Counter Charge - Ranks, Flanks and Kings of War

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/

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

We’re back with our August Fireside Chat

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

2026 US Master Sean Troy joins us in the List Builder Studio. Sean's Lady of the Lake Nature List

Trent, Donny and Rob get together to share some tips to painting armies faster! The Great Wargaming Survey Armies & Legions & Hordes by Dave Taylor

Trent and Rob chat about buying 2nd hand models.

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!

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! http://www.getkingsonlongshanks.com 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

Matt and Rob are back with a double sized Fireside!

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

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

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

Tonight we are joined by Reno Legends Rylan Lampien and Nic Murray. Ryan’s List Nic’s List

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

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. Death by Dragon’s YouTube Channel

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.

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.

In our first chat after getting setup at this years Masters we were able to sit down with Kings of War player, full time chef and part type host of the youtube channel DreadPathZone Tyler Schulz. It was another really fun discussion full all many random digressions and rabbit holes. So sit back and get stuck in. DreadPathZone YouTube Channel Black Swan Restaurant Black Swan Facebook Page

In today's newish player chat we catch-up with Derek Mihm. Derek is from the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota area where we hosted this year’s US Masters. We were delighted to have him join us for the Best of the Rest event. Along the way we also pick up Chris Bellows from Omaha, Nebraska and Aaron Richardson from St Louis, Missouri both of who were also competing in Best of the Rest. It has a great discussion with the guys and stay tuned as you may hear more from these fine gentlemen in our future US Masters coverage. Ilhadiel Pateron