Join Jordan and Rob as they take their first dive into all things bases.

Alex Chavez and Luke Fraser join Rob for the annual all too early review of the new scenarios found in the 2025 Clash of Kings Supplement.

Jeremy, Rob, and Jordan review a wide range of miniature paint brands in this hobby deep dive.

In classic Counter Charge style this is the first of many episodes covering the 2023 US Masters held in Omaha, Nebraska. In this episode we catch up with some of our favorite people during setup on Friday morning.

0:00:52: Matt and Marshall Temple

1:07:43: Blake Robertson

1:26:15: John Wach and Andy Patton

This is the second of 3 episodes we have planned on Scenario play. In this episode Keith Conroy, Adam Ballard and Cyle Pool take a deep dive and share their insight into playing the Loot, Push, Invade and Plunder scenarios. As always if you have any questions please be sure to let us know by dropping a comment here.

We are joined by Michiganders Nate, Jason and Daniel as they regale us the tale of their epic journey to Kings of Memphis 3. The guys share their new player perspectives on a number of topics including traveling to out of town tournaments. For more content with this motley crew make sure to listen to episode 567 which was recorded back in 2022.

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This is the first of 3 episodes we have planned on Scenario play. In this episode Alex Chavez and Cyle Pool take a deep dive and share their insight into playing Pillage, Dominate, Control and Salt the Earth scenarios. As always if you have any questions please be sure to let us know by dropping a comment here.

Cyle Pool, Adam Ballard and Jeremy Duvall share their tips for playing against some of the stronger units and army builds currently in our game. Huge thanks to Patrick Cunningham for the show topic!

Jeremy is joined by the Scrying Gems as they delve deep into the 2023 US Masters meta.

In this episode we take a deep dive into the Mantic Vault and chat about it fits into the wider 3D gaming landscape.

Join Matt and Rob you Faithful Manticans and listen to their opinions on the new Nightstalker and Northern Alliance changes and what this means for the game.

Rob sits down with Kings of War enthusiast and terrain building junkie Bill Foreman for a quick chat on what he’s been up to. Also excited to say this finishes off our Adepticon 2023 coverage. :)

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Bryan and Jack from Deadzone the Podcast join Rob for a late night chat at Adepticon 2023.

Join Matt and Steve as they discuss the biggest Kings of War event in the world, Clash of Kings UK.

Dylan Scribner joins Rob and Jeremy to chat about the sportsmanship implications between the fine line between intentions and mistakes in Kings of War.

Combat Phase Podcast

Rob sits down with Ronnie to get caught up on Kings of War in 2023 and beyond. All this an more on your favorite Kings of War podcast.

Andre Kierens Press Release

Dungeon Saga Kickstarter

Mantic Vault

Mantic Companion

Mantic STL Files on Cults3D

Tyler and Rob are joined by Jason Burr to chat about the communities favorite events!

Jeremy and Tyler go over all the details for Firefight at the Kings of War US Masters

Rob and Trent kickoff planning a Narrative Event set in Pannithor by doing a little brainstorming and sharing your ideas! Please share with us your thoughts on this subject on this Counter Charge Facebook Post.

Rob and Jeremy finally tackle a long overdue Hobby Deep Dive!

Matt is joined by Michael Clarke and Nick Prosser to discuss the all new Mantic Vault.

The crew is joined by Josh Fredette to chat about Ambush!

Let's roll! Were back with an Adepticon roundtable with John Green Jr., Tom Annis, Corey Reynolds and Erich Trowbridge.

We are joined by podcast, Kenny Lull, to chat about Kings of War from the perspective on an Omnigamer that’s heavily invested in Age of Sigmar. If you enjoy this chat you can find more from Kenny on his podcast, The Combat Phase. You can also find Kenny on Twitter @kennylull.

Tonight we sit down with the UK Clash of Kings champion Dan Wright. In this episode Dan shares his Clash experience through all six games all while answering your most burning questions.

Dan Wright’s List

Tony Ringrose’s List (Game 1)

Tony Booth-Lyden’s List (Game 2)

Daniel “Counter Charger” Garnett’s List (Game 3)

Paul Burke’s List (Game 4)

Jorge Cuerva’s List (Game 5)

Ulysse Naessens’ List (Game 6)

Mantic Games' Favorite Son, Rob Burman, returns to Counter Charge to give the inside scoop about his upcoming novel set in the world of Pannithor. Ascent of the Goblin King releases on June 27th, 2023 and can be preordered now from your favorite book retailer.

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Jeremy and Tyler are joined by Firefight RC member Matt Green to talk all things Firefight Organized Play

Alex Kus is joined by Billy Smith to chat about Hobby Mojo.

The King of Poorhammer himself, Joe McLaren, has joined us for another chat to tell us what he’s been up to for the last 7+ years!

Joe’s First Counter Charge Appearance

Super Cheap Wargaming Facebook Group

Joe McLaren Illustration

As we wrap up our onsite coverage of Adepticon we’d like to thank all the folks that attended that made the event so awesome! We hope you enjoyed the content as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. If you’ve made it through all of our coverage we humbly salute your effort!

0:00:30 - Janner Holiday

0:30:31 - Tim Lonas

0:48:22 - Jeremy and Rob

1:07:33 - Kris and Tim Game 5 Review

1:17:11 - Keith Randall, Best General

1:21:09 - Travis Timm, Adepticash Champion

1:42:14 - Jeremy and Rob

2:00:08 - Trent and Rob

We’re back with coverage from Day 4 of Adpeticon 2023 in which we tackle Adepticlash, Deadzone and Mantic Open Night.

