The Big Deal is a Monster (Chariot) unit for the Ogres faction and was introduced as a dedication to Jesse Cornwell
About
The Big Deal is a variant of Mammoth
Tale of the Pizza Jesus Prophet known as Jesse Cornwall.
Jesse was the second half of Kyle Pryzelinski's YouTube channel for battle reports. He was hilarious and gave a biting commentary on both the battles they played as well as the game itself. One of the highlights of the year was Jesse's review of the annual Clash of Kings where he would posit his theories as to who was doing the most "favors" to the game designers at Mantic and what armies those sycophants likely played based on the updates in the Clash of Kings book.
He was also extremely friendly and a great storyteller. He did a lot to help build up the Kings of War community.
Jessie's main army was ogres, and he regularly campaigned for the Mammoth to be upgraded in the Clash of Kings update, often times referring to it as "A Big Deal" that the mammoth didn't do as much as a giant or something equally as big. He also had a meme made of him from a battle report where he needed to make a high nerve roll to win the game and exclaimed "Please Pizza Jesus! Give me a 10" he then proceeded to roll the desired number twice in a row and routed the unit. From that moment on, his appellations to the Italian Pie Deity became regular appearances on the channel. Included in this was the benediction: "the Pie, the Slice, the Bite, Amen."
Sadly he passed away in early 2021, and it was a very sad time in the community. The impact he had on the game and the people who played it was felt even by the heads of Mantic and Ronnie himself issued a statement at his passing.
This is what spurred the creation of the current Ogre Warlock sculpt. Which if you look close at the emblem on his staff, it is suspiciously pie-shaped. For the first few weeks, Mantic donated the proceeds from all purchases of that sculpt to Jesse's favorite charity that was dedicated to helping re-home stray cats.
The next Clash of Kings update after Jesse's passing included "the Big Deal" upgrade for the Mammoth in homage to his memory, and it has been so ever since. Counter Charge did a memorial episode for Jesse, and I will see if I can find it and post a link to the episode here.
But that is the story of "the Big Deal" and how it came into being.
Kings of War Appearances
- 3rd Edition - Kings of War – 3rd Edition Rulebook
The Big Deal as a unit was first introduced in Clash of Kings 2022 for the Ogres faction and continues to be in active play.
Third Edition Biography
Gallery
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The Big Deal 3rd Edition Rules
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