Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000 (commonly aberviated to Warhammer 40k, WH40k or 40k) is a science fiction franchise created by Games Workshop based around a line of tabletop miniatures, but also including a line of novels, technical books and a few video games. The setting of this universe is in the 41st millenium, in which humanity is ruled over by the galaxy spanning Imperium of Man, which is caught in a life or death struggle for survival with various forces of the universe.

Factions

• The Imperium of Man
• The Forces of Chaos
• The Necrons
• The Orks
• The Tyranids
• The Tau Empire
• The Eldar

Debate Status

As games workshop has done an excelent job fleshing out the backround of the universe and is reletively popularity among the science fiction and gaming comunity, Warhammer is a rather common topic of debate among the verses community.