Just curious how many of you guys are playing KoW right now? The salamander list is a ton of fun and accounts for almost all of the model range. I have played 6 games now and the more i play it the more i like it. Tight ruleset with a ton of tactical depth in the movement phase.
i thought the no flee thing would bug me to but it really doesnt. There is so much more tactical depth in the movement phase that you really forget about fleeing entirely after the first couple games.
i've never tried KoW2 (yet) so please could you explain what is superior, according to your point of view, about tactical depth if compared to WH?
Units cannot manuvuer as freely which really makes positioning important. flank and rear charges matter much more because you double your attacks for flank charges and triple them for rear charges. I have heard of the tactic of layering units but havent gotten enough games in to try it out yet
I tried KoW a few weeks ago, against what would have been a WFB Wood Elf army (no idea what they were called in KoW - I was too busy trying to remember rules etc). As mentioned above Movement is such a massive part of the game and flank/rear charges are huge (especially the latter). If is a very different mechanic in terms of fighting but once you get used to it, it plays well. (Oh, my Salamanders, sorry, Lizardmen virtually tabled the pointy eared tree huggers, which was nice!)
I agree with above posts. The game is really won or lost in the movement phase. But there are two other points that puts it over WFB in my opinion. 1. Balance KoW is not perfectly balanced, but MUCH better than Warhammer. Units are within a reasonable power level relative to each other. Almost every unit in the game is viable. 2. Multibasing In KoW, a unit is a block of a predetermined size*. There is no need to make individual models. Therefor, you can model your unit onto a single big base, which not only is very practical when playing but also allows for interesting dioramas (google "kings of war dioramas"). *For example, a unit of basic orcs comes in three sizes - troop (5x2), regiment (5x4) and horde (10x4). As an orc sits on a 25mm square base, those units would have a 125x50mm, 125x100mm and 250x100mm footprint respectively. As long as the unit has the correct footprint, and it is clear what they are, it can be modeled (almost) freely.