a bezel dwarf, but we only got one set of hard plastic in it. I can't do a second So we put the ambush sets out January next year. We're going to have an ambush two player set So he's actually configured to be a real get you started because there's loads of people that want to join Where do I join here? But you're going to get 250 and it's going to just start building your armies up with some nicer as much variety as we can get in So so continuing with that We've also then gone out and reached out to people that are 3d printing you set the vault up and said, oh you come and join us Armada, come on guys. We've got this beautiful game. It's all in resin resin is very hard for us We've got a casting making thing is revolving around the resin process and Well, actually we've got the files come join us. Here's the rules. And you know, we've had that on my mini factory We've got the vault going on If you want to do your halfling army and hope on a little out of 30 poachers to make a horde 40 poachers make a horde You can download those heads. You can download those weapons. So we're trying to really open up Physically making it easier to just start and get in and I think we've got away from that join a pandemic People sat at home. I want a halfling mega army. I want a dwarf mega army Now the backing stores and they're going look i'm intrigued i'm interested I don't want 200 figures to start. Okay, you know what? Let's start with 20. Yeah Get them built up get the regiment thing going that whole regiment base It's a joy once once you unlock that It changes It's also a great way as well for for people to dip that toy in for not a lot of money And also to be able to see the quality move on as well Yes, yeah, those are the ranges that have the the plastic yes We're seeing the quality of those plastic sprues coming through and I think once you've kind of you've got a small amount in your hand Then you can go up. I'm ready. I can go again. Well, I know you might go by a big giant You buy another thing or you go army and it's all configured so that you can just kind of add it on What we give you in the ambush set you're gonna need a few more of yeah But you start with those then add some fun stuff add an army or a mega army And you nearly there, you know, you're well well well on the way So however you want to build up on a regiment set want a giant. Okay. It's all there. Yeah And I guess as well from a from a point of new folks coming into the game as well You've now got sort of the rules free online. Yeah, you've got the companion app I am a great way for people to kind of to get started Absolutely, I think we need to do a little bit more working when you hit our website Navigating you through that journey, but all the pieces are there, you know The companion I think we launched last year and I think at first was a degree of skepticism And I think now people are realizing what it gives us which is the ability to update armies But we're going to do that once or twice a year For existing armies and then we might come and do a big army once a year, but that will always align with clash And but what it does mean is that All the army list if you want to just play casually We've got a beautiful up-to-date Bang up-to-date army list thing and that's free to use So if you're just building one or two armies, that's absolutely free If you want to reduce a mate, there's a free rules digitally have a look and we've actually gone one further with that That's what I prepared earlier You know, we've actually done a free rule. Here's all the rules. Here's how you play Kings of War Yeah, it doesn't have every army list in it doesn't have every keyword in but it has everything you need to take your models You've got whack them on the table and start saying do you enjoy Kings of War? Scenarios and then actually again just a few of the forces that you can pick up the new plastics So from whether you're doing it digitally whether you're doing it actually Um Physically and you know emailers will send you one of these, you know go on the website We've paid a postage will send it to your mate recruiter mate We just now need to get more people playing it more coming on the journey with us We've been brilliant at it going into the pandemic. I think it took a lull and now I'm just going to get back on that it was wonderful Best of the rest 110 in the u.s 148 clash of kings It's happening in the u. So All those things coming together. I think is it's just jolly exciting and please, you know come and play games with us Yeah, and we're just trying about the about the uh companion app there as well And I think it's fair to to kind of point out as well is that the rules are free on the companion app There is a subscription that you can upgrade your experience But it isn't it isn't upgraded. It's it's not paid to get started. Yes Yeah, yeah It's a freemium, isn't it come and play get going if you're a casual player You've probably got enough certainly if you make a big player you've got enough to get going If you're a tournament player and you want the bang up to date rules and you want 20 different army lists It's three three quid a month if you want the rules bang as they come out And actually that leaves us because clash of kings is coming out in a few weeks time Yep early november 6th of november It's going to be in stores middle of the month the day it's in stores is the day the apple update The uh companion will get all the rules