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It doesn't matter, they'll likely just port over Kharadron Overlords.

 Just Tony wrote:
It doesn't matter, they'll likely just port over Kharadron Overlords.

Well thats cool as they are great - a powerful race of trader/pirates should work just fine in 40k.

 Mr Morden wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:
It doesn't matter, they'll likely just port over Kharadron Overlords.

Well thats cool as they are great - a powerful race of trader/pirates should work just fine in 40k.

The fact that any army from their flagship medieval fantasy line could effortlessly enter 40K (barring Daemons, natch) speaks volumes.

I think it stopped being "medieval fantasy" when they produced AoS, and went closer to a combination of High Fantasy and whatever-ideas-stick-to-the-wall...

There's always the option of using the time-twisting nature of the warp.

The Squats, seeing the nids coming, evacuated their homeworlds (which, as people say, were just rocks so nothing too much to get attached to) and jumped into the warp to try and evade the nids. the shadow in the warp clouded their navigation, and they ended up travelling for much longer and further than anticipated, emerging now. Some of the ships could have been corrupted by chaos in the trip, others would have come through unscathed.

I like the idea of chaos dwarves in space, but I would also want regular dwarves, who aren't part of the imperium!!!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It turns out that Primaris Marines are just two squats in a trenchcoat.

You made me spit up my drink!

 some bloke wrote:
There's always the option of using the time-twisting nature of the warp.

The Squats, seeing the nids coming, evacuated their homeworlds (which, as people say, were just rocks so nothing too much to get attached to) and jumped into the warp to try and evade the nids. the shadow in the warp clouded their navigation, and they ended up travelling for much longer and further than anticipated, emerging now. Some of the ships could have been corrupted by chaos in the trip, others would have come through unscathed.

I like the idea of chaos dwarves in space, but I would also want regular dwarves, who aren't part of the imperium!!!

Luckily you don't need to do any changes to get them, as there were always squats and chaos squats in 40k. They just never made 2nd ed rules for chaos squats despite mentioning them.

As I mentioned elsewhere, an easy "in" would be to have them as a mini-faction, like Scions. I could see them being a sapper/ combat engineer faction that just about work in their own right but are better as Guard auxiliaries

 Skinflint Games wrote:
As I mentioned elsewhere, an easy "in" would be to have them as a mini-faction, like Scions. I could see them being a sapper/ combat engineer faction that just about work in their own right but are better as Guard auxiliaries

I think they'd be Better as a default unaligned force. They've broken with their alliance with the imperium and now just sell their services to whoever will pay in order to help rebuild their civilisation.

They could then show up in any army as a supportive element and open the door for another unaligned faction that allows for smaller armies to be added.

The Harlequins are effectively like this as well, as they would perform their dances for everyone.

I always introduce squats after some light cardio and stretching.