Forum Survey - thoughts on the responses

#1

Update: I’d be v interested to hear your thoughts on the responses to the survey (plus it’s not too late to fill it out!)

Link to survey post:

(a few more questions than I originally intended but most should be brief)

Edit: Thanks for all the replies so far, v interesting to see people’s responses!

Would people be up for completing a kowforum survey? Just out of interest really. What questions would you include? I was thinking about 8-10 questions.

Areas for potential questions (not final questions!):
Main/secondary game
Main/secondary army
How long have you played KoW
Tournaments
Universal battle
Forum use
Point size played

The questions might be a bit tricky to write - did you start KoW when you picked up a rulebook, played an intro game, or painted a unit for it, etc?

@FredOslow What do you reckon?

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#2

If its short I’d fill it in.

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#4

I have no strong opinion on the matter :slight_smile:

#5

It seemed polite to ask! Is there anything you’d want asked about the forum? I guess you can see most of the data on some sort of dashboard.

#6

Yeah I can see a lot of data, but not all of it is useful. :slight_smile:
I do like the “how did you find the forum” question.

#7

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A:

What is your primary army at the moment?
A:

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A:

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A:

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A:

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A:

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A:

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A:

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A:

What other Mantic games do you play?
A:

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A:

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A:

#8

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Forces of Nature

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Hydra

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2000pts

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Forces of Nature, The Herd

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: Just before 2nd Ed.

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 20%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: None

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: No

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: None

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Via DakkaDakka

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Dash28

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Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Undead

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Nightstalker Fiends

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2.000

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Undead, Varangur, Twilight Kin, Elves, Kingdoms of Men, Salamanders, Nightstalkers

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: Shortly after the start of second Edition

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 15%

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: No

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: None

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Twitter

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: TabletopWelt

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#10

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Not sure I have a primary game, switch between KoW, WFB, AoF:Regiments, and Warhammer underworlds.

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: not sure I have one.

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Mantic Zombies.

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: Anywhere between 2,000 to 5,000pts.

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Abyssal Dwarfs, Basileans, Elves, Kingdom of Men, The Herd, and Undead.

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: back in 2010, with the beta rules.

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: Never.

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: Warhammer Underworlds tournament 2019 at the War Room in Wicklow.

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: No.

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: None.

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Facebook, no longer have a FB account.

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Dakka Dakka.

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#11

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: No, I’ve played more DND and Warmahordes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Twilight Kin

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Kindred Tallspears

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2000 typically (but made some slight adjustments to play a 2300)

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Twilight Kin*, Sylvan Kin*, Order of the Green Lady*
(*All are in various stages of completion so can’t field 2k finished yet, with TK being the furthest alone)

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 1st edition

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 50%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: Never

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: Never

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Vanguard

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Via Dakkadakka

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Reddit

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#12

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Technically yes, but I play solo most of the time, so I jump from game to game at whim.

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: When play solo, all of them are primary.

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Warbands for Vanguard from leftover miniatures I had laying around.

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: Usually 2000pts, as I don’t have space for more, although I have bigger armies.

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Basilean, Abyssal Dwarfs, Orcs, Goblins, North Alliance/Viking KoM, Nightstalkers, Varangur, Undead/Empire of Dust, High elves, Wood elves (using Herd list), Twilight Kin, Mantic Dwarfs, GW Dwarfs, Free Dwarfs all Berserker army, P&S KoM, Italian Wars KoM, Bortherhood and Ogres from some leftovers but still WiP

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: Leaflet rules which I got from first Elf Spearmen box when Mantic just started.

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 20%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: ETC 2018.

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: No.

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Owned and played at least once: KoWH, Vanguard, Warpath/Firefight, Deadzone, Here’s Negan, Dungeon Saga, Star Saga, Hellboy and Dwarfs King Hold, own, but never played:Dreadball and Dreadball Extreme

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: I think I saw post on Facebook, group KoW Fanatics.

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Facebook.

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#13

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Undead

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Boskwraiths (Sylvan Kin)

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 1500-2000

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Undead

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: a few month prior to 3rd Edition

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: none

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: no

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Vanguard, Deadzone, League of Infamy, Dungeon Saga, Star Saga

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Was searching on google.

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Mantic blog/Dash28/Countercharge podcast

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#14

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: No. Frostgrave.

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Abyssal Dwarfs and Undead.

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Decimators.

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 1,500

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: None yet, but soon Abyssal Dwarfs and Undead.

