Warhammer 40000, a tabletop wargame featuring armies of small plastic soldiers built and painted by the players, fighting grand battles using dice and tape measures, has a rich lore featuring decades of collaborative creativity, but the company behind it, Games Workshop, is currently engaging in a range of questionable practices as it attempts to grow this flagship franchise. So your host Garhdo takes it upon themself to reclaim the lore of this franchise by sharing it with you in the great oral tradition, giving you a guide to this vast and fascinating dystopian universe.

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:30 Games Workshop and Warhammer
• 29:11 Dark Millennium
• 31:39 The War in Heaven and The Fall
• 1:00:53 The Great Crusade
• 1:37:50 “All I Ever Wanted Was the Truth”
• 1:44:58 The Horus Heresy
• 2:34:14 The End Times Approach
• 3:27:34 Advancing The Storyline
• 4:02:37 Quickfire Geek Talking Points
• 4:13:02 Outro
• 4:22:32 Sign-Off

Season 2, Episode 07

October 9th 2021

At the time this was made I was very annoyed with a lot of things happening with Warhammer, which I had only just rediscovered a passion for, which was bothering me at a time when my own mental health was struggling and so I wanted to discuss it, while also exploring the rich lore of a franchise I love.

Fortunately Warhammer and Games Workshop seem to have learned their lessons and as we approach the release of #new40k things seem to be looking up, and I’m excited about it again, and I hope that lasts. (Note: it got complicated again, as I cover in a later episode)