With hundreds of characters, swordplay and sorcery, personal drama, and political intrigue, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is fantastic source material for strategy games and RPGs. The conclusion of HBO's Game of Thrones is nearly upon us (and presumably, at some point, we might actually see the next book in the series as well), so it feels like the perfect time for a roundup of mods that bring Martin's world to PC games.

Crusader Kings 2—A Game of Thrones

It's hard to find a better match between game and mod than Crusader Kings 2 and the full-conversion A Game of Thrones mod. It transforms CK2's medieval Europe into the continent of Westeros. With random events and your own decisions quickly entangling the characters you know and love (or hate), your game will quickly veer from the story you remember into a kind of bizarro-world fan-fiction.
We've written a few times about our experiences using the mod, with Rich McCormick playing as Ned Stark in Surviving Westeros, and my diary about playing as Littlefinger's next-door neighbor, Game of Checkers.
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Mount and Blade: Warband—A Clash of Kings

Rather than playing as one of the main characters, you can get a view of the drama in Westeros from ground level with the A Clash of Kings mod for Mount and Blade: Warband. The mod adds thousands of custom items, naval battles, and a huge map of Westeros, plus plenty of notable figures from the fiction.
I made an attempt to align myself with both the Lannisters and Baratheons and had a nasty encounter with Gregor Clegane in my write-up of the mod here.

Minecraft—Westeroscraft

Westeroscraft is a Minecraft server with its own custom launcher and mod suite. While it someday hopes to become an open world MMORPG, it's currently in build mode, creating Westeros (and someday Essos) in blocks. And it looks spectacular so far. Anyone can join and explore the world but if you want to help build it, you'll need to apply here.

Civilization 5—A Mod of Ice and Fire

This is one of our favorite mods for Civ 5—it adds a sprawling map of Westeros and lets you play as a number of civs and leaders, like Robb Stark in The North, Stannis Baratheon in The Stormlands, Daenerys, of course, and even Mance Rayder of the Free Folk. Each civ has a unique trait plus special units and buildings.

Civilization 6—A Civ of Ice and Fire

Play Civ 6 as the Starks, Boltons, Greyjoys, Baratheons, Targaryens, and even The Night King representing the White Walkers. Maps cover both Westeros and Essos, and wonders include Casterly Rock, The Red Keep, the Titan of Braavos, and more. There's support for the Gathering Storm expansion as well (and it's required to play as the Night King).
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Total War: Attila—Seven Kingdoms

This total conversion for Total War: Attila delivers over two dozen playable armies you can use to recreate the fiction's massive historical battles, plus it adds scores of recognizable characters from the HBO show.

Medieval 2: Total War: Kingdoms—Westeros: Age of Petty Kings

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Rather than taking place amidst the current events of Game of Thrones, the Age of Petty Kings mod takes place a thousand years prior, though it's still based on George R.R. Martin's lore.

Ages of Empires 2: HD Edition—War of the Five Kings

This scenario for Age of Empires 2 recreates the devastating civil war in Westeros following the death of King Robert. Eight players can join the fray as the Greyjoys, Starks, Tyrells, both Baratheons, and the other major factions in the War of the Five Kings.

Skyrim—The Game of Thrones Adaptation

You can't play it yet—it's currently between versions, with the older version having been taken down ahead of the release of a new beta—but this is definitely one to bookmark. It's an overhaul that plans to transform Skyrim into Westeros, with dozens of locations and characters from the fiction and custom quests. Ambitious, to be sure, and there's no mention of a release date at the moment.
While you wait, you can check out a trailer below, which is already looking pretty great.
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Mount and Blade: Warband

Mount and Blade: Warband is the exclusive expansion game to the original Mount and Blade. Mount & Blade: Warband is a hack-and-slash action-adventure rpg much like the original, but Warband has improved graphics, AI, combat, animations and most importantly online play. But still, there are many bugs and issues with Mount and Blade: Warband. The answer to those issues is by modding Mount and Blade: Warband. But with so many mods to choose from, what is a lonely medieval warrior wannabe supposed to do? Thats why this handy guide was written, to show you the top 5 best Mount and Blade: Warband mods.

