Space King: The Funniest, Most Savage Show I’ve Seen in Years

It was a sad day for Warhammer 40,000 players when Games Workshop went woke, put chicks in their game and made it gay. Given that the company is based in England and the mercenary management team was happy to wreck the lore if it could sell a few more outrageously over-priced models, it was not surprising, just disappointing. Actually, it was a little surprising because the setting is about the least hospitable environment for wokeness to take root. Set in the 41st Millennium, Warhammer 40k is a pastiche of sci-fi tropes and satire so heavy you need a crane to lift it. Born in Thatcherite Britain, nursed on parodies, word-play and an over-the-top juvenile need to play with spiky army men, the Warhammer 40k universe famously has no good guys. Indeed, the tagline for the setting is: In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. The Warhammer 40k universe is host to a dizzying array of hostile aliens, space undead, and demons, all of whom hate each other but are mostly about wiping out humanity, which has given itself over the rule of a god-emperor/liche king entombed in a golden throne who survives on a diet of 1,000 psychics a day. The Imperium of Man is a blend of the ...