Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-88.114.255.138-20130111160957/@comment-1657156-20130409192817

Marshall Silverman wrote: And the more complicated and vast it is, the more time is needed for it to be `digested`, if you will, by the people. That might well sum it up.

The reason for not advancing the storyline is simply because there is more to be said and chronicled and invoked in gameplay.

The day MIGHT come when the realms of Warhammer 40k have been fully explored and have been chronicled exhaustively...

But, that day is a long way off. Warhammer 40k was launched in the 1980s, after all.

Now, having said that...

My personal theory is that when the storyline is advanced further, it will because Games Workshop is in trouble as a company. And that's not as unlikely as we might want to think. Interest in table-top gaming waxes and wanes from year to year.

Ergo, being backed-up against a wall, and with nothing left to lose, that's when they'll play their card of last resort:

advancing the storyline.

Thus, the company will either:

A)go out with a huge BANG!

or

B)create a sudden resurgence in the franchise, compelling them to delve into the chronicles that come after the 41st millennium!