SPREAD THE WORD!
Few sane minds could truly stand millennia of war. After the Volgan War, after the conquest of Mars, after the rise of the Termite Empire and the endless wars against the alien, after border conflicts and assassinations, after purges and pogroms, the endless evidence of man’s inhumanity would grind down even the stoutest heart.
Sanity, however, is an overrated concept.
The ABC Warriors started life in a comic called Ro-Busters, detailing the exploits of a robot search and rescue squad. The Ro-Busters eventually found new life in 2000AD in stories that gave details of their violent pasts and even more violent futures. The comic became one of the iconic serials of the British weekly, joining the ranks of Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog, Slaine, and Nemesis the Warlock.
Between 1983 and 1984 the Warriors began, one-by one, to be introduced into a crossover storyline in Nemesis. Set in a demented future of xenocidal terminator crusaders, alien sorcerers and centaurs, neo-Victorian obsessives, time travel, poorly understood but highly advanced technology and maniacs of every creed, colour and species, Nemesis the Warlock formed one long story made up of several chapter-like Books, which we’ve all been along over the last few days.
Much like Nemesis, as well as providing occasionally baffling inspiration to players and GMS of future fantasy games, the ABC Warriors provide a good deal of insight into the development of the 40k universe. Mongoose games also produced miniature warriors to go with their Judge Dredd skirmish game, though they are unfortunately not presently for sale.
Nemesis the Warlock :
Prologue, Books One and Two Books Three and the first half of Book F our Book Four Second half of Book Four, Book Five and First half of Book Six Second half of Books Six, Book Seven