0:00:30 - Christian Moisan

0:34:20 - Trent, Jeremy and Rob

0:48:45 - Kyle Ritchey

0:53:39 - Shannon Shoemaker

1:04:13 - Christian, Felix, Tyler and Trent - Deadzone

1:32:36 - Trent, Jeremy and Rob - Day 4 Wrap Up

Matt is joined by his favourite Goonies Matt and JP who are writing about Kings of War on gaming site Goonhammer. Find out about the process, how they got into it and how we can support.

Check out the site here: https://www.goonhammer.com/

and their patreon here: http://surl.li/gdygu

Counter Charge continues our on-site Adepticon coverage with recordings from Friday March 24, 2023. Today we bring you more fantastic player interviews that we’re sure you are going to enjoy!

Time Stamps

0:00:30 - Temple Brothers

0:30:05 - Matt Hodgman

1:07:04 - Hobie Rupe

Counter Charge continues our on-site Adepticon coverage with recordings from Friday March 24, 2023.

Time Stamps

0:00:30 - Felix & Trent

0:05:11 - Felix & Trent

0:37:07 - Jeremy and Rob

0:42:44 - Trent & Rob

047:30 - Trent, Tyler and Felx

1:02:16 - Jeremy, Felix, Mark, Rob

2:16:24 - Jeremy, Trent and Rob

Join Blake Shrode, Bryan Trahan and Kelly Wheaton as they chat about all things Abyssal Dwarfs.

Tonight we bring another exciting installment from our US Masters 2024 coverage. In this episode we are joined by the new Master Ed Fiske and Cyle Pool as they share their masters experience and take us blow by blow through their exciting game 6.

Counter Charge continues our on-site Adepticon coverage with recordings from Thurs March 23, 2023.

Time Stamps

0:00:59 - Andrew and Alex Sherman

0:28:55 - Marcelo Rouco and Erik Greiner

0:43:24 - Sean Vilmont and Tim Lonas

1:12:00 - Andrew and Alex Sherman

1:24:36 - Andrew Sherman and Mark Z

1:52:51 - Pat Lewis

Counter Charge kicks off our on-site Adepticon coverage with recordings from Weds March 22, 2023.

Time Stamps

0:00:30 - Felix Castro and Kyle P

0:30:45 - Jeremy and Rob

Ronnie Renton chats with Rob post Adepticon 2023 on Dungeon Saga Origins which hits Kickstarter on March 30th. Ronnie also shares a wealth of information on the other games too. Including the exciting things coming this year for Kings of War and Armada.

In this episode we catch up with Kyle and Martin after Mantic Open night at Adepticon 2023. Thanks to the guys for spending a little time with us and we hope you enjoy the episode.

Let's Roll! In today's show we reconnect with 40k player Andy Patton a week later in his Kings of War journey. He shares his thoughts on his first 4 games and how his list has evolved since the last time we chatted. We also touch on the start of his hobby journey with his first batch of purchases. We’ll check back in with Andy after he’s had a chance to play more games and get paint on his first models.

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As Jeremy makes his final preparation for Adepticon he catches in with Kyle to check in on his plans for Adepticon!

In today’s show Rob is joined by 40k player Andy Patton as he starts his journey into the world of Pannithor.

Forget Charles, Long Live King Chris" Join Matt as he interviews the new UK Master Chris Lynch, discusses his list and runs through his games from the Masters event

Rob is joined by Jonny Mann and Michael Longman to chat all about the UK Pathfinder Program.

Mantic Pathfinder Program

Community Pat, Bryan Novak, Jared Fulcher and Mike Rossi join Rob in the studio to chat all about the US Pathfinder Program.

Mantic Pathfinder Program

Kyle joins Rob and Jeremy for an early chat about Command Dice and the upcoming Clash of Kings 2025.

Kyle’s US Masters Event Report

Clash of Kings and Abyssal Preorders

Kyle’s Command Dice Video

Counter Charge Mantic Army Slow Grow Challenge

March 1 2023 to December 31 2023 (10 Months)

Rules

Build a 2300 (or greater!) point Mantic Army

Greater than 90% Mantic.  Based on pure model count. So make those regiments and hordes Mantic!

Conversions will count if a substantial portion of the model is Mantic

How to Participate

Post updates on our Monthly post on the Counter Charge Facebook Page marked with #ManticSlowGrow. [1 Point]

Each Individual / War Engine completed (painted and based) [1 Point]

Each Monster / Titan completed (painted and based) [2 Points]

Each Troop completed (painted and based) [1 Point MMC / 2 Points-PMC / 3 Points-FMC]

Each Regiment completed (painted and based) [3 Point MMC/ 4 Points-PMC / 5 Points-FMC]

Each Horde completed (painted and based) [5 Point MMC / 6 Points-PMC / 7 Points-FMC]

Each Legion completed (painted and based) [6 Point MMC/ 7 Points-PMC / 8 Points-FMC]

Finish 1000 points by July 15 [5 Points]

Finish 2300 points by Dec 31 [10 Points]

Notes:

MMC = Anything below PMC.  <75%

PMC = Preferred model count. 75%

FMC = Full model count. 100%

Please refer to the table on Page 12 of the Kings of War Rulebook (2022) for a detailed breakdown of each unit type/size.

Jeremy, Kyle, and Tyler are joined by Matt Green of the Fire Fight Rules Committee to talk all things Fire Fight and the new beta updates.

Corey Reynolds joins Alex in the List Builder Studio