5. Diplomacy

Single player Mount and Blade: Warband is much like the original Mount and Blade. With a detailed overworld map, engaging free-play campaign mode and epic army on army action, Warband still delivers an exciting single player campaign. However, the Mount and Blade: Warband mod Diplomacy makes the single player campaign much deeper than almost any other mod. You see, a new addition to Warband is a much greater emphasis on Kingdom Management, and diplomacy allows for a great deal of freedom in that department. Some improvements include an alliance/traitor system, a faction culture system that helps lord not choose bad troops, a choice between domestic policy, some economic options, and a host of other anti-enemy options as well. These improvements allow for an almost political warfare type minigame to emerge, deepening the addiction of many rpg lovers worldwide.

4. Blood and Steel

Do you wake up in the morning and power down a Musclemilk for breakfast? Go base-jumping for meditation? Are you on a first name basis with Chuck Norris? Well if so, you will probably love Mount and Blade: Warband Blood and Steel. Blood and Steel says it perfectly, it is a 'very hardcore tactical combat simulation with a lot of 'what-if' scenarios in it- for example, we get to find out what it might have been like if the Roman Empire had continued to exist, and continued to use heavy infantry tactics versus medieval shock-cavalry forces'. Emphasis on the hardcore.

Blood and Steel improves Mount and Blade:Warband combat to make hitting someone actually mean something other than '22 damage!'. Instead of normal sieges of 200-400 smelly Nords, think more like a calm hurricane of 1500+ vikings all aiming to pull an arm or leg off of your body. However, the best improvement in Blood and Steel is the completely satisfying enemy AI, gone are the days of horses getting stuck on rocks. Also appreciated is the focus on reworked equipment; an arrow actually kills people now. The fun in Blood and Steel is mainly in the challenge, and the satisfaction in simply surviving the most intense battles in Mount and Blade ever. That is why Blood and Steel is in the top 5 best Mount and Blade: Warband mods.

3. Prophecy of Pendor

One of the most popular Mount and Blade mods, Prophecy of Pendor has now been ported over to Mount and Blade: Warband! While this alone would have been enough to vault Pendor into the top 5 best Mount and Blade Warband mods list, there have also been some improvements to the base Pendor mod.

First off, many textures have been reworked to fit into Warband's graphical changes, meaning that Pendor is even more beautiful and varied than before. Second, the enemy AI has been revamped completely, gone are the days of peasants charging headlong into 100 strong filthy Nord armies, now enemies can run away from battle. Also, there are new formations, such as wedge and column that help you annihilate annoying enemies such as dirty Nordic warlords. Lastly, the randomly spawning named enemies have gotten a tweak that makes them spawn at rates a little less absurd, making the single player campaign for Mount and Blade: Warband much more enjoyable.

2. Battle Sizer Mod

Ah, the old standby best Mount and Blade mod; Battle Sizer Mod. Thankfully, this mod still works with Mount and Blade: Warband, although with the new graphical changes it can be slightly unstable if driven to extreme levels, such as 400+ unit battles. It also takes a little bit of technical know-how, or following directions to the T, as you do have to change the config.txt file in order to use the mod.

Still, Battle Sizer Mod is one of those once in a lifetime epiphanies, like trying a slice of real New York pizza for the first time. Once you see an epic battle of 200 vs. 200 you will never want to play Mount and Blade Warband the same again. This beautiful little mod gives us the warfare we all wanted to see. That is why it is the number two best Mount and Blade Warband mod ever.

1. cRPG

I know that all of you are probably saying, 'Why are there no multiplayer mods in this stupid list? Isn't that what Warband is all about?'. And you are all correct. That is about to change now, because the only multiplayer mod for Mount and Blade Warband you will ever need is cRPG.

cRPG makes the inconsistent, buggy and hacker filled world of Mount and Blade Warband multiplayer mods take a 180-turn for greatness. This mod actually has several multiplayer overhauls written into its code, including more balanced weapons and equipment and improved matchmaking and server stability. While those are nice and certainly needed, the biggest reason why cRPG is on this list is because it adds a persistent multiplayer world, where your character gains levels and loot based on how well you kill other players in real-time. There is strategy, team-based play options and a deep and addicting grind. There is not much else to say about cRPG, other than this is the best Mount and Blade Warband mod available today.

