Anyone play "Kings of War"

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I posted this on the Kingston subreddit the other day, and figured it wouldn't hurt to post here. I just copy pasted it, except for a little bit at the end.

Ok, so I just found this miniatures wargame called Kings of War. It looks really interesting, as it's basically based off of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, and it's also very well priced. Much cheaper than GW minis. Here is a link in case you aren't aware of what I'm talking about:

www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/kings-of-war.html

I'd be interested In playing this, but I don't know if anyone in the Kingston wargaming community plays it. So I figured I'd ask here. If anyone does play it, where do you play it? The Nexus, or in local homes? Would you be welcome to me joining in?

The not copy pasted part:

From what I can tell, the game is basically a streamlined Warhammer Fantasy Battle. It uses regiments and square bases, and is compatible with Warhammer fantasy minis. There are free rules for the game as well as many of the armies on the site linked above. Most of the armies even has a WHFB equivalent, and they even released a book of unit stats for armies they don't have a line of minis for yet, for if you want to use your WHFB minis, but they don't have a lien of it yet. For example - ratkin (skaven).

I don't think the nexus carries this stuff though, but I have found this:

www.manticgames.com/i-want-a-store.html

Basically, fill out the store info, and they'll try to contact it and see if there is interest in stocking this stuff.

So, yeah. I'd be interested, and if anyone else in Kingston plays will try to order some stuff.

[Jack Shrapnel]

Nexus had some kings of war stuff stocked for a while, but to be honest, it sat on the shelves forever (I bought some dwarfs from that line but everything else just sat) then it got sold off at one boxing day sale or another I think... so I highly doubt Mike will stock it again.. it just didn't sell...

however if you want him to order something in he can usually get it... just wouldn't likely be a regularly stocked item.

[voodoo]

I've used their zombie as my Nurgle zombie but that's about it. I'm not a fan of their system and the majority of the models as they have that weird restic material.

[Jack Shrapnel]

oh man, don't get me started on restic... just a terrible, cheap, hard to work with material.

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What is restic?

[voodoo]

It’s the majority of what Mantic’s miniatures are made of. It’s an odd mix of resin and plastic penned by Mantic as “restic”. It’s a PVC based polymer and is pretty awful stuff to work with as it’s harder than most soft metals but warps like finecast.

Their thin miniatures aren't made of it as much but I know Shannon had one hell of a time with a lot of the dwarf models he got.

[Deleted]

Alright, thank you.