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Does Warhammer have lore?

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adds something to the story of Warhammer 40,000 with book or model releases, and every day, wikis and youtube channels across the web also add new content about the history of the fictional universe to an ever-increasing body of Warhammer 40,000 lore.
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Does Warhammer have a storyline?

The main campaign of the game is called Eye of the Vortex. It is a narrative-focused campaign where each of the playable races has its own story and cutscenes.
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What is lore in Warhammer?

Lore or Background is the fiction and story which provides the world setting for Warhammer.
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Is all Warhammer lore connected?

40k and fantasy were linked thanks to the realms books but they are no longer canon so the answer is no. The YouTube channel 40K Theories has stated that the Warp connects to different realities. As they explain it, the worlds of Warhammer Fantasy and 40,000 are separate universes, linked by the Warp.
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Where can I find Warhammer lore?

The Warhammer Wikia is a community site dedicated to Warhammer Fantasy lore. If you are a fan of this series, or even if you're just curious about it, then this is the place for you!
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40K Timeline EXPLAINED. Everything You NEED to Know! | Warhammer Lore

Is Warhammer 40k set in our universe?

Warhammer 40,000 is set in the distant future, where a stagnant and dogmatic human civilization is beset on all sides by hostile aliens and supernatural creatures. The models in the game are a mixture of humans, aliens, and supernatural monsters, wielding futuristic weaponry and supernatural powers.
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Where should I start with Warhammer lore?

If you really want to understand the lore of the Warhammer 40k universe, to get all the nitty-gritty details that lay the foundation for everything that will happen for the next 10,000 years, the Horus Heresy series will be for you. Be warned: it's a LONG series–more than 50 books.
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Who is the strongest race in Warhammer lore?

The Orks can also be considered to be the most successful and powerful in Warhammer 40K due to their partial immunity to chaos, ability to reproduce quickly, and ever-growing strength when facing powerful threats.
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Is Warhammer Fantasy or historical?

Warhammer Fantasy is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the ...
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Are all Warhammer games canon?

Within the Warhammer 40,000 community, most content created or licensed by the franchise's owner, Games Workshop, Limited, is considered to be canon. However, some sources are more canon than others.
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Who creates Warhammer lore?

Graham McNeill is a British novelist and video game writer. He is best known for his Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels, and his previous role as games designer for Games Workshop.
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How do you explain Warhammer 40K to someone?

Warhammer 40,000 takes place in the grim darkness of the far future, in which humanity fights spectacular battles across the galaxy to defend its place among the stars. Arrayed against the might of mankind are the many different alien races and the malignant forces of Chaos.
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How do I start reading Warhammer lore?

Warhammer 40K: Where to start reading
  1. Gaunts Ghosts by Dan Abnett. To me, 40K has never been about the space marines. ...
  2. Ultramarines by Graham McNeill. ...
  3. Space Wolves by William King. ...
  4. Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett. ...
  5. The Beast Arises by Various. ...
  6. Night Lords by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. ...
  7. The Horus Heresy by various.
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Why was Warhammer cancelled?

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.
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Does Warhammer have an ending?

The era ended with the victory of Abaddon the Despoiler and the forces of Chaos in the 13th Black Crusade in 999. M41, with the fall of the Fortress World of Cadia and the subsequent eruption of the Great Rift across the galaxy. It was succeeded by the Era Indomitus.
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Does Warhammer have rules?

Advanced rules are sectioned off from the main rules text and presented after the phase of the game they would appear. These rules are not required in every game, and are only needed if your army includes certain units that interact with these rules.
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What are Warhammer fans called?

Warhammer nerds. Thats how I've been referring to us when I've had to.
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Is Warhammer a satire?

Warhammer 40K is a setting that is explicitly described as a dystopian satire of humanity's worst impulses. One would expect the Space Marines to symbolize hypermasculine norms of violence, stoicism, and emotional alienation taken to a self-destructive extreme.
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Who is god in Warhammer?

The four main Gods of Chaos are Khorne, the blood god who delights in primal violence, Tzeentch, the lord of change who relies on sorceries and knowledge to further ambitions, Nurgle, the plague father who represents disease, death, and rebirth, and finally Slaanesh, the dark prince of pleasure.
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What is the weakest race in Warhammer?

Warhammer 40K: Every Race Ranked From Weakest To Most Powerful
  • 8 Space Marines.
  • 7 Inquisition.
  • 6 Necrons.
  • 5 Forces of Chaos.
  • 4 Eldar.
  • 3 Tyranids.
  • 2 Orks.
  • 1 C'Tan.
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What is the most evil race in Warhammer?

1. The Drukhari. Finally we come to what is not only the most evil race in 40K, but one of the most evil races in all of fiction. Unlike their Craftworld's Aeldari cousins, those who would become the Drukhari saw no need to curb the debauchery and excess that dominated their society.
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How do you know who goes first in Warhammer?

Turns and Objective Scoring

The first turn now always goes to the player who wins the roll-off.
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How big is Warhammer lore?

Pretty massive, much larger than Earth. I'd say its probably not really possible to accurately determine its size because the maps which Games Workshop has published in the past are incomplete. If you look at the bottom right edge, you see that the antarctic landmass continues...
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How many races are there in Warhammer?

To put things mildly, there are a lot of Warhammer 40k factions, races, and armies warring across the grimdark far future of Games Workshop's flagship sci-fi wargame. 20 of them, in fact, and that's only counting the 'main' 40k armies – the ones that have their own fully fledged codex rulebooks.
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