Tales from the Warriors Hall

Episode 54 - The Xirkaali Empire with Kyle Przelenski

The Trolls welcome to the Cave studio one Kyle Przelenski from Mantic ! They badger him mercilessly* for information on the new Kings of War Faction, the Xirkaali Empire, so if you want to know how to pronounce Hemicyon, Xirkaali and Shaoquan correctly in advance of the new models coming out , then you can do no better than to listen to this episode. Kyle also tells us more about 4th edition and what to expect in the future.
 
* No Badgers were harmed in the production of this Podcast
 
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Episode 53 - A Waffle Through the Wars of the Roses

No, not a Trollish history Lesson of the foul deeds of Richard of York and his murderous Kin, but a meander through our upcoming trundle to Darkest Oxfordshire in pursuit of Kings of War !
The Trolls discuss their Armylists for the Wars of the Roses Tournament and those of their first round opponents, they also discuss some of the other lists they found interesting and share them for your delectation.
Please note that the Trolls are in no way experts so some* of their predictions may be incorrect.
 
* All
 
The Event page for Wars of the Roses is Here
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Episode 52 - Warriors Waffle With Steve Hildrew

The Trolls are joined by our friend Steve and engage in a waffle about 4th Edition KoW Playtesting, The upcoming year for Masters, the future of the UK Tournament scene, Clash of Kings 2026 and World Peace*, listen as we try and chart a path through untested waters in this period of change for our favourite Hobby
 
*World Peace was not really discussed
 
 
The Mantic Release Hub for 4th Edition is Here
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Episode 51 - 4th Edition Kings of War, Yeah or Meh ?

The Trolls run through the 4th Edition rules that have been released to Date, correlating them from separate Blogs into one coherent Podcast, or as coherent as Two Trolls can be ! Using special TrollIntelligence* techniques to analyse and discuss the various changes and their impact so far. Taking on the roles of PosiTroll and MehTroll we try and look at both sides of the spectrum of KoW Fans responses to Mantic's announcements.
 
*No Trolls were harmed in their attempted use of Intelligence.
 
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Episode 50 - Heather Joins us to chat about KoW from a Ladies perspective.

The Trolls are joined by the Fab Heather Armistead, possible one of the most consistent players at Clash, having come 2nd from Bottom for the last Three events ! She tells us all about her Wargaming, her Hobby and her involvement with Mens Rounders, Something the Trolls didn't know about.
I must warn our Listener, Bob appears to have ballsed up a setting resulting in some of Heathers answers being a bit garbled , He has tried to filter it out and clean up the recording as much as possible but some content is hard to understand, we can only apologise and try harder next time :(
 
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Episode 49 - Apres Clash !

The Trolls discuss the recent Clash of Kings they helped to run, The Largest singles and Team Kings of War Tournament in the World !
They describe how well the weekend went, how well behaved everybody was, how high the standard of painting was and a load of other stuff you may have missed out on by not being there !
Listen with Envy !
 
Link to the Lovely Pictures from this year Here
Link to the Results Here
Clash of Kings Lists Here
Details of Rage and Grace ( and other books) can be found Here
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Episode 48 - The Build up to Clash of Kings - Sneak Peak at the Armies

The Trolls have got their grubby claws on the Army Lists for Clash and decide to review a sample of their favourite ( and not so favourite) armylists before the official release, sworn to secrecy the Trolls never the less blurt out their findings for all to hear :)
 
Info about the Clash of Kings Tournament can be found Here
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Episode 47 - Waffling our Way to Clash

The Trolls combine our August catch up with a look at a cosy little event that is happening in a couple of weeks, be amazed by their incite into the internal workings of that most Prestigious of Kings of War Events.
 
You have heard other Podcasters tell of their Hopes and Dreams for attending Clash of Kings 2025- now listen to the drivel from two of the Trolls that aim to crush those Dreams under their Scaley Feet !
 
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Episode 46 - Ged and the Shroud of the Saint (Helens)

The Trolls are joined in the Hall by Ged Courtney , Kingdoms of Men player and the driving force behind the Kings of Liverpool and the Shroud of the Saint(Helens) Tournaments.
Ged tells us of his love of Kings of War and all things Brown in the Kingdoms of Men , we Help him by performing the draw for the upcoming Shroud of the Saint (Helens) II tournament and then we discuss the Punters lists, including that of the current UK Master, that are attending the event
Be astonished by our insight into peoples list choices and astounded by our knowledge of the intricacies of the rules of KoW.
 
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Episode 45 - PSA for Farm Wars XI

Another Weekend, another Farm Wars - The Trolls do their bit for the Cumbrian KoW scene by performing the Draw and critiquing the carefully planned and tested Army lists of the Participants. Just a quick diversion from the Realities of Life in the Grim North ;) 
 
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