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And as the dust settles over King’s Landing (and your TV), the Game Of Thrones concludes until George R. R. Martin finishes writing his own take on the finale. Where does that leave a fan desperate for their next hit of medieval grimness and scheming? Fan-fiction, probably. Or, thanks to the wonders of modding, interactive self-insert fan-fiction!
Today I’m taking a look at two massive Game Of Thrones mods for medieval mercenary sim Mount & Blade: Warband that are vying for a prize greater than any uncomfortable-looking (and now rather warm) throne; your free time. Gta 4 gun mods.

Stick Em’ With The Pointy End

Despite being nearly a decade old, Mount & Blade: Warband remains popular, in part due to its very active mod scene. There are dozens of notable total conversion mods for the game, letting you replace its pseudo-medieval world with everything from gritty historical simulations to Star Wars. But to celebrate our first week of TV without Kit Harrington looking like he’s on the verge of crying, it’s off to Westeros we go!
The two mods we’re examining here, A Clash Of Kings and A World Of Ice & Fire, – are both enormous labours of love. Large productions in their first iterations, they’ve been updating for years with new features, quests and details. Both of them could be considered advanced mods, adding more management systems to Mount & Blade’s already-exacting simulation, so as such, you should probably clock a few hours with the base game before jumping in, but I won’t stop you if you’re desperate to get your Targary’on.
Installation of either of these mods is a walk in the park. If you’ve got the base game on Steam, you merely need to subscribe to the Steam Workshop version and let it automatically download, then pick it from the Mount & Blade: Warband launcher screen. Alternatively (and applicable to any other release of the game), you can download the mod via Mod DB and unpack it to your Mount & Blade: Warband/Modules folder. It should sit comfortably alongside “Native” which is the default game campaign.
In the Lannister corner, we have:

A Clash Of Kings by “Cozur”

Latest Version: 7.1, released May 16th
Downloads: Steam and Mod DB, 2.8gb once unpacked.
Taleworlds Forum Thread: Here
Developer’s Patreon: Here
Official Wiki: Here

Gaming The Throne 101: Not getting stabbed

Of these two mods, A Clash Of Kings feels slightly more accessible for Mount & Blade newcomers, although that doesn’t make it easy. Similar to the main game, it begins with a quick test that you can defend yourself in a fight against a single robber, before placing you firmly on the fringes of Game Of Thrones lore, and just off the Dornish border. All you’ve got is word that there’s war coming, and your character has resolved to stick around and try to turn a profit from it.
One of the most curious features of A Clash Of Kings is its historical sites, usually denoted with white names on the map. Once you’ve picked up a few followers (or at least Brynden Storm at the starting tavern, who is a skilled surgeon), bumble around like a confused tourist and look for vaguely interesting structures — destroyed buildings, statues, odd hills, caves and whatnot. Approaching them will get you some sentences of lore, plus a fistful of experience points. You can ding a few levels practically for free.
Unless you plan on fighting from the back row all the time, you’ll want to pour some stat points into strength early. It’s easy to start out with a character inventory full of weapons and armour you’re just not beefy enough to wear. Quite how a chain coif requires significantly above-average strength I will never know, but you should roll with it. Eighteen strength is a good number to access most worthwhile gear, while ten intelligence will allow you to read books for additional bonuses, and charisma is just where you should dump every free point after that because it’ll let you lead more people.

A Song Of Too Many Verses

If you like your lore dense, then A Clash Of Kings is the mod for you, ‘cos it feels like someone’s creative writing sketchbook given life. Between the lore text you’ll wade through while exploring, and the first handful of quest NPCs you’ll meet, expect to read a lot. Characters feel like they say with a paragraph what could be surmised in a single sentence, but fortunately your quest journal will point you the right way even if you click through it all.
That’s not to say it’s all worth skipping. Brynden Storm’s rambling makes sense, being a loquacious Maester with poor bedside manner for a healer. Some of the quests are nicely written too, making up for the game’s limitations when it comes to scripted set-pieces. I’d recommend the quest given by a nervous peasant in the Weeping Town inn, sending you to deal with a Wight. You won’t need any magical equipment, but you’ll get to do a nice bit of walking sim-like adventuring through a spooky abandoned village.

