Tag: Kings Of War Tournaments
A Semi-Retired TO’s Guide to Increasing Tournament Attendance
Today we have a guest article from the long absent, but now returned, Brindley Smith! Brindley reached out as he had an idea for an article talking about event attendance, …
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2023 UK Clash of Kings is this weekend!
Nearly 150 players have traveled to Nottingham this weekend for the largest Kings of War GT (so far)! If you, like me, aren’t there but really really really want to …
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The Bullshroud tournament scoring system – a load of BS?
[Guest Article by Steve Hildrew] A little while ago, I collaborated with the mildly insane, yet utterly brilliant Mark Cunningham (who runs the Shroud of the Reaper site) to make …
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Don’t Like ‘Dice Down’? Try ‘Finish the Phase’
We’ve all been there. You’re at a tournament. It’s the last turn of the game. Either your clock or your opponent’s clock is about to run out, and there’s a …
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Feedback on the Companion Launch
The Mantic Companion has been available for a couple of months now. If you’re not familiar with it, I’d encourage you to check it out. I think we can generally …
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5 Important Things I Learned at My First Kings of War Tournament. Number 3 Won’t Shock You.
Do you spend evenings trying to herd children? Local gaming club prefer other fantasy-themed wargames? Nearest Local Gaming Store (Friendly is often debatable) too far for regular gaming? No room …
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NOT The FACE! NOT The FACE! – The Relationship between Battle Scores on Sports Scoring.
Greetings Buddies, I’m back with another sportsmanship-related article, this time looking at one of the most common (mis)perceptions about sports scores. In particular, conventional wisdom says that if people lose to an opponent, that they then tend to rate those opponents lower in sports. Essentially people just get grouchy when they lose. But is this true? What does the data tell us? Let’s dive in and find out.
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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: A Case for Soft Scores… A Rambling Introspective
Recently the topic of soft scores has come up again on the magical interwebz. And like most opinion pieces on the internet, the discussion was thoughtful, measured, and intensely respectful…or …
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New US Masters Website
The US Masters has a new home on the internet! The new site has the US GT event calendar and all the current regional player rankings. Rather than duplicate the …
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