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We are joined by Dylan Scribner and Sam Kula to learn how to set up your charges!

Mark Cox and Alex Chavez join us to discuss how to trade units efficiently.

We are joined by Cyle Pool and Chet Dudick to chat all things Chaff!

Matt and Rob are back to bring you this month’s Fireside Chat!

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 3 of Kings of War Academy! This series covers important gameplay topics to help level-up your Kings of War experience. We invite top performing players to get diverse perspectives on topics ranging from unit selection to deployment to how to deal with setbacks! In this episode, we’re joined by Adam Ballard and Marcelo Rouco to discuss all things deployment! Terrain, scenario, play styles, and army composition all impact deployment. And each of these topics is drilled into by these two top players (plus Trent). Pay close attention to hear what Marcelo’s golden rule of deployment is.

2-Threat Projection and Board Control Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of Kings of War Academy! This series covers important gameplay topics to help level-up your Kings of War experience. We invite top performing players to get diverse perspectives on topics ranging from unit selection to deployment to how to deal with setbacks! In this episode, we’re joined by Jason Birr and Keith Conroy to discuss threat projection and board control. The conversation involves how to use threat projection to your advantage while minimizing your opponent’s threat projection. You don’t want to miss this one!

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 1 of Kings of War Academy! This series covers important gameplay topics to help level-up your Kings of War experience. We invite top performing players to get diverse perspectives on topics ranging from unit selection to deployment to how to deal with setbacks! In this episode, we’re joined by Corey Reynolds and Andy Patton to breakdown various unit roles and why you would add certain units to your army list. A ton of terms and definitions were pulled from Honest 4s. Their work made this episode possible so check out their page here: https://honest4s.com/posts/kings-terminology/

2026 US Masters player Sam Kula joins us in the List Builder Studio. Sam’s Nature List

We’re back with our August Fireside Chat

Terry Erickson joins us to chat about his upcoming event Rocks and Cows!Rocks and Cows Event Pack

2026 US Master Sean Troy joins us in the List Builder Studio. Sean's Lady of the Lake Nature List

Trent, Donny and Rob get together to share some tips to painting armies faster! The Great Wargaming SurveyArmies & Legions & Hordes by Dave Taylor

Trent and Rob chat about buying 2nd hand models.

Tonight's episode is a little bitter sweet as this is our last episode from the 2026 US Masters. What follows is a of recordings from Sunday. It includes post game discussions, breakdowns along with a number of great chats with our wonderful TOs for the event. We hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we had bringing it to you. Timestamps 00:01:03 - TO Discussion with Connor Murphy 00:22:24 - Keith Randall and Corey Walizer Keith’s List Corey’s List 00:39:00 - Andy Patton and Jeff Schiltgen Andy’s List Jeff’s List 00:45:24 - Travis Timm, Sam Kula and Jason Birr Travis’ List Sam’s List 00:56:09 - Corey Reynolds and Keith Randall Corey’s List Keith’s List 01:18:02 - Jason Birr 01:29:30 - Connor Murphy, Kyle Pietsch and Jason Birr closes it out!

This episode is a collection of recordings from Friday and Saturday at the 2026 US Masters. It includes post game discussions and breakdowns along with some behind the scenes conversations with our event TOs. SO pull up a nice cozy chair and get stuck in! http://www.getkingsonlongshanks.com Timestamps 00:00:50 - Opening TO Discussion 00:33:52 - Cyle Pool and Corey Reynolds Game Breakdown Cyle’s List Corey’s List 00:46:31 - TO Discussion #2 01:02:05 - Travis Timm, Andy Patton and Sam Kula Game Breakdowns Travis’ List Andy’s List Sam’s List 01:21:43 - Cyle Pool and James Taylor Game Breakdown Jame’s List