The T’au are a strange lot in the Warhammer 40k universe. It’s grimly funny if, like the author of this piece, you’re knocking on 40 and you’re still arguing with strangers about obscure Warhammer lore. Why are we delaying starting a family? Why, to spend our time online arguing about rules errata, what does, or doesn’t, constitute cover, and whether or not Erebus is the greatest hero the universe has ever known, of course. State of play: Keep up to date with our 40k 9th edition codex guide Our parents may have been settling down by the time they were nearing 30, but those of us in the millennial cohort, and younger, are waiting longer and longer to do so. Originally posted on Reddit’s most prolific bastion of Warhammer memery, r/grimdank, this meme shows how times have changed. This one… well, this one just gets more of a bitter laugh every year. Per our historical research, the sword-combat-from-the-cupola-of-a-tank meme has since been legitimised at least twice by the GW gods: firstly by appearing as a voice line in Dawn of War II, and secondly in the recent Horus Heresy novel, Master of Mankind. This meme’s precise origins are obscured by time, but it clearly derives from one of the ever-current discussions amongst Warhammer 40k players: why, in a universe populated by eldritch magical beings and giant robots armed with volcano cannons, is melee combat still so popular? Answers on a postcard, folks. This meme even appears in Dawn of War 2 and a Horus Heresy novel It’s certainly a welcome relief from all the grimdark out there. Busily beavering away, 40k fans have spent the entire Internet Age crafting their very own memes about the game and its surrounding universe. No gang of fans can have its levity glands stifled for long, and lovers of Warhammer 40k are no different. Playing Warhammer 40k can be a serious business, and one that some folks approach with a level of gravity befitting a game of grandmaster chess.īut there’s light among those stars. Every game has the chance to bring you soaring victory, or crushing defeat.
It doesn’t take a long stay in the war-torn universe of Warhammer 40k to realise that there’s not very much there to smile about.Įven when it comes to playing the tabletop game, there’s a fair amount of drama and tragedy. We manage to get off our little mud ball and dance amongst the stars – but there’s aliens, daemons, and heresy floating in that inky sea we call space. By all accounts, the future looks pretty grim for humanity.
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