If you're completely new to Warhammer 40K and want a crash course on the setting and factions, here's four essential lore videos to watch that give a broad spectrum narrative of what's going on and who's who to bring you up to date.
Timeline of Humanity. What happened from the first humans all the way up to the 40th millennium.
https://youtu.be/8jhGnWxFdfE
Factions lore video 1: https://youtu.be/xCGKPRiJp84
Factions lore video 2: https://youtu.be/Y6jnsX77TCU
The 20 Legions of the Legiones Astartes, later to become the Adeptes Astartes after the Horus Heresy.
https://youtu.be/Ae2Beeleswc
Broad question though - in both settings it seemed Chaos would eventually win just because the "source" of it could never be stopped/defeated. It might take a long time but eventually everything would succumb...is that accurate?More or less. The story of Warhammer is generally not a happy one.
I played Warhammer fantasy tabletop a bit in the late 90s, so learned a bit of the lore of both but this is good to watch later!!
Broad question though - in both settings it seemed Chaos would eventually win just because the "source" of it could never be stopped/defeated. It might take a long time but eventually everything would succumb...is that accurate?
I hope they do 2 shows, 1 for Fantasy and 1 for 40kI can only imagine the nerd rage if they do a fantasy show. Sigmar or classic, either would get the other side pissed lol
For the first time in a long time, I'm going to put my faith in an actor when they say something like this. 99% of the time it is just lip service for the sheep, but I trust Cavill. Please, God, let this be the one time I'm not disappointed.
But will Amazon LET him keep his promise is the big thing.I mean, Amazon so far has been pretty good with not screwing up shows as far as I've heard.
Warhammer is scifi DnD right?No not even close
Warhammer is scifi DnD right?Nope. It's a miniatures game, you assemble and paint the pieces for yourself. And the actual game is a war game, not an RPG, though it's definitely branched out.
Nope. It's a miniatures game, you assemble and paint the pieces for yourself. And the actual game is a war game, not an RPG, though it's definitely branched out.
I have a ton of Warhammer 40k games on Steam for some reason, and never opened them. Are these generally good?Space Marine is basically PS2 God of War
I have a ton of Warhammer 40k games on Steam for some reason, and never opened them. Are these generally good?
I have a ton of Warhammer 40k games on Steam for some reason, and never opened them. Are these generally good?They range in quality from amazing to awful
Space Marine is basically PS2 God of WarBoltgun is like a mishmash of Quake 1, classic Doom and Doom 2016. Its pretty good despite feeling like several different shooter styles Frankenstein stitched together.
nahAhh interesting - Warcraft's lore change has been somewhat similar over the last five - six years
fantasy plays by different rules now in age of sigmar and there are pantheons of gods/godlike figures that stand in opposition to chaos (and each other)
order (stormcast eternals, dwarves, sylvaneth, etc.) death (undead, vampires, nagash's legions etc.), destruction (orcs, goblins, ogres, etc.) and chaos are the major players in fantasy now
and in 40k, not all of the factions are corruptible
its more likely nids will eat everything than chaos will win out IMO, and orks are nigh impossible to eradicate without literally destroying the planet since they reproduce via spores that they not only constantly release, but release en masse when they die
Can Tyranids and Orks transport between planets easily enough for a few eggs/spores to infect/take over a whole planet?Nids absolutely can and do. There's also the Genestealer Cult, who as I recall are basically human/tyranid hybrids that work to undermine civilizations to prep for an invasion. But I'm not up to date on lore for them, someone else can clarify.
Can Tyranids and Orks transport between planets easily enough for a few eggs/spores to infect/take over a whole planet?
nids have been implied to have eaten most of what exists outside of the milky way iirc and what we see of nids currently in our galaxy is just the vanguard of the much larger tyranid force
orks are a genetically engineered bioweapon made to destroy the necrons and they all have the ability to tap into a collective unconscious wherein the knowledge to create advanced technologies (such as FTL travel) exists
theres a story about a mekboy (ork engineer) tapping into it and making a nuclear fission engine by accident
To give you an idea of how orks work, if they painted racing stripes on their vehicles... the vehicles will go faster. They believe so strongly that racing stripe = fast that they basically magically will the effect to occur.
They travel in patchwork ships that are basically welded together from scrap and the only reason that they don't all die the second they leave orbit is because they believe it works, so it does.
Id much rather see a Warhammer Fantasy show than a 40K show, but Im sure plenty of people will eventually enjoy this.If they did a Warhammer Fantasy show, I would want it to feature the Skaven and/or Lizardmen. That's not to say it wouldn't be interesting without them, but I just think that would be significantly more interesting than the inevitable Empire and Dwarfs vs. Chaos storyline it would probably end up being.
If they did a Warhammer Fantasy show, I would want it to feature the Skaven and/or Lizardmen.
Ahh interesting - Warcraft's lore change has been somewhat similar over the last five - six years
Can Tyranids and Orks transport between planets easily enough for a few eggs/spores to infect/take over a whole planet?
orks are also known to infest space hulks and drift around in the warp fighting demons until they either get slaughtered or get spit back out into real space.
From what I understand of the lore, 40k orks are the only species in the universe that is having fun and loving how things areIn a universe with armies based on Vikings, Romans, Egyptians, etc, the Orkz are based on football hooligans.
was so f***in tickled that he granted this ork and his boyz eternal life in a field of combat pitted against his daemon generalsThat is like, literally heaven to them.
That is like, literally heaven to them.
Warhammer has always seemed kind of interesting, but there's never really been any gateway thar I've been interested in for jumping in. A show sounds like it'll work for me and I trust Cavill to at least try his best at giving us something good. Hope he succeeds.Theres already an animated anthology TV series called Hammer and Bolter. I think its 15 episodes.