Game History
Warhammer 40k released in this year
1987
After having his arm severed by the Nightbringer, Pasanius Lysane was given a prosthetic made of this ancient material
Necrodermis
These flame-wielding space marines typically wear green
Salamanders
This famously ugly bug got a makeover in the Leviathan box set
Screamer-Killer
This is the smallest class of Imperial Knight
Armiger
The 5" template in older editions used to have this dessert-like name
Baron Roland is a Knight of this green-clad house in the novella Knights of the Imperium
Cadmus
This non-codex-compliant chapter wears all black
Black Templars
This cyclops got a brand new model toward the tail end of 7th edition, alongside the rest of his faction
Magnus the Red
Adeptus Custodes bikers are known by this name
Vertus Praetors
Secondary objectives were officially introduced in this edition of Warhammer 40k
9th
The Song of Serenade in Robert Rath's The Infinite and the Divine is in this musical scale
Pentatonic
The Lamenters are Blood Angels successors, but their armor is this color
Yellow
This staple transport of many factions has had many designs over the years, including additional patterns for different systems
Rhino
Farewell Thunderchild! You will never convince me that the Necron Doomstalker is not ripped straight from this H.G. Wells novel
The War of the Worlds
Back in the day, vehicles didn't have a wounds characteristic. In 6th and 7th editions, they'd have a similar attribute with this name
Hull points
Uriel is sent on a mission to destroy this unholy Iron Warriors breeding mechanism in the Graham McNeill's Dead Sky, Black Sun
The Daemonculaba
The Novamarines have armor of these two colors
Novamarines
Things are getting bigger in 40k! The typical base size used to be 25mm, but nowadays, even guardsmen can be found standing on this size base
32mm
Morvenn Vahl bears this title, the highest in the Adepta Sororitas
Abbess Sanctorum
The oppressive Imperial Guard list in 5th edition had this name, taken from gardening equipment because of how efficiently it could remove the opponent's models
Leafblower
Aleya's only words spoken in Watchers of the Throne are these
"By His will alone."
The extinct chapter formerly known as the Soul Drinkers bore this color armor
Purple
The T'au Riptide battlesuit was the biggest bad on the table for the faction, seeing a release in this first and only full year of 6th edition
2013
Blue carries this special property for the orks who wear it
Luck/lucky