Getting to Know the Most Popular Warhammer 40k Space Marine Chapters

This guide gives a detailed overview of all the most important chapters, their origins, lore, and how you can start playing them. As with all our 40k guides, we're drawing on dozens of GW sources, from Warhammer 40k codex rulebooks to Black Library novels and lore tomes like Imperial Armor.. Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect. that are all connected in the 40k universe.

Of the many menacing chapters out there, a select few stand out as what are likely the best Space Marine chapters in Warhammer 40,000.. This list includes all known Loyal Chapters (discounting or missing chapters). It should also be noted that some Chapters have changed their names during their history and may be represented on this list more than once under different titles.