Can someone explain what is the connection between Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k?

[ikko]

Is 40k supposed to be a continuation of the story after the Chaos invasion destroyed the world, or is it like an alternative universe that's only loosely connected?

[Dagy47]

its alternate universe

[Dagy47]

basicly GW first made Warhammer fantasy battles, and then later they got drunk and were like "oy how about we just take all theese fantasy races, and put them into future" and so 40k was born....

[Toby Larone]

Alternative universe that was once connected but that GW has taken steps to cut apart more and more even before the end times. Filling the last few holes in AoS.

[ikko]

Originally posted by Dagy47:

basicly GW first made Warhammer fantasy battles, and then later they got drunk and were like "oy how about we just take all theese fantasy races, and put them into future" and so 40k was born....

So it is connected then, like the Empire of Man is supposed to be The Empire only in the far future?

[christiansenm7]

It's a separate universe entirely.

[𝒦ℒℬ]

Apparently the connection is the chaos gods.
but apart from that, one sucks, the other doesn't.

[Dagy47]

Originally posted by ikko:

Originally posted by Dagy47:

basicly GW first made Warhammer fantasy battles, and then later they got drunk and were like "oy how about we just take all theese fantasy races, and put them into future" and so 40k was born....

So it is connected then, like the Empire of Man is supposed to be The Empire only in the far future?

well its connected in the way off being made by the same company and under the same label, filled with similar stuff, but thats about it..... you could say one is offshoot of the other if that helps..

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by ikko:

Is 40k supposed to be a continuation of the story after the Chaos invasion destroyed the world, or is it like an alternative universe that's only loosely connected?

From what i have heard (Do note that this is believable hearsay at most, no real confirmations anywhere):

Originally Warhammer 40k was a parody of fantasy (that took place in the same universe with the fantasy world just being one world in said universe). However given the huge interest in 40k they quickly scrapped that and made it a proper standalone setting.

Now days they are not connected in anyway, but they do still have similarities from when they were.

[Liviu222]

Nothing to do with fantasy except the chaos gods

[Zoie Shales]

Originally posted by ikko:

Can someone explain what is the connection between Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k?


Is 40k supposed to be a continuation of the story after the Chaos invasion destroyed the world, or is it like an alternative universe that's only loosely connected?

Age of Sigmar is the "continuation of the story after the Chaos invasion destroyed the world", 40K is a different universe entirely.

[Toby Larone]

Originally posted by ikko:

Originally posted by Dagy47:

basicly GW first made Warhammer fantasy battles, and then later they got drunk and were like "oy how about we just take all theese fantasy races, and put them into future" and so 40k was born....

So it is connected then, like the Empire of Man is supposed to be The Empire only in the far future?

No the Warhammer 40k started out as the idea of warhammer fantasy in space using similar factions and such. The imperium was never the empire in the far future just like the edlar are elves in space but not high elves in space.

[Amon Chakai]

Fandom theory: the Chaos god Slaanesh came into being through the corruption of the Eldar in official 40K Lore. So the 40K universe is actually the prequel to the Fantasy universe.

[YMFTCTB]

Originally posted by Ꞣℒദ . .:

Apparently the connection is the chaos gods.
but apart from that, one sucks, the other doesn't.

are you saying warhammer fantasy sucks? because im pretty sure 40k wouldnt have done so well if it was the one that sucked. only one of them had to stop because of not making enough money, to my knowledge

[Crow]

I believe its the same universe but just an obscure (but very important) planet. The old ones and the chaos gods are consistent in 40k lore, and would fit in if you looked at the timeline of WHF. Its really just an underdeveloped world outside the reach of the imperium or whatever headcanon you want to believe at that rate.

[Toby Larone]

Originally posted by Crow:

I believe its the same universe but just an obscure (but very important) planet. The old ones and the chaos gods are consistent in 40k lore, and would fit in if you looked at the timeline of WHF. Its really just an underdeveloped world outside the reach of the imperium or whatever headcanon you want to believe at that rate.

Proven wrong by the fact that slananesh existed by the time the old ones disapeared in fantasy while in 40k they were long gone before that point.