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2025In personPanel 11Saturday 27th September 2025Fulgrim vs Ferrus Manus (c) Games Workshop

Millennialism and the Coming Tyranid Invasion: The Doomsday Beliefs of the Genestealer Cults

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Religious themes and the fanaticism that they bring are some of the most important to the universe of Warhammer 40K. While the Imperium of Man is steadfastly dedicated to the worship of the God Emperor, the Genestealer Cults thrive in the cracks of this mainstream religion, as a group of disorientated commoners. One defining element …

2024OnlinePanel 15Saturday 28th September 2024Warhammer 40k

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

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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 …