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A People’s History of the Imperium of Man: Warhammer 40,000’s Unreliable Narrator, Canonicity, and Historiography

There are, to date, close to four hundred books in the Black Library catalogue set in the Warhammer 40,000 setting. The vast majority of these books remain valid canon, as do the bulk of supplemental material, faction codexes, rule books, video games, and the models themselves. Unlike many other fictional settings, Warhammer 40,000 has the …

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The Lives of Objects:  Warhammer miniatures as artefacts of craft, gameplay and narrative

Warhammer miniatures have the distinction of being able to transcend from mere objects to meaningful “things” by their multifaceted nature. Supported by their rich contextual background, they are objects of meticulous craft, enablers of complex gameplay, and manifestations of rich intangible characters and enduring identities. As physical artefacts, they are products of effort and expressions …

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On Terrain Kits and Speculative Urbanism

Terrain kits play a crucial role in shaping the spatial experience and narrative atmosphere of Warhammer 40,000 and its sister games. The setting’s distinctive aesthetics, intimidating gothic megastructures fused with brutal, inhumane technological functionality, is widely recognized as one of its defining features (Wenskus 2021). This architectural style is translated to the tabletop through a …

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Who is the enemy? Genestealer Cults and the Diverging Political Paradigm of Warhammer 40,000

We examine how class issues, domestic terrorism, extremism, and insurrection play out in Warhammer 40,000’s Genestealer Cults, against changing British political paradigms between 1989 and 2021. Genestealer Cults are human-alien hybrid guerilla insurrectionists, concealed among the civilian population. Introduced in 1989 and rebooted in 2016, the Cults are both part of the native population and …

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Tyranid xenobiology compared to real-life eusocial insects

The Tyranids are a biological species that do not rely on technological or mechanical devices, utilizing biotechnological alternatives instead. Despite the significant amount of available xenobiological information, there are still several areas that require further investigation. A comprehensive examination of the Tyranid race poses certain challenges. Therefore, drawing comparisons with entomological concepts, particularly those related …

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The Machine God endows thee with life – The Priesthood of Mars as a cultural expression of biomedicalization in the 21st century

Much like the techpriests of the Cult Mechanicus, Western societies in the second millennium are consumed by technological advancement, techno-positivistic ontologies, and the sustainability of mankind. During the mid-1900s, there was a shift in biomedical research and theorization that since has brought us new conceptualization of the body: what it can and cannot do and …