Are Warhammer games canon?

Within the Warhammer 40,000 community, most content created or licensed by the franchise's owner, Games Workshop

Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000. Games Workshop Group plc. Type. Public limited company.

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Are the Warhammer games connected?

Although they have similar names and share some characters and tropes, the settings of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy are completely separate.

Is Total War Warhammer lore canon?

It's not canon, the production company bought use of the rights for the setting and characters. The only canon for whfb is that the end times happened. Warhammer Total War is set in the Old World, pre-End Times.

Is Total War Warhammer canon to Warhammer 40k?

Not directly. But the IPs are owned by the same company. Warhammer Fantasy Battle (originally just Warhammer) was a miniatures game produced by Games Workshop between 1983 and 2015.

Is Warhammer 40k in the same universe as Warhammer?

As they explain it, the worlds of Warhammer Fantasy and 40,000 are separate universes, linked by the Warp. The Elves of WHF and the Eldar of 40k are similar, but they are not the same race.

CANON and RETCONS in WARHAMMER 40k - Everything is canon!

Why was Warhammer discontinued?

Warhammer Fantasy Battles was not selling well because the game was hard to play, hard to get involved in, and had a high barrier of entry to new player. It also was very hard for Games Workshop to copyright or trademark their intellectual property because the factions were so generically fantasy.

Does Earth exist in Warhammer 40k?

Terra (pronounced "Tear-UH"), or, in the most ancient records, "Earth," is the Throneworld of the Imperium of Man and the original homeworld of Mankind and of the God-Emperor. It is the most sacred and revered place in all the million worlds that comprise the Imperium.

Is Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar connected?

You can use Age of Sigmar models in Warhammer 40,000 if you choose to play one of the Chaos factions, since they share the same Chaos deities in both games. However, you cannot use Warhammer 40,000 models within Age of Sigmar, as bolt guns and power armour haven't quite reached the Mortal Realms yet.

Is total Warhammer set in Age of Sigmar?

In 2015, the Warhammer setting changed to the Age Of Sigmar. What's the difference? The Old World is probably best known today as the setting for the Total War: Warhammer series. Before that, it was the stage for countless tabletop battles in Warhammer, a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop.

Is Warhammer Total War in Age of Sigmar?

Focus Home Interactive says Storm Ground is the first strategy video game adaptation of Age of Sigmar (Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer, for example, is not set in the Age of Sigmar).

Is Age of Sigmar a cannon?

Of course its still canon. There are hundreds of characters, objects and places who survived the world that was and have major influence in age of sigmar.

Does Total War: Warhammer have an ending?

After beating the campaign of Total Warhammer 3 you'll usually get an ending cinematic and option to keep playing to "paint the map".

Which God of War game is canon?

God Of War is now canon in the MCU

Now, as reported by Twinfinite, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has included a God of War reference which has seemingly made the games canon in the MCU.

What are Warhammer fans called?

Warhammer nerds. Thats how I've been referring to us when I've had to.

Is Sigmar the Emperor in 40k?

After Sigmar had completed the unification, he was coronated as Emperor by the Ar-Ulric himself, having been a deeply devout Ulrican in mortal life.

Is 40k and Age of Sigmar the same universe?

Next thing you know: space marines get turtles. Confirmation that AoS and 40k are in the same universe.

Is Sigmar actually a god Warhammer?

Sigmar Heldenhammer is a god and the founder of The Empire. Sigmar's symbol is the twin-tailed comet; he carried the Dwarf-made warhammer Ghal Maraz, which was adopted as the symbol of the Cult of Sigmar.

Is Warhammer 3 based in the end of times?

IS TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III GOING TO BE SET DURING THE END TIMES AND FEATURE STUFF FROM AGE OF SIGMAR? No, as with Total War: WARHAMMER and Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III is set around the reign of Karl Franz.

Which is better Warhammer 40K or Age of Sigmar?

In short, 40K has a greater level of simulation than AOS when it comes to combat: it has different weapon types, multi-damage weapons are actually more valuable against larger targets than they are in AOS, and melee weapons take the strength of the wielder into account.

Are there humans in Age of Sigmar?

The Mortal Warriors Who Defend the Realms

The Cities of Sigmar are populated by humans, duardin, and aelves who band together against the many threats that plague the Mortal Realms. Their massive array of heroes, units, war machines and monsters can be customised to suit any play style.

Is Sigmar alive in Age of Sigmar?

Sigmar is in fact, alive and well in the Age of Sigmar. Having survived the cataclysm of the End Times by clinging to the core of the Old World as it hurtled through space, he found himself rescued by a celestial being known as Dracothion.

Is Vermintide 2 set in Age of Sigmar?

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Fatshark's Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a 2018 first-person, co-op horde survival game set in the End Times (a somewhat slow apocalypse of sorts that ushered in the Age of Sigmar) era of the Warhammer Fantasy setting.

Who is the oldest human in wh40k?

Ancient History

Ollanius Persson was born as one of the mysterious Perpetuals, and has lived so many lives that he has forgotten his true age. However he estimates that as of the Horus Heresy he was roughly 45,000 years old "give or take", which would place his birth around 15,000 B.C. in the city of Nineveh.

Does America exist in 40k?

Yes, Merica is the North American continental hive sprawl and Franc is the old republic of France (before this was subsumed into the continental kingdom of Europa). Merica still existed by time of the Great Crusade.

Are there humans in total war Warhammer?

Total War: Warhammer featured four playable factions at launch, including the Empire (humans), the Greenskins (orcs and goblins), the Dwarfs and the Vampire Counts (undead).