883 - KOW Academy 3 - Deployment Fundamentals

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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.

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882 - KOW Academy 2 - Threat Ranges and Board Control

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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!

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881 - KOW Academy 1 - Understanding Unit Roles

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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/

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880 - List Builder Studio with Sam Kula

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

Sam’s Masters Nature List

List Builder Studio with Sam Kula
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879 - Fireside Chat - August 2026

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We’re back with our August Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat - August 2026
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878 - Rocks and Cows with Terry Erickson

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

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Rocks and Cows with Terry Erickson
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877 - List Builder Studio with Sean Troy

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2026 US Master Sean Troy joins us in the List Builder Studio.

Sean's Lady of the Lake Nature List

List Builder Studio with Sean Troy
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876 - Painting Armies Faster

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Trent, Donny and Rob get together to share some tips to painting armies faster!

The Great Wargaming Survey
Armies & Legions & Hordes by Dave Taylor

Painting Armies Faster
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875 - 2nd Hand Models

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Trent and Rob chat about buying 2nd hand models.

2nd Hand Models
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874 - US Masters 2026 - Sunday

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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!

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873 - US Masters 2026 - Friday & Saturday

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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!

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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

US Masters 2026 - Friday & Saturday
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872 - Fireside Chat - June & July 2026

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Matt and Rob are back with a double sized Fireside!

Fireside Chat - June & July 2026
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871 - Andy Patton and Jeff Bodeen Masters Wrap Up

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In this installment from the US Masters Andy Patton and Jeff Bodeen breaks down their experience over the weekend!

Andy’s List

Jeff’s List

Andy Patton and Jeff Bodeen Masters Wrap Up
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870 - Aaron and Henry Richardson

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Today we are joined at the US Masters by Aaron and Henry Richardson from St. Louis.

Aaron’s List
Henry’s List

Aaron and Henry Richardson
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869 - Cyle Pool and Noah Hutton Chat

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In today's episode from this year's US masters we bring you our Friday conversation with Cyle Pool and Noah Hutton.

Cyle’s List

Noah’s List

Cyle Pool and Noah Hutton Chat
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868 - Ryan Lampien and Nic Murray Chat

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Tonight we are joined by Reno Legends Rylan Lampien and Nic Murray.

Ryan’s List

Nic’s List

Ryan Lampien and Nic Murray Chat
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867 - Chet Dudick and Alex Chavez Chat

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In our next conversation we sit down with Alex Chavez and Chet Dudick from the Mid Atlantic Region.

Chet Dudick and Alex Chavez Chat
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866 - Steve Hildrew Chat

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As many know Steve Hildrew was a host of Counter Charge for a number of years. So it was a real highlight for me to mee Steve in person at this years US Masters.

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865 - Reckless Incompetence with Unplugged Radio

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Today we catch up the Reckless Incompetence Podcast, better known in some circles as Unplugged Radio. We chat with Mike and the two Coreys about the event, thoughts on 4th and a special announcement about the 2027 US Masters.

Reckless Incompetence with Unplugged Radio
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864 - Fetter Family

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In today’s episode we have a chat with new Kings of War player Jacob. We are also joined by his dad, longtime player and TO, Grant Fetter and his coach Cyle Pool.

Fetter Family
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