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''Kings of War'', (often abbreviated to ''KoW'') is a tabletop wargame created by Mantic Games. The game has been designed for armies of fantasy miniatures. It uses stock fantasy races such as Elves,〔(Elves Army List 2010 Edition )〕 Dwarves, Undead〔(Army lists of Kings of War )〕 and Orcs,〔(Kings of War Army List for Orcs )〕 as well as demonic version of Dwarfs known as Abyssal Dwarfs.〔(Abyssal Dwarf Army List )〕 Each race has an alignment (good, evil or neutral) and races of the same or compatible alignments can join forces, allowing the player to have a mixed army. Initially released as a range of miniatures without a set of companion rules,〔(A visit to Mantic Games )〕 Mantic Games announced in July 2010 that a set of rules was under development.〔(A cunning plan... Mantic's announcement of its own rules )〕 The game was designed by Alessio Cavatore,〔(Interview with Alessio Cavatore )〕 who previously worked on the rules〔(Board Game Geek Profile for Alessio Cavatore )〕 for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, Warmaster, Warhammer 40,000〔(Interview with Alessio Cavatore )〕 and Mordheim while working for Games Workshop. The game was first announced in early 2010 as a closed beta.〔(Kings of War Closed Beta Rules )〕 The 2010 edition of the game was released in September 2010 with the Mhorgoth's Revenge starter set. The rules were finally published as a download from Mantic's website in December 2010.〔(Kings of War Available to Download! )〕 The 2nd edition of the Kings of War rule book was released in the summer of 2015 and features a cleaned up set of rules, new units in every army and new armies. == Playing ''Kings of War'' == ''Kings of War'' is a tabletop wargame where two or more players compete against each other with "armies" of 28mm miniatures. The rules of the game are published in a short, twelve page document〔(Alessio Cavatore in designers corner )〕 which describes how miniatures are moved, how artillery is used and how combat can be resolved, as well as a limited number of unique rules for each army which define the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the race. Games may be played on any appropriate surface, although the standard is a 6 ft by 4 ft tabletop decorated with model scenery in scale with the miniatures. Any individual or group of miniatures in the game is called a "unit", whether represented by a single model, or group of similar troops. The game rules are published alongside a series of rosters (or 'army lists') which describe and list the individual statistics for each unit. All distances in the game are measured in inches and six-sided dice are used to determine the outcome of artillery fire, magic spells and melee. Kings of War follows an IGOUGO turn style,〔(How units move in Kings of War )〕〔(Interview with Alessio Cavatore )〕 in which a player makes all of their own actions on their turn, but does not require the other player to take action. The game also lends itself well to timed-games, with support for chess clocks in the rules.〔(If you want, you can decide to play the entire game with a chess clock or a timer. So in a tournament, or if you just like to experience the pressure of ‘real battle’, you can add in this time factor.. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kings of War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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