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2015/05/26 08:37:07
Subject: Are Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k linked to each other?
Psienesis wrote: All of the races present in 40K are present in WHFB.
You have: The Imperium -> The Empire, All kinds of non-Imperial human systems -> The rest of the Old World of Man, Eldar -> High Elves & Wood Elves, Dark Eldar -> Dark Elves, Squats -> Dwarves, Ogryn -> Ogres, Orks -> Orks, Chaos -> Chaos, Tau didn't exist yet, etc.
The Necrons are present in the Old World, but only from an outside perspective. They were an army of Undead called Tomb Kings in WHFB, which were turned into robo-mummies in their first incarnation in 40K.
Actually it is the other way around as Fantasy is the older game. The 40k races are the Fantasy races ported to a sci-fi setting. The only ones lacking clear analogies are the Skaven, Bretonnians and Wood Elves.
