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2 unusual facts about Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat


Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is a real-time tactics computer game published by Games Workshop (in conjunction with Mindscape) in 1995.

Based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle table-top figurine battle rules and set within the Warhammer Fantasy world, the storyline focuses on a mercenary general's quest to stop a Skaven plot.


Air wargaming

Aeronautica Imperialis (Forge World) Warhammer 40k themed aerial combat

Black Orc

Black Orcs are a fictional race, a sub-breed of Orc appearing in Warhammer Fantasy Battle & Warhammer Fantasy, created by Games Workshop.

Compupress

In addition, Anubis has also published more than 80 books of the classic RPG Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms series licensed from Wizards of the Coast, a number of Warhammer novels licensed from Black Library, as well as a dozen Warcraft and Starcraft novels licensed from Blizzard Entertainment.

David Pringle

He has also worked as a series editor for Games Workshop, in 1988-1991, commissioning shared world novels and short stories based on their Warhammer and Dark Future games.

Fimir

The Fimir were created at the behest of Games Workshop's then-owner, Bryan Ansell who wanted a race "to be as distinctive of Warhammer as the Broo are of Runequest".

Gotrek and Felix

The characters also make an appearance in the Warhammer Fantasy MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

Norsca

Some novels involving mostly Norse characters and places are C.L. Werner's Palace of the Plague Lord, Forged by Chaos and the Wulfrik, Valkia and Sigvald novels for Warhammer Heroes.

Snotling

In the 1991 book Ere We Go (Subtitled "Space Orks in Warhammer 40,000") and in the Gorkamorka rulebook, the Snotlings were revealed to be the original form of the entire Ork species.

Tilea

In the fictional universe of Warhammer Fantasy, Tilea is the region of the warhammer world roughly analogous with that of renaissance Italy and Polis, an ancient Greek city-states.

This arrangement was soon ended when the forces of Jaffa of Araby began a protracted war against the nearby lands of Estalia.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate

In the Warhammer 40,000 background, the Ultramarines and Word Bearers are ancient enemies from when they fought during the Horus Heresy.

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command is a turn-based tactics game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, released on November 16, 2007, for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS.

Warhammer Army Book

Games Workshop and Warhammer Forge (the fantasy division of Forge World, a subsidiary of Games Workshop) have released expansions to the 8th edition game.

Warhammer Fantasy

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Warhammer Monthly

Warhammer Monthly was a comics anthology published by Games Workshop's publishing arm, Black Library, from March 1998 to December 2004, running to 86 issues in total.

Warhammer Quest

These included two new adventure packs, several Warrior packs as well as additional Treasure Card packs & a set of blank Monster Cards & Event cards, where players could record their own monsters from the Warhammer world that were not written within the Roleplay book or else not produced as an official card by Games Workshop.

Warhammer Quest was a fantasy dungeon, role playing, adventure board game released by Games Workshop in 1995 and set in its fictional Warhammer world.

Games Workshop released packs for nine additional Warriors, all of which had some background within the Warhammer world.

It was designed so that players could use their range of Warhammer miniatures (if they had them) to represent their monsters.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos

The Hordes of Chaos are Humans from the Northlands, corrupted by the gods of Chaos by their ambition, lust or the other base instincts and emotions of humanity.

The game features an orchestral soundtrack composed entirely by award winning composer Jeremy Soule, who is most famous for his work on Supreme Commander, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Icewind Dale, and the Guild Wars series of video games.


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