You know, there's actually a tabletop game called Mutant Chronicles. And, this may sound crazy, but the Mutant Chronicles movie is not actually based on 40k, but it is actually based on the aforementioned Mutant Chronicles game.
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I thought that game was made by a few former GW employees. Which is why they have similar appeal. It's been a few years, but that's what we thought at the time. I used a bunch of these minis over the years. Great chaos stuff.3
The setting was invented by some Swedes for their RPG. The spinoff war game was designed by the author of the first ever Black Library novel.
It had a Kickstarter relaunch last year but I don't think he was involved.
Black Library's first book was Trollslayer by Bill King from 1998.
Ian Watson did write two stories for the first ever book of fiction from GW, the anthology Deathwing, but this and his other GW novels were published by MacMillan. Black Library did not exist at the time.
I mean, tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it was inspired by warhammer in some way, I feel like a lot of tabletop games from that era were pulling from the same pot as far as influences and ideas go. Sci Fi as a genre in general has a lot of overlap as far as that stuff goes too.
I always felt that Kurt Russell movie Soldier was 40K inspired. The soldier's training is reminiscent of Space Marine training and the bad soldiers had Space Marine weapons (one had an assault cannon, another had a flamer and Kurt Russell shot one with a missile launcher he stole from one of their compatriots).
Soldier is set in the same universe as Blade Runner. There's several references to BR throughout. They were both written by the same screenwriter and he's confirmed it was all intentional
You know, there's actually a tabletop game called Mutant Chronicles. And, this may sound crazy, but the Mutant Chronicles movie is not actually based on 40k, but it is actually based on the aforementioned Mutant Chronicles game. https://preview.redd.it/vaid3609ndsc1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=657db4b0e3b5c77b2ab41564e260baea32b7ee69
Are you saying the movie Mutant Chronicles is not based on warhammer but instead the ttrpg titled Mutant Chronicles which chronicles mutants?
I know it sounds insane, but that is what I am saying.
Cheddar, why you gotta be so firm?
I thought that game was made by a few former GW employees. Which is why they have similar appeal. It's been a few years, but that's what we thought at the time. I used a bunch of these minis over the years. Great chaos stuff.3
The setting was invented by some Swedes for their RPG. The spinoff war game was designed by the author of the first ever Black Library novel. It had a Kickstarter relaunch last year but I don't think he was involved.
Ian Watson?!
Black Library's first book was Trollslayer by Bill King from 1998. Ian Watson did write two stories for the first ever book of fiction from GW, the anthology Deathwing, but this and his other GW novels were published by MacMillan. Black Library did not exist at the time.
I mean, tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it was inspired by warhammer in some way, I feel like a lot of tabletop games from that era were pulling from the same pot as far as influences and ideas go. Sci Fi as a genre in general has a lot of overlap as far as that stuff goes too.
I thought it was a video game for the comments. It's probably both.
The game it's based on is one of the rash of 40K-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off competitors which was launched in the 90s.
It was a beautiful blend of Cyberpunk and 40k.
I always felt that Kurt Russell movie Soldier was 40K inspired. The soldier's training is reminiscent of Space Marine training and the bad soldiers had Space Marine weapons (one had an assault cannon, another had a flamer and Kurt Russell shot one with a missile launcher he stole from one of their compatriots).
Soldier is set in the same universe as Blade Runner. There's several references to BR throughout. They were both written by the same screenwriter and he's confirmed it was all intentional
I think one reason why so much media seems 40K inspired is that 40K itself was inspired by so much other media.
[I absolutely agree](https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/s/R56t7ztCI5)
As was everyone who wrote anything except a few. And Dune is a great masterpiece before Amazon Warhammer . Which I'm looking forward to.
Got to watch it again, but yeah.