Since 40k fiction is published (exclusively) by the same company that is in charge of the two other legs of the Warhammer 40,000 hobby, you can be pretty sure that if there’s a miniature kit or a faction in the game you like, there’s probably also a piece of Black Library featuring it somewhere. The third and final leg of the great Warhammer 40,000 monstrosity is the fictional universe, which is what we’ll focus on in this article: The background story or “lore” of the Warhammer 40,000 universe has been developing since the late 80s, not just through the snippets of story included in the rulebooks for the game, but also through piles and piles of novels and short story anthologies published on Games Workshop’s own publishing label, Black Library.īlack Library books tell stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, ranging from grand soap opera epics of Space Marine primarchs and court intrigue to gritty tales of war from every faction in the tabletop game and even crime fiction from the darkes corners of the Imperium of Man.To many players of the game, this part of the hobby is just as important as the rules themselves. ![]() You can buy plastic miniature kits from Games Workshop or from various third-party manufacturers, and with enough glue and creativity, you can turn a pile of plastic bits into a highly personalized collection with its own quirks and color schemes. ![]()
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