Warhammer 40,000, known informally as 'Warhammer 40K,' 'WH40K,' or just plain '40K,' is a miniatures-based tabletop war game released by Games Workshop in 1987. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned.įorget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.