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 3rd

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: none

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: no

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: none

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Google search

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A:dash28.org

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#15

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Bushido: Risen Sun by GCT Studios.

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Undead.

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Sylvan Kin Forest Guard.

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2k-ish

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Undead, Sylvan Kin.

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 3rd Edition.

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0%.

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: Last year, my first and only tournament after 3 games played. It was a good time even if I got very stomped.

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: No.

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: None.

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Google? Or on Fanatics.

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Probably Fanatics.

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#16

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: currently painting halflings

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: halfling halberdiers

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: gaming 2300, army about 5k

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: dwarfs; varangur; northern alliance; sylvan kin; FoN; elves, OotGL, brothermark; KoM x lots; LoR, undead, basilea

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 2and? Whenever wfb blew up. Mate said “try this” - he’s on RC and I have 8 armies :slight_smile:

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: I painted 5000 points worth of allies as an entry to KoW while rebasing an empire army. I’ve used earth elementals

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: Bournemouth event in Jan 20 before pandemic kicked in

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: no

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: no

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: actually no idea. Probably link of fb

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: fb. Have local WhatsApp and Messenger groups

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#17

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A:The Walking Dead:All Out War. KoW is gaining tho.

What is your primary army at the moment?
A:Imperial Dwarves

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A:Ironwatch rifles/sharpshooters

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A:2000+

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A:Dwarves, Elves (smaller force), some humans and salamander, Northern Alliance. Orcs (smaller force) Goblins (smaller force) and Undead - majority unpainted

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 3rd. When the free lockdown rules with the sample armies came out.

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: none

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: no

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: The Walking Dead:All Out War

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: I think it was the dash28.org link or maybe EasyArmy.com

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Podcasts

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#18

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Elves

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Hunters of the wild

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 1,500-2,000

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Elves

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 3rd

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: none

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: no

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Deadzone

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: Giant Dwarf podcast

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Dash28

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#19

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: switching from FoN to EoD right now (EoD would be the answer considering the whole time I play KoW; I tend to play predominantly one army for about a year, then switch to another one; I can field EoD, Herd, FoN)

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Forest Shamblers

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2000-2300

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: EoD, Herd, FoN

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: 2ed, from its start

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 0%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: A small tournament in Prague, Czechia dome time early in 2020

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: Yes, UB2

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Vanguard, Armada

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: I do not recall, most likely seen it mentioned on DakkaDakka

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Mantic blog

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#20

[quote=“MarkG, post:7, topic:2633”]
Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: yesit is

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Whichever army i am currently working on, so My Herdi guess, closely followed by Goblins

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A:a horde of Tribal spear i think

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A:
2300+
General: Tribal Cheiftain

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A:Orc, Northern Alliance, Goblin and Herd

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A:3rd edition, although i tried 2nd once with my son

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A:0

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A:Eons ago

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: yes

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: none

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum? recommended by a fellow gamer

A:

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: facebook

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#21

FORUM SURVEY

Snapshot (current activity):

Is Kings of War your primary miniatures game? If no, what is?
A: Yes

What is your primary army at the moment?
A: Ogres

What unit did you last work on (painting or building)?
A: Ogre Chariots

What point size are you playing at/planning for?
A: 2000

General:

What KoW armies can you put on the table?
A: Basileans, Dwarfs, Elves, Forces of Nature, Trident Realms, Abyssal Dwarfs, Forces of the Abyss, Goblins, Nightstalkers, Orcs, Undead, Salamanders, Herd, KoM, LoR, Halflings, Ratkin, Northern Alliance, Ogres, Varangrrr, Twiglet Kin, Sylvan Kin, Undead… but not Empire of Dust, never them, I hate sand, it’s coarse and gets everywhere!

When did you ‘get into’ Kings of War (by edition or Clash update)?
A: Beta Rules

Roughly, what percentage of the time do you select allies?
A: 50%

What was the last tournament you attended (in any capacity)?
A: 2013 tourney in Newtonards

Have you ever played KoW online? If yes, what platforms?
A: Yes, UB

What other Mantic games do you play?
A: Deadzone, Firefight, Warpath, Dreadball, Vanguard, Dungeon Saga, Armada, Star Saga, Hell Boy, League of Infamy, The Walking Dead (both AOW & CTA)

Forum/online:

How did you find this forum?
A: When the old forum died and Fred talked about starting this one on Fantatics

Other than this forum, what’s your favourite site/social media etc for KoW?
A: Mantic Blog

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