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So a group of guys (about 12 of us) I play 40k on Friday nights has grown tired of the game (most have been playing since Rogue Trader) and looking to switch to Warmachine. Most of the other guys know what army they want to play but I am not so sure. Little background on me, I play Orks in 40k so I am trying to avoid that type of army. Could someone give me a little background onto each army to help me decision a little easier. Thanks.. and it does have to be one of the war machine armies it could be a Horde army.

Well luckily there are no ork type armies in Warmahordes.


Your best bet is too good to battlecollege and look there. As for each of the armies.

Khador - Imperialistic Russians. Lots of Infantry and casters who like to break skulls. They have the biggest Jacks and believe that Light Warjacks are for pussies.

Cygnar - The 'Goodish Guys'. Love lighting and shooting things to death (bonus points if you shoot them with lightning). All round jacks and slightly poor infantry (not bad, but people like to use mercs with them.)

Menoth - Nobody expects the Menite Inquisition! Synergy based army, everything on it's own is generally not as good as everyone else, but when combined with other units they get really good. Loves fire, especially loves killing enemies with fire.

Cryx - Here be pirates, zombies and dragon overlords. This is an army of mostly glass cannons, they are fast and can dish the pain out like it is nobodies business, but most of the models will die to a stiff breeze and a stern look. They like melting things with acid, and they also like to debuff the enemies.

As for Hordes, I'm not too knowledgeable on them I'm afraid.

thanks I will go to battle college and check them out

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I'd say trolls and Cryx are most similar to Orks. Trolls because they are clearly not human and like to beat things up with big muscles. Cryx only because they like to run large hordes of cheap infantry.

But really, each faction has multiple aspects and can be played different ways. So it is hard to put them in a specific niche without talking in generalities.

Except Khador doesn't run lots of jacks. That is pretty much true. You will be hard pressed to run more than one effectively. But then, in Warmachine, 3 jacks in 50 points is jack heavy. Usually most people run 1-2.