
Meanwhile in King’s Landing the fate of Tommen Baratheon really does decide the fate of Westeros. In the simulations run this was usually a younger lordling. Here, as an unwed lady of the realm she remarries matrilineally to preserve her scion of the Lannister line. With Cersei essentially removed from power in King’s Landing her base is now Casterly Rock in the West.

The lion may still have claws but the pride is divided. They all begin the same way but immediately branch off in different directions. There exists a fantastic mod for grand-strategy game Crusader Kings II that provides a surprisingly in-depth simulation of the world of the books, and with a few tweaks it can be changed to fit the TV show. There’s a spoiler-filled list of changes for the hardcore ASOIAF, GOT and CKII fans at the bottom of this piece.įollowing factions and individual characters the summaries below are from three different simulations of Westeros and the nations across the Narrow Sea at the ending of Season 5.

With games it’s possible to abandon the narrative restrictions of TV and literature to explore what could happen to Westeros if the status-quo remained and there were no writers and producers trying to generate tears from fans.

But what if the next season never came? What if the bodies of those who are dead, and those we think might be, are simply cleared away and forgotten? The media-dominating saga that is Game of Thrones went out with a bang earlier this month leaving fans (and now many book readers too) in the lurch for another year. This piece contains spoilers for all Game of Thrones seasons and A Song of Ice & Fire books.
