Re: [Epic] The ages of Warhammer was mixing (long)

From: Tyler Provick <bprovick_at_...>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 21:56:59 -0400

>*But*... if you look in Rogue Trader, page 175, it does imply that
>Squats are part of the Imperium. ("In the Imperium, Squats are the only
>abhuman type commonly seen occupying positions of authority, even
>entering the priesthood and the ranks of the Inquisition.") Now, the
>problem is that the date in Rogue Trader, while never specified as far
>as I can see, is at least 4590640/M41, which is listed in one of the
>flavor sections (p.32). Year 640 of the 41st millenium... the "current"
>year in Warhammer 40,000 is the year 987, exactly 40,000 years after the
>game was initially released if I'm not mistaken. (That, from the dating
>conventions article in White Dwarf 97.)

When was that White Dwarf published? It wouldn't be 1987 would it. If so
then we have any easy way to update the timeline, it would currently be
0000997/M41. Which means the battle for Ichar IV took place sometime in
0000996/M41

Tyler
Received on Tue Sep 02 1997 - 01:56:59 UTC