"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." In a world where violence and heresy are hidden in every corner, while Humanity remains alive under the iron heel of an intergalactic dictatorship, a thousand and one threats loom on the horizon. Hordes of aliens, armed with Chaos warriors, and the endless expanse of the cosmos are the backdrop within which Warhammer 40,000, the most successful of Games Workshop's products launched in 1987 and now a symbol of the entire genre of miniature battles, takes shape. Build an army and battle on alien landscapes, fully aware that the only thing that awaits after the massacre is more bloodshed. Scouring a thousand worlds, the Imperium forms its greatest defense force. The Astra Militarum, the unbreakable Guard that defends the lands of Men, is the largest army in the galaxy. For every fall, the unstoppable hordes of planets dedicated to the Emperor rise by ten thousand: this and more, to defend Humanity from the Xenos and the Chaos."