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Warlod had a great deal on a bunch of Imperial Roman minis, and since i've been looking at them for a while i figured id grab them. Heres what it contains:

60 Legionaries
20 Praetorian Guard
20 Veterans
24 Auxiliaries (Spear and Shield dudes)

18 Auxiliary Archers
2 Scorpions
2 Officers (pretty sure its 2)

Anyway i plan on running them as Kingdoms of Men and this is the list i've got for them atm

Archers Troop-75
Archers Troop-75

Shield Wall Regiment-100

Shield Wall Horde-165

Foot Guard Regiment-135
Foot Guard Regiment-135

Balista-60
Balista-60

General on Horse-120

Total-925

So i've got 75 points to blow, i figured id buy a Wizard with Lightning Bolt and Scarletmaw's Fenulian Amulet for long range blasting.

That looks perfect. I've been thinking of repurposing my Warlord Romans for Kings of War as well as I don't get too many games with them in as it is.

and you can use them all in Kings of War Historical when that launches as well.

 larva_uk wrote:
and you can use them all in Kings of War Historical when that launches as well.

Any word on whether that will be an out-of-hide creation or a KS project?
I'm guessing it would be a KS.

The historical supplement should be released this fall, it will not be a KS.

It was initially planned for a while for august but was delayed, but the supplement is in theory already done and beta tested (with a small team) and only waiting for release

What is know is that it will use the same core rules as the Fantasy KoW, but the army creation part will be where it will be different.

There will of course not be artefacts, but there might be some veteran upgrades that would play a similar role.
(it was mentionned in a early preview, but the game has since been, largely changed so it's unclear if the veteran upgrades are still there of if they have been replaced by something else.)

In any case, instead of separate factions with their own army lists, there will be a core list of generic units covering the following eras :

Antiquity. Pre 5th century AD

Early Middle Ages. The 5th to 10th centuries

High Middle Ages. The 11th, 12th and 13th centuries

Late Middle Ages. The 14th and 15th centuries

From there you will be able to use the generic list by taking appropriate units to represent your specific army, but most armies will probably be expected to use another element in the book : the themes

Each theme represent a specific nation and era, and will add restrictions and options to the generic list.

So for exemple I would not expect to see chariots units in a medieval french army and they will probably be forbidden to take them, but I would expect an ancient egyptian army to have them and maybe even get additionnal options compared to the generic list (maybe an option for elite charioteers for exemple ?)

The list of theme has already been posted by a member of the RC, here it is :

Barbarians
Carthaginians
Chinese
Egyptians
Greeks
Huns
Indian
Macedonians & Successors
Persians
Romans
Spartans
Scythians
Thracians
Anglo-Saxons
Byzantines
Franks
Normans
Polish
Slavs
Vikings
Crusaders
Japanese
Mongols
Ottomans
English
Aztecs
Conquistadors
French
Holy Roman Empire
Scottish

Also, it has been mentionned that there would be entries for some (all ?) themes to get *optionnal* mythological units.