I didn't realize how many Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 games there are.

Inglorious Man · May 30, 2021

So recently I purchased 3 Warhammer games. I pre-ordered Necromunda: Hired Gun for the Xbox Series X, bought Warhammer: Chaosbane for Xbox Series X, and Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister for Oculus Quest 2. There is even another new Warhammer game coming out called Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground. Now I am not too familiar with the Warhammer IP. I understand that there are two main IP's the fantasy Warhammer and the sci-fi Warhammer 40,000 and that it started out as a board game. My question is which is more popular Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000? Also of one wanted to learn more about the story and lore of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 what are some websites or books to read.

whoamiifnotwhoiam · May 30, 2021

I've always wanted to get into the Warhammer games but i'm literally so lost into what game even start from. There's so many different games, many different names, and they all look quite different from one another. It's so easy to get lost even on google

Zor · May 30, 2021

Hey OP!

I started my Warhammer 40K journey not that long ago either (March of this year)! Had no idea where to start, it all seemed impenetrable to me at the time.

But now I absolutely love this universe.

I made a thread back in March that had a ton of helpful stuff in too that I'd recommend giving a look as it really helped me:

Which Warhammer 40K games are worth playing?

I have absolutely no history with this particular franchise at all but it's always looked cool to me. I just bought Space Marine on Steam and Battle Sister on Quest 2 (it was seeing this game in the store in particular that made me want to look into the franchise) but I'm wondering what else is...

www.resetera.com

tekomandor · May 30, 2021

40k was vastly more popular, then Total War Warhammer came out just as they killed the Fantasy tabletop game.

Zor · May 30, 2021

Also, while I still haven't played Mechanicus yet, any excuse to drop this outstanding theme:

mbpm · May 30, 2021

There are, but I've never found any that scratched my itch quite like the Dawn of War series.

SteveWinwood · May 30, 2021

tekomandor said:
40k was vastly more popular, then Total War Warhammer came out just as they killed the Fantasy tabletop game.

From a fairly outsider perspective it always seemed like Warhammer was kind of mismanaged. But I never really paid that much attention to a lot of it.

mindsale · May 30, 2021

There are at least 40k by now. One is dropping today / tomorrow!

whoamiifnotwhoiam · May 30, 2021

Also, if anyone that is aware maybe can answer this: Are the stories of ALL games connected to one another, if so, how? Or are the games (example, Mechanicus vs Space Marine) standalone stories, in the same universe?

Tagyhag · May 30, 2021

As I understand it they are very lax in licensing their property to use which is why you see so many WH games.

I get that some people will think you should protect your IP, but it has worked out well for sure.

Sure, you get your stinkers now and then, but you had other great games that you would have never gotten had the IP been more restrictive. Plus, you get other people into the universe. I guarantee you Total Warhammer brought new fans into the universe.

Shirkelton · May 30, 2021

whoamiifnotwhoiam said:
Also, if anyone that is aware maybe can answer this: Are the stories of ALL games connected to one another, if so, how? Or are the games (example, Mechanicus vs Space Marine) standalone stories, in the same universe?

Generally, the latter, but sometimes there is overlap.

DaciaJC · May 30, 2021

Zor said:
Also, while I still haven't played Mechanicus yet, any excuse to drop this outstanding theme:

The Mechanicus OST is a thing of art.

garion333 · May 30, 2021

The games have modest budgets and rarely are terrible but they have a large enough built-in fandom that buys all these games that they seem to be safe bets for everyone involved.

endlessflood · May 30, 2021

Imagine what Rocksteady could do with the Warhammer 40K licence. That will always be my dream dev/IP match up.

Silvergun-Blue · May 30, 2021

tekomandor said:
40k was vastly more popular, then Total War Warhammer came out just as they killed the Fantasy tabletop game.

I honestly think most people into that setting would rather have just played the Total War game anyway.

tekomandor · May 30, 2021

Silvergun-Blue said:
I honestly think most people into that setting would rather have just played the Total War game anyway.

Ehh, yes and no. The tabletop game was different to 40k in some very important ways.

At least they contracted out a new edition of WFRP to someone half decent.

JuniperAndSage · May 30, 2021

There are too many. They all just blur together, so I tune them out every couple weeks when another one gets announced.

Mad · May 30, 2021

Tagyhag said:
As I understand it they are very lax in licensing their property to use which is why you see so many WH games.

I get that some people will think you should protect your IP, but it has worked out well for sure.

Sure, you get your stinkers now and then, but you had other great games that you would have never gotten had the IP been more restrictive. Plus, you get other people into the universe. I guarantee you Total Warhammer brought new fans into the universe.

up until the original THQ died in 2011 they were literally the only company that had a warhammer 40k license then it just went hogwild

Vincent Alexander · May 30, 2021

There are a lot of really bad Warhammer games. I stopped paying attention.

Creepy Woody · May 30, 2021

I wish they'd re-release those FPS PS2 ones, I rather enjoyed those back in the day, but completely blank on what happened in them.

HK-47 · May 30, 2021

Calling Warhammer and 40k board games would get some grognards heated.