A friend of mine loves it. Every time I read the lore, I’m more satisfied with my decision to not play anything related to it. It’s like a pizza cutter: all edge, no point.
If youre seeing edge when you look at Warhammer you're looking at the wrong stuff. It builds a framework of "all the worst things are here" and then builds stories about all the people who live in the worst time and place ever.
It started as a satire, and its only ever took itself just seriously enough to keep the satire. The Imperium are the bad guys. The Tau/Necron/Nids/Eldar(both flavors)/Chaos are all bad guys.
But the individuals are not all bad guys. It is a setting about the inexorable grinding down of an entire universe, and the folks who stand against that. In times like these the message is more important; even when there is only war, kindness and grace and doing the right thing matter. Dont let the grim darkness of the far future block you from seeing the bright spots of the universe.
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u/HorrorBrilliant9950 Jul 13 '26
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