people have subscribed And I think army lists is two ninety nine a month With the rules is three ninety nine a month so you're effectively paying 12 quid a month And I said you don't if you don't want to buy another rule book if the rules is your thing Quid a month which is cheaper than buying the rule book. Yeah, you've got it Now obviously you'd be absolutely mad because then you're not going to get the background You're not going to get the pictures you're not going to get all the stories and all the beautiful things But if you're a rules player and there's certain people just long the rules Just give me the rules or you live a long way away and it's hard to get books Here's this, you know, you can still buy the digital book But on the day that the clash of kings hits the stores is the day that the app will update Perfect because I know that's been a question from forks kind of when when does the companion up? Do do I buy the book? Do I wait for the companion up now? Everybody gets at the same time It's entirely a matter of choice. Some will just want the book. Yeah, I don't play that often I love reading books. I want the background. I want to look at the pictures, you know I want a quiet hour in my office having a good read I still physically love the books There's some that are absolutely it's a tournament player. I want to build my army list I'm painting and I'm building and I just need the the stats and the rules And then there's a most of us which fits somewhere into both which says I kind of want the rules I'm happy to get the book because I want the color and the background the text And then when I go on to the tournament, I don't need to take my big red book I don't need to take my clash of kings books I'm gonna leave those at home and I'm going to just use my army list my stats And so we're just trying to build out that wherever you are on your journey, whatever it is you want to do We're glad you're aboard the good ship man tick and and participate and enjoy That's it. There's options. There's options and go wherever you want to go if you're getting started here If you're a super hardcore player there, if you're a background guy with playing regularly Okay, yeah Fantasies So that's clash of kings then for this year. Yeah, it's a beautiful book Yeah shipping on the sixth lots of background lots of stories doing the campaign updating I think we've uh The big things that could have happened didn't happen But that was because people voted for not to happen I think we also realized that next year we just want to make it really binary really clean and tell people really early These are the options that are going to happen. Yeah, this is what the outcomes could be And this is how you get and so start playing your games with that in mind With a view that you probably can't win all of them. So pick the ones you're gonna want to win and So as always this is always a learning curve, but I promise you we're on a journey five years from now This map will look like your games your outcomes with and we're getting Matt and the studio More on side with this. We know what he wants to take where he wants to take us But how we get there and how we've got a big map with it on purpose to break things apart and knock things down and Have impacts on it so that you know Those games matter and that the world is it's kind of coming alive in a way that I think In the early days they got to a certain level and then it leveled off Yeah, the ability to keep doing new releases means we can do more excellent So that's kind of a little flavor of where we've been what's happening back end of this year kind of thing Clash of kings. What's next Ronnie? Well, I've said trident realms is coming I think we might have some pictures that are going to come up, but we're going to revisit the trident realm army, we're gonna probably We might have hinted at this, but we're definitely another army in the summer. Yeah another revisit of one of our key armies Just to go deeper But largely it's about encouraging people to take that next step with their mantic armies I think that's something that I do want to say, you know We would rather you play kings of war than not play kings of war rather you play mantic games But we would rather you play them with mantic models than not So we're not going to turn anyone away But we are going to encourage those people that that take that led under the bed It's not that anymore as I share my age, but you know led under the bed and get it on the gaming table Yeah, so our clash of kings this year Everyone got a Ronnie the Bard. Yep stood Ronnie the Bard stood and I think we can pop the stats up Which you might be seeing now as you can see here's the model and here's the stats And you can see that it's gentle encouragement for you to finally get that mantic army that you've got somewhere painted Yeah, we also a few years ago. We started flying the winner of A clash of kings to adepticon the winner of adepticon clash is brilliant In in getting americans and brits playing and and then the spanish won it and then we're going to fly them over But what's happening was it quite quickly became I've got no chance of winning So it the prize was only relevant to 10 attendees Yeah, and I thought that's not fair. So that was one of the reasons why we did a Ronnie the Bard Anyone that turns up with a mantic army at a sanctioned event gets this model. The only way you can get it is that way or Turn a mantic