What is up, Bloodfire Nation! A lot of gaming happened in 2025 that I kept from you, almost all with the Freeforged, including another run at the US Masters, this time in lovely Reno, NV where I did even worse than last year 🫠The extremely short version is that my rocks weren’t allowed to interact until very late in most of my games, which as a result put a lot of weight on Turn 7 happening or not. In all cases, the extra turn sealed my fate … or I was on the bottom table smashing local upstarts. Still happy to have gone, and Reno was so much nicer than I expected!

But enough about KOW 3.5E, we’re currently weeks away from the new edition shipping and previews of rules and armies have been flying out. I’ve been transcribing the various army breakdowns we’ve heard about and sending them around, and just now I realized I have a freakin’ website of my own. So without further ado, here are the first six army lists we’ve been told about. I’ve heard a rumor there are now 18 lists? Call this part 1 of 3 in that case.

Yes, that means that there are only two Varangur units and you can only take two of each in Magnilde’s battalion. Word is that for combined lists the secondary list will hopefully be broken out in an expansion list, giving Mantic time to figure out what they’re doing with the model line, army identity, etc.

I recommend checking the original coverage out if you want to know more details, including command orders. My goal was to track army comp breakdown more than anything, plus account for upgrades that may have been cut or added.

For an added treat, here are the artefacts as well. If you can’t find an old favorite, consider it removed for now, tho it may return as part of an army’s expansion rules or so on.

https://directmisfire.podbean.com/e/dm-missive-4th-edition-magic-artefacts-cover-and-special-rules/

That’s all for now! I update these live over on the Kings of War Forum (kowforum.com) but will be back with another batch when they’ve been released.