How are Sigmar and 40k related?

But officially no, the Old World that Warhammer was set in wasn't in the same universe as 40K.
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Are Warhammer Fantasy and 40K connected?

Warhammer 40,000 was originally conceived as a science-fiction spin-off of Warhammer Fantasy. Although the games share some characters and tropes, their settings are separate. The setting of Warhammer 40,000 is violent and pessimistic.
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Is Sigmar the Emperor in 40K?

Newly reborn the Emperor, now known as Sigmar, needs time to remember his powers and who he is. His nature however drives him to fight to unite humanity and battle the warp. He does this forging the Empire. Eventually his memory and powers return and the Master of Mankind returns to the stars to fight the big war.
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Is Age of Sigmar similar to 40K?

Despite their different settings, there are quite a few similarities between these two games: Miniatures: Both games have beautifully detailed miniatures that you'll need to assemble and paint. Tabletop Wargaming: Each game follows the same core concept of controlling armies on a tabletop battlefield.
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Is Warhammer Vermintide and Warhammer 40K connected?

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Is a Very Different Game from Vermintide. The announcement of a Vermintide style of game set within the 40K universe was an exciting one, but the developer has not been afraid to make changes.
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Is Warhammer Age of Sigmar related to Warhammer 40K?

But officially no, the Old World that Warhammer was set in wasn't in the same universe as 40K.
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Is 40K canon to Warhammer?

Within the Warhammer 40,000 community, most content created or licensed by the franchise's owner, Games Workshop, Limited, is considered canon. However, due to the myriad sources and the extended time period that lore has been produced over, some sources are considered "more" canon than others.
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Does Age of Sigmar take place before 40k?

Age of Sigmar takes place some time after the “main”/Old Warhammer world is destroyed by Chaos in The End Times setting advancement, which basically killed everything off so Game's Workshop (the company that owns Warhammer/40k) could make more novels and tabletop figures to sell because the old Warhammer ones were ...
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Why is 40k more popular than Age of Sigmar?

In terms of popularity, Warhammer 40k is by far and away the more popular of the two systems since there are decades of lore and gameplay to support it. That's not to say Age of Sigmar isn't popular at all - it just needs more time to build on the successes that Warhammer Fantasy Battles brought to the table.
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Are there Skaven in 40k?

Warhammer 40k is a setting filled with gods, monsters, daemons, heroes, mutants, psykers, aliens, and more. But there's one thing that it's missing: there are no Warhammer 40k Skaven. Though the universe teems with life of all sorts, there's a sore lack of Chaos-worshipping rat men.
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Is Sigmar one of the lost Primarch?

So, in short, was Sigmar one of the Lost Primarchs? Absolutely not. It wasn't even clear on the Warhammer World for a long time whether Sigmar was even a god or just a jumped-up human cultural hero for the ancient tribes of the Empire of Man. But AoS has definitely answered that question.
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How is the emperor still alive Warhammer 40k?

However, the Throne is actually keeping him in a state of undeath, not really alive but also not quite dead. It's essentially housing his psychic might so he can control the Astronomican and keep the webway gate behind the throne room closed.
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Is Sigmar actually a god?

Sigmar Heldenhammer was a king of the Unberogen tribe who went on to unite the disparate human tribes and found the Empire. He was made into a god by his people after his reign, and remained the most prominent patron god of the Empire until its destruction.
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What are the Tyranids running from?

They came to this galaxy in 40K because they were drifting through the intergalactic abyss and the Pharos beacon illuminated the Milky Way as a prime source of biomass. If they were running from anything it was most likely hunger after consuming the other galaxies they'd encountered since their origin.
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Is AoS in the 40k universe?

No. If anything AoS has killed the theory that 40k is in the same universe as the old Fantasy setting. The way worlds and universes exist in AoS are also completely different than in 40k.
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What is the origin of the Tyranids?

The Tyranids are a xenos race which apparently come from another galaxy. They are similar to an ant colony, where a Hive Mind created by all its members control each one of the creatures within the hive, in the Tyranids case through psychic comunication (an minor pheromones use).
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What is the most powerful army in Age of Sigmar?

Stormcast Eternals: This army is considered to be one of the most powerful in the game due to its combination of high-damage units, powerful magic, and durability. They have a lot of units with good mobility and a good amount of healing abilities.
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Did Age of Sigmar replace Warhammer Fantasy?

Replace it as in, Fantasy was killed with End Times and Age of Sigmar 'replaced' it as a product, being a completely new and independent setting and is not the same universe at all? There used to be a Tabletop Wargame called 'Warhammer Fantasy Battles' that lasted for arround 30 years or so.
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How popular is aos compared to 40k?

Age of Sigmar is quite popular. It isn't as popular as, and will never be as popular as, 40k, but it's certainly more popular than Warhammer: Fantasy ever was.
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What characters are in both fantasy and 40k?

From a brief look at the wikipedia pages for both Fantasy/AOS and 40k, Fantasy came out in 1983 while 40k followed in 87. They both share Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch, Slaanesh and the concept of WAAAGH.
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Does Total War Warhammer take place in Age of Sigmar?

In 2015, the Warhammer setting changed to the Age Of Sigmar. What's the difference? The Old World is probably best known today as the setting for the Total War: Warhammer series. Before that, it was the stage for countless tabletop battles in Warhammer, a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop.
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Is Age of Sigmar a prequel?

Age of Sigmar is the sequel to the game Warhammer (specifically Warhammer Fantasy Battle). Due to this, the game contains many of the same characters, themes, and models as its predecessor.
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Is Warhammer 40K ironic?

Yes. It's just no longer the funny variant. I think a lot of the more pointed satire of older editions has been smoothed over as 40k started taking itself more seriously and continues to find wider appeal. What satire exists now is pretty broad and imo less effective because of it.
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Is Warhammer 40K a dystopia?

Warhammer 40K: A Grimdark Odyssey through Dystopian Realms.
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Is total Warhammer and Warhammer 40K in the same universe?

It plays in an existing Game Universe, namely Warhammer 40K. of the Universes has been dealt with by Games Workshop a long time ago, where they declared once and for all time, that these both Game Types are NOT playing in the SAME universe.
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