Changes: Warhammer Fantasy

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See Warhammer (disambiguation) for other uses.

Warhammer Fantasy is a high fantasy universe/setting created in the 1980's by UK company Games Workshop.

It is the setting for many games:

Total War: Warhammer series — strategy videogames
Warhammer Fantasy Battle — a tabletop war game played with small miniatures, discontinued in 2015
Warhammer: The Old World — a new tabletop war game currently in development
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay — a pen and paper RPG
Many other videogames such as Vermintide and Vermintide II, as well as board games.

For information about the lore and background of Warhammer Fantasy, see Warhammer Fantasy Fandom Wiki and the Lexicanum!

Influences and similar settings[ | ]

The setting has numerous influences such as:

Historical events
Mythology
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth
Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melninbone stories
The works of H.P. Lovecraft
The works of Fritz Leiber (especially the Swords of Lankhmar)
Runequest - a pen and paper RPG set in the world of Glorantha

In turn, Warhammer has influenced other fantasy settings such as Electronic Arts/Bioware's Dragon Age and Activision/Blizzard's Warcraft.

Warhammer Fantasy eventually influenced the creation of Warhammer 40,000, a separate science fiction/science fantasy universe by Games Workshop.

The setting should not be confused with Age of Sigmar which has some similarities and lore continuity with Warhammer Fantasy, but is for most purposes a different setting.

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 ::''See [[Warhammer (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
+'''Warhammer Fantasy''' is a high fantasy universe/setting created in the 1980's by UK company [[Games Workshop]].
-== Overview ==
-'''Warhammer Fantasy''' is a high fantasy universe created in the 1980's by [[Games Workshop]] as the setting for a pen and paper RPG, and later [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] (a tabletop war game played with small miniatures) and more recently [[Warhammer The Old World]], a new tabletop game currently in development.
+It is the setting for many games:
-It is the setting of the [[Total War: Warhammer]] series of videogames, as well as many other videogames.
+* [[Total War: Warhammer]] series — strategy videogames
+* [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] — a tabletop war game played with small miniatures, discontinued in 2015
+* [[Warhammer: The Old World]] — a new tabletop war game currently in development
+* ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' — a pen and paper RPG
+* Many other videogames such as Vermintide and Vermintide II, as well as board games.
 For information about the lore and background of Warhammer Fantasy, see [http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_Wiki Warhammer Fantasy Fandom Wiki] and [http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page the Lexicanum]!
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 * Mythology
 * J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth
-* Michael Moorcock's Elric stories
+* Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melninbone stories
 * The works of H.P. Lovecraft
-* The Swords of Lankhmar - a novel by Fritz Leiber
+* The works of Fritz Leiber (especially the Swords of Lankhmar)
 * Runequest - a pen and paper RPG set in the world of Glorantha
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 Warhammer Fantasy eventually influenced the creation of [[Warhammer 40,000]], a separate science fiction/science fantasy universe by Games Workshop.
-The setting should not be confused with [[Age of Sigmar]] which has some similarities and continuity with Warhammer Fantasy, but is for most purposes a different setting.
+The setting should not be confused with [[Age of Sigmar]] which has some similarities and lore continuity with Warhammer Fantasy, but is for most purposes a different setting.
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