Warhammer 40,000
Tabletop wargame in Games & consoles
Fans love the lore and find the game fun despite a high barrier to entry. Critics cite costly models, unbalanced rules and declining later lore.
Fans love the lore and find the game fun despite a high barrier to entry. Critics cite costly models, unbalanced rules and declining later lore.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 59%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Rich lore and setting
“I love the lore, but have no interest in actually playing with the miniatures.”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 on Hacker News “it's been awesome learning about everything Warhammer 40k from him”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “The Year of the 3D Printed Miniature (and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Escalating events and inconsistent scale
“every event is a catastrophe of galactic proportions that somehow is even worse than the previous one”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division” “Powerscaling like drunken teenagers since September 1987.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division” “40k is weird. The scales are often entirely off.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate (2020)” Expensive models and wallet drain
“GW is frankly a shitty company, they are extremely litigious and their business model hinges around nerfing armies and then launching new models to make up the gap.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “The Year of the 3D Printed Miniature (and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)” “this game is designed to suck your wallet dry”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “The Death of the Brick and Mortar Toy Store” Balance issues and turn-one wins
“I find the game broken and totally driven by marketing.”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Interactive Warhammer 40k Galaxy Map” “It frequently results in turn 1 wins before you even get to play.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “The Year of the 3D Printed Miniature (and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000This page | 10 | 7 | 59% | 5 | — | — |
| Warhammer by Games Workshop | 9 | 8 | 53% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Warhammer grew massively and now has a presence across many game genres”
“Obviously not all good, but it's better than being stagnant”
“The later lore is irrelevant, that's when it started turning into crap, especially around the later 2000s.”
“The barrier of entry is admittedly high for playing the game, but it's tons of fun.”
“I find the game broken and totally driven by marketing.”
“this game is designed to suck your wallet dry”
“Got bored with hench guys with guns”
“Powerscaling like drunken teenagers since September 1987.”
“Warhammer 40k is what you get when teenagers try to create something immediately after reading Dune”
“every event is a catastrophe of galactic proportions that somehow is even worse than the previous one”
“I love the lore, but have no interest in actually playing with the miniatures.”
“40k is weird. The scales are often entirely off.”
“It frequently results in turn 1 wins before you even get to play.”
“GW is frankly a shitty company, they are extremely litigious and their business model hinges around nerfing armies and then launching new models to make up the gap.”
“stuff like 10th edition probably helps a bunch”
“it's been awesome learning about everything Warhammer 40k from him”
“when GW said that they were keeping plastic mini prices comparable to lead minis because the injection moulding equipment was really expensive”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.