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If you had to (for this example, assume time travelers from the future tell you all mankind will die unless) get rid of all your Warhammer miniatures except for one faction (and their codex) and you could only play that faction from here on out.


What faction would you play?

That's tough.

Probably Sisters.

If the Drukhari release is good, that might tip the scales, but with the currently available ranges, Sisters just have more potential.

Space wolves were my first and longest standing army, but I'd probably have to go craftworld eldar.

The eldar aesthetic designed by Jes Goodwin has been a standout amongst all of 40k's designs and I never get bored of them. They have so much cohesive style, internal consistency and just a great aesthetic in general.

Partly due their favourtism space marines have suffered from over working their aesthetic in an attempt to release more and more units to sell to people so they just don't have a consistently high quality design across the range the way the eldar do.

And with the release of the last remaining plastic aspects, we've gotten an even greater degree of consistent eldar design.

I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that I don't wanna.

With this 1 faction do I retain the option to use the various forms of allies?
(For ex: SM + Knights, Imperial Agents, & Unaligned units.)

 BorderCountess wrote:
I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that I don't wanna.

So you would doom the world?

Alright, you can play Imperial Knights (free of all spikiness)

ccs wrote:
With this 1 faction do I retain the option to use the various forms of allies?
(For ex: SM + Knights, Imperial Agents, & Unaligned units.)

I wanted to ask the same question, because the Ordo Hereticus DID factor into my choice of Sisters over Drukhari...

Although if Drukhari included Corsairs and Harlies, that might swing it back in their direction.

ccs wrote:
With this 1 faction do I retain the option to use the various forms of allies?
(For ex: SM + Knights, Imperial Agents, & Unaligned units.)

Thankfully, the time travelers told me you would ask thus, and allowed me to edit the first post to reflect, not how it used to be, but how it always was...

1 codex, 1 army... unless it's one of those Space Marine Codex + Dark Angels Supplement type of deals.


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Can't make it too easy...

For me, I wouldn't choose Knights or Titans... As I would be playing with mys----- Ahem. I wouldn't have any opponents.

I would pick the Golden Janitors, as I could use them for both 30k and 40k... and they are so ing cool.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:

 BorderCountess wrote:
I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that I don't wanna.

So you would doom the world?

Alright, you can play Imperial Knights (free of all spikiness)

If I had to pick one it would probably be Chaos Knights. Big stompy bots are fun, and I frankly enjoy painting them more than any other faction. And spikes.

I’d stick with my Ultras. One perk of the bloated marine range is that we are spoiled for choice. There are so many different ways to put together a SM army. You can do choppy, shooty, big tanks, hordes of troops. Static, sneaky, zoomy. So with a big enough collection you can swap things around and keep making fresh lists so you don’t get bored.

Easy, Chaos Marines. I'm okay with the Codex (I'm one of those low-effort players who just picks Renegade Raiders and throws my army down the table to cause carnage rather than thinking it through, so rules don't bother me much), but I'm far more into this hobby to paint and convert, and I maintain that Slaanesh can seduce anything (even if it's something like Necrons or Tyranids where we have to crack open their craniums and implant new brains so they're capable of feeling desire) so I can paint any damn mini I want, and just use them as weird Legionaries or Cultists or whatever on the tabletop.

If I had to give up my existing collection though... okay maybe when they say 'all of mankind will die' it's just the men, or they're being classic prophecy tricksters and just mean we're mortal so yeah eventually all of us die, doesn't mean it's going to happen to everyone right now just because I'm not giving up my old Furies and Eldar and Sisters, right? I'll roll those dice. If I'm wrong, eh, we're probably on the way out anyway, it'll be less embarrassing this way than if it was genuinely our own doing.

I already play different varients of Imperial Guard, so, that.

On second thought, I would play with the Titan Legions (I don't own any... yet). I've always wanted to show up to some random game, and say... "Oh your playing Chaos Knights... look how tiny they are."

i think i could get by with GSC. it's a complicated playstyle, and not one that gets old easily, since there's always ways to adapt it

Until I started Orks, Death Guard and everything nurgle was my only faction. With 8th I had to split them into CSM and DG, but apparently Daemons get included again soon. So, yeah, DG or a Nurgle Codex. Well, just make that CSM Codex 3.5, I think it got nearly everything covered I own aside from the Orks.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:

ccs wrote:
With this 1 faction do I retain the option to use the various forms of allies?
(For ex: SM + Knights, Imperial Agents, & Unaligned units.)

