10 Warhammer 40K Facts Everyone Playing Space Marine 2 Should Know

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provides a fantastic on-ramp into the deep world of the franchise. Originally created nearly 40 years ago, is the flagship franchise for British games company Games Workshop. Although is a miniatures war game first and foremost, it's supported by a deep universe of stories and lore built up through rulebooks, novels, video games, and comics. One unique aspect to is that there's no true starting place for jumping into the world of the game — every novel, every video game, and every rulebook is intended to be an entry point into the franchise.

While is a sequel to a 2011 video game,it's also a fine entry point for those either jumping into for the first time or interested in learning more about the franchise. However, ifis your first dive into the world of, there may be some nuances you're missing about the world of the game. Below are some great lore facts you need to know as you play through the world of .

isn't Games Workshop's first game. It's a spinoff of, a fantasy-themed miniatures game featuring traditional armies like elves, orcs, and humans. Many aspects of crossed into - the elves and orcs both have factions within, as do the forces of Chaos that plague humanity. Dwarves also originally appeared in as Squats, but they eventually «disappeared» and were revealed to have been eaten by the Tyranids.

Games Workshop still maintains a fantasy line of games, although was eventually replaced by, which is set in a different realm and features the forces of order battling back against the forces of chaos. However,lives on through and the miniatures game.

Space Marines are the top defenders of humanity in the world of, but they're also significantly more than humans. When a person is chosen to become a Space Marine, they're subjected to extreme genetic manipulation and surgery. Those that survive are implanted with 19 additional organs,including a second heart. That heart helps Space Marines survive grievous wounds and supports the Space Marine's larger-than-normal