Warhammer 40K - The 5 Minute Backstory of the Dark Age and the Formation of the Imperium of Man
Warhammer 40,000, also known as Warhammer 40K or 40K, is a miniature tabletop war game created by Games Workshop.
The game is set in the scientific fantasy world and uses the galaxy and the universe as its playground.
The Warhammer 40k tabletop game has been around since the late 80's with five editions of it having already come out since its release in 1987.
Before you start playing the game, it can be fun to learn the background story behind it so you can get into it in more depth and so it be easier for your to choose your starting army.
Games Workshop has been incorporating historical events and battles into the rule books they produce accompanying the game, as well as in the White Dwarf magazine and Imperial Armour books.
Eventually, Black Library was created.
It acts as the publishing arm of Games Workshop which publishes novels that tell the story behind the 40K tabletop game.
The 40K tabletop game begins with the story of the Dark Age of Technology.
During those dark times, science and technology were worshiped as gods, and in turn, most technologies that were created in that era were used in massive destruction against the human race.
A great development during the Dark Age was warp drive, where mutant navigators navigate through warps and allow for galaxy-traveling.
However, the Dark Age didn't last.
Warp travel eventually became difficult due to warp storms (that created the Chaos demons), and trade and communication between human colonies across the galaxy collapsed.
This resulted in isolation, starvation, and eventually death.
Even the Earth (called Terra) was unable to support its human population.
The once unified human interstellar federation was then divided and various conflicts arose.
The hero that led the humans out of their misery is known as the Emperor of Man.
The emperor united once more the divided human colonies and created the "Imperium of Man".
This led to the evolution of the Age of Imperium, the era where the 40k tabletop game is set.
The Imperium is the largest empire ever known to man; it is comprised of millions of human colonies across the galaxy and billions of soldiers that have sworn to protect it.
For 10,000 years, the Imperium of Man has survived various tragedies, deceptions, and wars brought forth by the enemies of humanity, such as the Orks and the Demons of Chaos.
However, the Imperium of Man is never safe.
That's why the Warhammer 40K tabletop game exists.
Constant battles are waged against the Imperium of Man, all for the purpose of invading it and destroying humanity.
Now it's your move.
Will you be fighting for the Emperor and his Imperium or join the Dark forces that want to destroy him? Choose your side.
Build your Warhammer 40K army and fight.
The game is set in the scientific fantasy world and uses the galaxy and the universe as its playground.
The Warhammer 40k tabletop game has been around since the late 80's with five editions of it having already come out since its release in 1987.
Before you start playing the game, it can be fun to learn the background story behind it so you can get into it in more depth and so it be easier for your to choose your starting army.
Games Workshop has been incorporating historical events and battles into the rule books they produce accompanying the game, as well as in the White Dwarf magazine and Imperial Armour books.
Eventually, Black Library was created.
It acts as the publishing arm of Games Workshop which publishes novels that tell the story behind the 40K tabletop game.
The 40K tabletop game begins with the story of the Dark Age of Technology.
During those dark times, science and technology were worshiped as gods, and in turn, most technologies that were created in that era were used in massive destruction against the human race.
A great development during the Dark Age was warp drive, where mutant navigators navigate through warps and allow for galaxy-traveling.
However, the Dark Age didn't last.
Warp travel eventually became difficult due to warp storms (that created the Chaos demons), and trade and communication between human colonies across the galaxy collapsed.
This resulted in isolation, starvation, and eventually death.
Even the Earth (called Terra) was unable to support its human population.
The once unified human interstellar federation was then divided and various conflicts arose.
The hero that led the humans out of their misery is known as the Emperor of Man.
The emperor united once more the divided human colonies and created the "Imperium of Man".
This led to the evolution of the Age of Imperium, the era where the 40k tabletop game is set.
The Imperium is the largest empire ever known to man; it is comprised of millions of human colonies across the galaxy and billions of soldiers that have sworn to protect it.
For 10,000 years, the Imperium of Man has survived various tragedies, deceptions, and wars brought forth by the enemies of humanity, such as the Orks and the Demons of Chaos.
However, the Imperium of Man is never safe.
That's why the Warhammer 40K tabletop game exists.
Constant battles are waged against the Imperium of Man, all for the purpose of invading it and destroying humanity.
Now it's your move.
Will you be fighting for the Emperor and his Imperium or join the Dark forces that want to destroy him? Choose your side.
Build your Warhammer 40K army and fight.