points because then you still be my mantic model So if you if you don't go around the paint in the middle, at least you can pick it up that way or a lot of people Don't play in tournaments. Yeah, and I don't want to not be able to get the model I think that's really fair. So those are the two ways, but it's not a it's not going to go on general sale It's not a sale product. It's a it's a gift for either buying or stuff Building a mantic point collection or turning up with a mantic army event It's a thank you from money to see a thank you for support Yeah, like magic points are I'm going to have a big refresh. I know there's some of that coming We've got that's one of the first we've got another one coming that's here tomorrow I'm going to put them up, but in the new year. There'll be a big refresh a mantic points And now if I can find a way of of getting this shipped around the world Exchange mantic points and it not be sending me to jail for quasi running a lottery for booze But there's three armies at clash of kings and I'm not told them yet. I'm getting one of these in the post I hope to get them up here sometime the next few months. So we can take photographs of their armies, but Paul and Chris and Oh, the other one crumbs. I forgot your name, but there those three beautiful armies that we're at I'm trouble now, aren't I and we're at clash kings are going to get a bottle of our goblin blaster Finished to orphan run. We might put a picture of the label up It's beautiful stuff. We took some of it down there and shared it with what a whole barrel It's mantis own barrel and And we're going to send a bottle and went to is going to go across the winner of the michigan gt With his kings of war army There's two bottles going one for the oz masters and one for oz clash of kings in january Uh, so i'm sure if lady in the lake or so the others give me some qualifiers You don't get this unless you're encouraging people to bring their mantic armies But 150% of the armies are mantic you can unlock this You'll unlock the bards and we're going to give these to the best painted army So it's not a you've got your tournament prizes for winning and being competitive This is for making that effort and actually getting it painted up and getting it done and we'll find other ways of giving those for awarding those Cool behaviors, but um, it's very tasty and non-alcoholic version for those that don't drink That's good as well. Yeah goblin water. Everyone's got everyone's covered in that one Excellent. Yeah, so it's good fun. We're just encouraging people I think we're going to have some big organized play pushing the new years to help people get back in stores Get going get the stores getting events going just getting the clubs Dance with their kids mums and their kids saying right come on. Let's do a house to tournament and I think it's important to see as well as organized play isn't just tournaments either It's just organized play. It's like it's it's something for people to come and attend and join in But don't feel pressured. It's a tournament kind of thing. Yeah It's someone taking responsibility for entertaining you guys That can go from 150 people from all around the country playing super competitive to win the big sword through to Six of you in a scout hut. Yeah learning to play ambush. Yes rolling some dice and learning what gaming is all about and I think that whole Bringing people in you know taking care of the terrain. We just chip terrain crate three fancy terrain now You can get any gaming table faster than ever. It doesn't look like a tree from a railway set dungeon saga, you know family games You know the bar room brawl So you've got advent calendar all these things are about making gaming more approachable And that's a big I'm a big fan of it. It's been a massive part of my life I touch what it always will be and I want to open up to the fact that Mantik allows you and your family and friends and game club to to play games with miniatures. It's nice now I think I think Mantik as a company but also kings of war as a product line now has that journey It's it's got the entry point for for for younger people for families for people who don't play a lot of games Right the way up to if you want to go sort of hard tournament level travel all over the world playing the game There's something there for everyone and people do it's great to see you So it is it is lovely I think we try to make vanguard the intro point to kings of war and it wasn't the intro point for kings of war is ambush because it's square Regiment based game but it scales up nicely, but we just have to drop that come join us point And and that freeze vanguard up to something else. Hmm exciting So I guess that's kind of that's most twitch points covered there now for fantasy is that yeah I mean we're gonna have a massive year. It's going to keep growing. We're super excited There's going to be lots more recruitment stuff going on going organized play going on new releases going on So if ever you've doubted it, if you ever think it come bring a friend come and play now is the time to join us on kings of war And we're gonna be having a great day and the 2024 is the kings of war Exciting so thanks running. Thanks for the update Thank you buddy Keep tuned as well because we'll have updates for the sci-fi stuff as well And we've also got some updates about the board game parts as well. So thanks for watching and don't forget to watch the next one