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What factions from the world of A Game of Thrones are the best fit for the armies of Warhammer 40K? I have decided that the Necrons are the White Walkers and it seams a sure fit that the Starks will be Space Wolves. Everything else is open so if you have an idea please say so and give your reasons why or you think my choices are wrong please let me know why.

Thanks in advance.

Barko

Wouldn't this fit WHFB better...?

It may but I only have two players for that setting.

Space wolves = Vikings = Greyjoys.

You could use allied lists, with marines representing the small core of elite knights, and guardsmen as conscript infantry.

Perhaps an Imperial civil war, similar to Badab, but on a smaller scale? The Golden Lions chapter turns their back on the Imperium, but the only ones who know of their treachery are their eternal rivals, the Direwolves?

Hrm, I was actually thinking Grey Knights and Daemons for the Starks and White Walkers respectively, but your options make more sense. I think House Arryn would work as a defensive oriented Imperial Guard. House Lannister could be Blood Angels I think, to represent there aggression and it fits with their colors. House Greyjoy only makes sense to be the Dark Eldar in my eyes - ruthless, cold and piratical. Dark Angels as the Dothrakki for speed, and perhaps Eldar as Daenarys' growing forces? Since they seem all very faction-oriented, somewhat like Aspect Warriors and to represent the relatively large amount of magic she has dealt with - and there vehicles tend to kind of have a serpent or dragon theme going on.

Oh, and I suppose Wildlings would be orks. And I suppose since Space Wolves make more sense for the Starks, Grey Knights would work better as the people at the Wall (forget their names), since they strike me as the sort to keep danger locked away and such.

Thoughts?

You could simulate the plot well enough with a d6

Necrons = white walkers/wights would work.

Orks as the Dothraki?

DE as the slave cities/dubious necromantic guys,

Problem is, 40k races don't really fit a fantasy setting all that well.

tanuvein wrote:
Hrm, I was actually thinking Grey Knights and Daemons for the Starks and White Walkers respectively, but your options make more sense. I think House Arryn would work as a defensive oriented Imperial Guard. House Lannister could be Blood Angels I think, to represent there aggression and it fits with their colors. House Greyjoy only makes sense to be the Dark Eldar in my eyes - ruthless, cold and piratical. Dark Angels as the Dothrakki for speed, and perhaps Eldar as Daenarys' growing forces? Since they seem all very faction-oriented, somewhat like Aspect Warriors and to represent the relatively large amount of magic she has dealt with - and there vehicles tend to kind of have a serpent or dragon theme going on.

Oh, and I suppose Wildlings would be orks. And I suppose since Space Wolves make more sense for the Starks, Grey Knights would work better as the people at the Wall (forget their names), since they strike me as the sort to keep danger locked away and such.

Thoughts?

Nah, clearly White Scars for Dothraki (mounted Mongols) and the Dark Eldar would be the Boltons (sadistic torturers).

GK would be the kings guard.
I agree the starks would be Spacewolves
Necrons / Chaos Zombies for white walkers
Tau for the forces i would say they are much like the Yunkai. fully endroctrinated and following their leaders without question.

Tough mix, throwing up all kinds a problems along the lines of this one.



More seriously, why not WFB. Even there, you'd have to tone down the whacky exotic quite a bit.

Starks seem more DA to me than Space Wolves as the Greyjoys fit the Space Wolves perfectly.

Some of the hardest to fit are the Xenos races, expectedly. Tau seem to fit Dany's host pretty well as she absorbs people for her greater good. But I can't for the life of me come up with something for the Eldar or Orks that I don't immediately question myself.


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Dothraki are more White Scars than DA as well, due to their out of combat nature. Dothoraki are not monastic at all.

I don't think the nids should be in this campaign at all. So at least I wont have to try and shoe horn them into a faction.

I like the Whits Scars as the Dathraki, it seams to fit them very well. I also like the Grey knights Watch idea.

my wife keeps bugging me about who will hold the Eyrie and I have no answer for her I am thinking some chaos army should be put there but I'm not sure this has a basis or I am just kreeped out by the kid on the show. "make the little man fly mummy!"

As a campaign setting?

Well, whoever chooses the Lannisters should be allowed to bring an extra 2000 points of troops onto the field, as they're paying for them...

... and should be allowed to remove an opposing general, and his mother, and 9 in 10 models from the table at the start of the Battle for the Twins.

 Psienesis wrote:
As a campaign setting?

Well, whoever chooses the Lannisters should be allowed to bring an extra 2000 points of troops onto the field, as they're paying for them...

... and should be allowed to remove an opposing general, and his mother, and 9 in 10 models from the table at the start of the Battle for the Twins.

Only to have it all go down the drain when your own general gets gutted by his midget son.

The main problem with Westeros. The main battles aren't fought on the battlefield

Ha!

Also, whomever chooses the Danenerys army does a bunch of kick-ass stuff... until she gets to the Mereeen Tarpit. She spends the rest of the campaign camped on this low-value objective. Also, she loses her fliers in 75% of the battles she fights. It's a VP if she manage to find out where her dragons, er, I mean, fliers are before Turn 4.

The Starks are much more likened to Dark Angels then any other (in personality if not in symbolism)
The Greyjoys and reavers of the Iron Islands could easily be Chaos Marines or Dark Eldar. I would go with Chaos Marines due to their marshal nature.
The Night's Watch would be represented by Grey Knights
The Vale is overrun with Hilltribesmen represented by Orks
Eldar would come from Valaryia, ruined and broken with just a few survivors. (That's only if you wanted to include the lands of Essos, which I assume that you do since Dothraki only live on Essos) Also they could be placed on Dragonstone.
Yunkai'i would be Dark Eldar (slavers)
Tau would be Bravos with their much more sublte manner of fighting, elected officials and such.
Highgarden should be Imperial Guard. (the bread basket, highly populated)
Dorne to the Blood Angels (ancient blood line, proud, separate and aloof)
I would give the hills of the West to Chaos Daemons, The Lanisters are full of deceit, lust, pride of arms and they are rotten.
The Stormlands would go to Space Wolves. "Ours is the Fury"
King's Land would fall to Codex Space Marines and all the myriad choices that fall within that book. It is where everyone conglomerates after all.
The Riverlands and the Dothraki sea would also go to codex space marines.
Necrons to the North of the Wall

Truth is, the size of the North and Essos is so large, you could easily break it into smaller parts an assign whomever that you wish.

That's my two cents.

Ser Gregor Clegane as a Khornate Champion.

That is all.

Daenerys needs to be Chaos so she can run 3 helldrakes. Plus she's got a few more "hero" types than the typical faction.