<p>On the official part, GW has also the <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/astronomican.jsp" rel="nofollow">Astronomican</a> with some articles</p>

<p>On the unnoficial, apart from the already mentioned Lexicanum, <a href="http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">warhammer40k.wikia.com</a> has also a lot of background (generic, not as unit-level deep as Lexicanum).</p>

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Kartones
<p>You can also hit up the <a href="http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Lexicanum</a> for relatively detailed historical entries;  just bear in mind that being a wiki, there is some information on there that is of disputed quality.</p>

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GWLlosa
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000_species" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000_species</a></p>

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Could you please expand on this at all? A single link shouldn't really suffice as an answer
AncientSwordRage
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gkrogers
<p>A basic introduction is available via <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?pageMode=multi&amp;categoryId=cat440130a&amp;pIndex=4&amp;aId=9300005&amp;start=5">Games Workshop</a>, and a general overview can be found on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000">Warhammer_40,000 page on Wikipedia</a>.</p>

<p>Beyond that, there is an enormous amount of information available in the Codexes.  Games workshop produces a Codex for each race which contains a lot of backstory as well as units and rules specific to that race.</p>

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There's also a huge amount of backstory in issues of White Dwarf magazine, and the Black Library range of novels.
ire_and_curses
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dta
<p>Is there any backstory to the different races in Warhammer 40K...?</p>

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2012-01-04T18:25:02.980Z
Why not ask on the [Sci-Fi](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/) stackexchange site?
AncientSwordRage
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Warhammer 40K backstory
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# Warhammer 40K backstory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2010-10-27)

Is there any backstory to the different races in Warhammer 40K...?

**Tags:** warhammer-40k

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why not ask on the [Sci-Fi](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/) stackexchange site?  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2010-10-27. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

A basic introduction is available via [Games Workshop](http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?pageMode=multi&categoryId=cat440130a&pIndex=4&aId=9300005&start=5), and a general overview can be found on the [Warhammer\_40,000 page on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000).

Beyond that, there is an enormous amount of information available in the Codexes. Games workshop produces a Codex for each race which contains a lot of backstory as well as units and rules specific to that race.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: There's also a huge amount of backstory in issues of White Dwarf magazine, and the Black Library range of novels.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2011-08-05. Score: 3

On the official part, GW has also the [Astronomican](http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/astronomican.jsp) with some articles

On the unnoficial, apart from the already mentioned Lexicanum, [warhammer40k.wikia.com](http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) has also a lot of background (generic, not as unit-level deep as Lexicanum).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2010-10-28. Score: 3

You can also hit up the [Lexicanum](http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page) for relatively detailed historical entries; just bear in mind that being a wiki, there is some information on there that is of disputed quality.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2010-10-27. Score: 0

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000_species>

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you please expand on this at all? A single link shouldn't really suffice as an answer  

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