Thankfully, the time travelers told me you would ask thus, and allowed me to edit the first post to reflect, not how it used to be, but how it always was...

1 codex, 1 army... unless it's one of those Space Marine Codex + Dark Angels Supplement type of deals.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Can't make it too easy...

For me, I wouldn't choose Knights or Titans... As I would be playing with mys----- Ahem. I wouldn't have any opponents.

I would pick the Golden Janitors, as I could use them for both 30k and 40k... and they are so ing cool.

Ahhh! The loophole is exposed.
You can still play other games, just 40k with only 1 faction.

In that case? Since I'lll obviously need models for those games I'll go Necrons for 40k & transfer nearly everything else over to HH/AoS/Old World/Kill Team (2021 edition) (because I'm not re-buying it all).
If that doesn't work & ends up wiping humanity? Oh well, the planet will be better off without us....

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
What faction would you play?

From the first post, I would have said Ynnari, so I could mix Asuryani and Drukhari and Harlequins.

But since the time travellers said:

1 codex, 1 army... unless it's one of those Space Marine Codex + Dark Angels Supplement type of deals.

I'm now wringing my hands.

I'm sure the Aeldari codex will much more flexibility than the Drukhari one eventually will. But I'm going to have to stick with Drukhari for the edgier aesthetic.

So, yeah... Drukhari. Lock it in, Eddie.

Easy, Imperial Guard, they are my army. The other 2 I own are cast offs I've restored and bulked out. My Guard is the most numerous and what I identify with.

I'd probably stick with what I got started with - Tyranids. There are loads of cool themes and armies in the setting but its one of the forces I come back to all the time so yeah Tyranids - the most Alien of all the Xenos in the entire game!

Argh tough one. I started with Chaos and they will always be my first love - but I play World Eaters and really dislike their (even more) Flanderised codex.

Depending on happens with them (if they actually get a full codex this time instead of just Angry non-Marines / Angry Marines / Angrier Marines / Angriest Marines) I'll either go with World Eaters or a very World-Eater adjacent CSM.

That's easy, that'd be The Imperium then. so much flavour inside, I could just focus on it and I'd never run out of stuff to collect really. Imperials can even fight amongst themselves without it being odd lore-wise.. Any one of us could homebrew a lil Heresy campaign

If we need to narrow it down further, it'd be Blood Angels specifically. Thats the only army that matters to me at the end of the day, and in fact is the only "serious" army I am collecting. The rest are just NPC:s to flesh out the setting for me. I like collecting small warbands (up to around 1000 points) more than armies (over 3000 points and up)

Easy, and it's an army that I currently have zero figures for, Orks. Orks were my first love back when I discovered GW over 30 years ago. They are more chaotic than Chaos and just absolutely fun. I'm currently doing space marines after getting back into the game with 10th edition due to finances but I will always have a soft spot for Orks.

William

Deathwatch probably, though if I had to always play them as Deathwatch... no, since GW can't decide if they're a faction or not. A coat of black paint and a silver arm on the likes of Calgar or Sanguinary Guard or Deathwing Knights or Sword Brethren, etc and I've got a faction that can play all sorts of different styles well.

If I can't fake chapter swaps, Orks though. Models are consistently awesome, fun and varied. There are definitely playstyles that don't work and I'd probably itch for some reasonable shooting, but they're super fun.

We should've made this into a poll.

I assume, of course, that Legends are not allowed?

TangoTwoBravo wrote:
I assume, of course, that Legends are not allowed?

Let me ask... the Temporal Cold War guys tell me Legends are ok.

Dat's easy, Orks is da best! Da Boyz neva lose, Waaaaaagghh!

Old school Marines. Vanilla, codex compliant, no frills, OG Marines in my custom paint scheme. No hesitation.

I'll miss my Tyranid Warrior army though.

I'd stick with my IG. My small marines project, as well as my necrons, are dear to me in a way as well, but the faction I fell in love with in 40k is and will always stay the Guard. As unoriginal as it is.

Do I have to play current 40k with them?

If no, orks, because that opens up quite a few options (I could do the armored krumpany I've always wanted to do for instance <3).

If yes then sisters. I mainly played eldar, nids and orks over the editions but no longer really gel with the direction gw took them in. Sisters really caught my eye on the rerelease, but I was already invested in the other three. Having to ditch all but one might just be the fresh start I'd need to justify starting one last army.