And boy, oh boy, what a big, horrible and altogether complicated war it can seem sometimes! The borders of 40k have grown exponentially over the three decades since Games Workshop released its first edition of the game (then called Rogue Trader) in 1987. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war – this is one of few fundamental laws in the vast, intoxicating, gothic sci-fi setting of Warhammer 40k.