lore

Lore Explainer: Maggotkin of Nurgle

  You remember when all of this was rolling vineyard for miles.  Oh, the wine! People travelled realms to trade.  Myth has it that Allarielle, the goddess of life herself, planted the first grapes here, and then placed it under...

SRM’s Ongoing Imperium Review: Week 72

Imperium is a weekly hobby magazine from Hachette Partworks. In this 90-week series, our intrepid magazine-receiver will be reviewing each individual issue, its included models, and gaming materials. A Premium subscription was provided to Goonhammer for review purposes. Imperium's lore...

The Lore Explainer: Warzone Valedor

You want some weird lore today folks? We’ve got you covered here at Lore Explainer! Today, we are looking at an almost forgotten warzone in Warhammer 40,000 lore: The Battle of Valedor. So back in 2014, Warhammer 40,000 was right...

Lore Explainer: The Fall of the Aeldari

In Lore Explainer, we take a deep look at the lore behind our favorite games, movies, and books, and talk about the story behind them and sum up what you need to know and how you can find out...

Goonhammer Interviews: Black Library Author Nate Crowley

Recently we were lucky enough to sit down and talk to noted Xenos expert, all-round Ork Fanatic, and the Black Library’s newest Xenos scribe Nate Crowley for an interview.   SPOILER WARNING: This interview contains Spoilers for The Twice-Dead King Ruin...

Ilor’s Road to GenCon Part 5: Bad Seeds

The continuing saga of preparations for the 400-point "ITS After Dark" Tournament at GenCon. It's coming down to the wire! Slimy Bags of Goo For the last couple of weeks I've talked about my forces, the missions being played in the...

Gunum Interviews: Content Creator Weshammer

In the wide world of 40k content creators, there’s typically a constant battle to decide who to spend our precious non-gaming hours when it comes to gaming commentary. That is, until last year. The last year has dramatically increased...

The Will of the Omnissiah – The Lore of Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus

The armies and factions of Warhammer 40,000 are all brutal and impressive in their own ways. As new books release, we dive into the lore presented in each, and how it shapes the fictional universe we love and make...

Broken Realms: Teclis: The Lore

Be warned there are spoilers going forward for Morathi and Teclis, so if you still want to read the books yourself, turn back now. Rather unexpectedly, Broken Realms: Be'lakor is going up for preorder this weekend, continuing the Broken Realms Saga....

Gifted by the Blood – The Lore of Codex Supplement: Blood Angels

The armies and factions of Warhammer 40,000 are all brutal and impressive in their own ways. As new books release, we dive into the lore presented in each, and how it shapes the fictional universe we love and make...