What is 30k Warhammer?

The Horus Heresy, known colloquially by fans as "Warhammer 30,000" or simply "30k," is a supplement and expansion of the base Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game by Games Workshop set in the early 31st Millennium during the events of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.

Is Warhammer 30k a game?

The game - sometimes referred to as Warhammer 30,000 due to its events taking place roughly 10,000 years before 40K's 41st millennium - was developed by Games Workshop division Forge World, known for its work on other miniatures and titles outside of the core 40K series.

What is Warhammer 50k?

The Shape of the Nightmare to Come is an epic fanfiction series that imagines the world of Warhammer in the 50th millennium, and as you might imagine, things have become even worse for humanity and the rest of the galaxy.

Why is it called Warhammer 40,000?

Warhammer 40,000 took its name from Warhammer Fantasy Battle, which is a medieval fantasy wargame also produced by Games Workshop.

What is a custodes?

The Custodes is an elite cadre of genetically-engineered transhuman warriors who are even more potent in combat than the Adeptus Astartes. They are to the Space Marines as the Emperor is to His primarchs, and it is rumoured that they were each created by the Master of Mankind personally.

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What faction is Horus Heresy?

Should I play Age Sigmar or 40k?

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.

Is age of Sigmar after 40k?

No. If anything AoS has killed the theory that 40k is in the same universe as the old Fantasy setting. The way worlds and universes exist in AoS are also completely different than in 40k.

Should I start with Age of Sigmar or 40k?

If you are looking for something fresh with new factions cropping up all the time, then Age of Sigmar is a great place to start. There's an exciting backdrop, accessible rules and games tend to be shorter and more fast-paced compared to Warhammer 40,000.

Is Warhammer 40K still popular?

Warhammer 40k is the most popular property made by its parent company, Games Workshop. Its popularity has helped the company's stock price, which has risen by more than 60 percent in the last two years.

What scale is Warhammer 40K?

The scale of Warhammer 40K Space Marines is 1:64 (28mm/32mm) scale, with Heroic scale proportions. The scale of Warhammer 40K vehicles and Warhammer 40K tanks was smaller than the scale for the figures, but since the late 1990s they make them in a similar scale to the miniature figures.

Did dune inspire 40K?

Dune has inspired many materials. From films like Star Wars and Aliens to games such as Warhammer 40K, the influence is vast and widespread.

Is Warhammer The Horus Heresy a game?

Horus Heresy is a board game that pits two players against each other to recreate the most famous battle of Warhammer 40,000's rich history, in which the Warmaster Horus's betrayal of the Emperor comes to its climax.

Is the new Horus Heresy a game?

That's the concept behind The Horus Heresy, a game first released in 2012 and supported by more than 60 novels in the Black Library.

Is Vermintide 2 in the same universe as 40k?

Entirely seperate in terms of universe and lore but it was created by the same company (games workshop) and was also originally a tabletop miniatures game.

Is the Emperor Sigmar?

Newly reborn the Emperor, now known as Sigmar, needs time to remember his powers and who he is. His nature however drives him to fight to unite humanity and battle the warp. He does this forging the Empire. Eventually his memory and powers return and the Master of Mankind returns to the stars to fight the big war.

Was Sigmar a primarch?

Absolutely not. It wasn't even clear on the Warhammer World for a long time whether Sigmar was even a god or just a jumped-up human cultural hero for the ancient tribes of the Empire of Man.

Did Age of Sigmar replace Warhammer fantasy?

The first edition of Age of Sigmar in 2015 replaced Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

What is the difference between Warhammer and Warhammer 40K?

Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 are seperate universes. There is no definate crossover. There are occasional hints, due to the authors being clever/silly/amused. Aesthetics of the Dark Eldar / Drukhari, and so on.

Does Damage carry over in Age of Sigmar?

Damage does carry over.

What is the strongest faction in Warhammer 40K?

How was Horus killed Warhammer?

While Horus ultimately lost his bid for power and was slain by the father he had once so loved during the Siege of Terra, his actions damaged the Imperium of Man beyond repair and inaugurated the current Age of the Imperium, when Mankind is beset by countless horrific dangers to its existence and the Imperium itself ...

Was Horus stronger than the Emperor?

Also about Horus and the Emperor. Despite being powered up by Chaos, Horus wouldn't stand a chance against his father. The Emperor was WAY more powerful then Horus, and could match Horus if not easily kill him.