Never Fight A Land War In Essos

A Clash Of Kings is mostly concerned with the medieval warfare aspects of the setting, with no White Walkers, no Night King and definitely no dragons. Recent updates have further expanded on the more detailed human side of the setting with a greatly expanded fighting tournament system, where you’ll see armoured knights in Westeros, and agile duelists down in Dorne.
A Clash Of Kings’s more restrained ambitions make it easier to step into if you’re relatively inexperienced at Mount & Blade. It provides an opportunity to explore and experiment with the setting without too much pressure. Your early days will be spent as a sword for hire, doing odd jobs, or following a lesser lord for pay and experience, and endgame involves setting up your own little fiefdom and managing it. Down-to-earth stuff. The more simulationist bent gives it a less predictable campaign in the long run, though. Let the clock run long enough and you’ll see the plot go completely off the rails, and nations fall and rise in amusing ways. Better yet when you’re the one that nudges a kingdom off the edge.
And now that we’re all warmed up and stuffed full of juicy lore, let’s take a look at our significantly more supernatural challenger in the Stark corner:

A World Of Ice & Fire by “Produno”

Latest Version: 4.3.5, released May 18th
Downloads: Steam and Mod DB, 4.5gb once unpacked
Taleworlds Forum Thread: Here
Developer’s Patreon: Here
Official Wiki: Here
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Ser Marty Stu, At Your Service

While A Clash Of Kings was happy let you scoot around on the periphery, A World Of Ice And Fire drops you right in at the deep end. After asking whether you want character names to match the TV show or novels, and whether you want to throw Westeros into procedural chaos (instead of scripted), it puts you right at the epicentre of the story. You’re there when Sean Bean gets captured by the Lannisters, and the Starks task you with leading two of their men to Winterfell to deliver the news. Accepting their offer gets you into the main story within minutes.
Unfortunately, signing up with the Starks while in King’s Landing paints a big red target on you, so you’ll be chased by Lannister troops and bandits the whole way. My only recommendation early on is to pick nobility as your starting origin, which will give you enough clout to maybe pick up some peasant followers as you travel. Eventually you’ll reach Winterfell, and find plenty of questing opportunities.
Once you’ve found your feet, there’s a lot more to worry about in A World Of Ice And Fire. Bandits, broken men and other ne’er-do-wells roaming the map will home in on you with horrifying glee. Even when you’ve got very little to lose, there’s still the chance of suffering permanent injury, thanks to a new advanced wounding system. Get hit hard enough and you’ll end up with stat-hobbling injuries, and unless you get them treated by a Maester or other surgically-minded character (always a good reason to keep them around), they’ll become permanent. You’ll probably not want to play this in Iron Man mode.

Will Conquer For Food

A World Of Ice And Fire does let you go off the beaten path, but by default it’ll push back before long. You’ve got two years, give or take, until the White Walker invasion happens, with the Night King and his horde rolling in from the north. Yep, there are proper undead enemies this time round, as well as giants (recruitable, if you end up befriending the Wildling tribes), and even a Direwolf companion. If you want to fight the undead, you’ll need a Valyrian weapon, or incendiaries like Wildfire flasks.
While lacking in dragons, this mod does have almost every other notable face you could think of. Head up past The Wall and you’ll be able to sign up with the ever-horrible Mance Rayder. If a warmer climate is more your style, you can head across the sea and towards the Free Cities. If you feel like getting involved in scripted story quests, you can seek out Danaerys Targaryen, Varys and other members of her crew.

Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Well Paid

As brutal and uncompromising as A World Of Ice & Fire can be, it all feels there to add texture to the mod. I wouldn’t recommend this as anyone’s first Mount & Blade mod, but I would recommend it to fans wanting to play around in the world of the TV show and novels. Keep your eyes peeled (or consult this mod wiki page) and you’ll be able to hire Bronn, notorious cutthroat mercenary and most likeable person in the entire TV series.
And there you have it – two massive worlds to explore. The former a little more accessible, but less likely to give you your fix of fan-fiction action unless you’re deeply invested in the geography and history of the setting. The latter is a more ambitious affair, but uncompromising in its difficulty and perhaps a little too willing to get you rubbing shoulders with big characters. Neither of them is easy, but they’re the best way to explore Westeros on a budget. You won’t even need a travel guide.
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You can pick up Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam, Humble and GOG for £15/€20/$20. None of the DLC is required, or even particularly recommended.