What is Warhammer 40k? Is it a game or actual history? Can anyone give me some background info?

Answer 1

A army man fighting game, which became the standard army man fighting game among nerds in the 1980s.

Answer 2

it's a game with an extensive history

Answer 3

It's a game. There is no history attached to it.

Answer 4

Good answers

A little further details:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZcIX5PEyo

Answer 5

Its a science fiction table top wargame.

Players collect figures which they have to build and paint themselves, forming armies of these miniatures and play games set in a dystopian fictional universe.

Answer 6

It is a science fiction game based in the 41st millennium. Human have spread out from Earth to colonise the galaxy but they are forced to use brutal methods to keep their citizens under control in the face of threats from traitors, aliens and daemons.