Warhammer
A warhammer is a hammer wielded for war, rather than construction. Real warhammers have smallish heads on long shafts, designed more like claw hammers or pickaxes, and were used to both hammer unprotected heads and bash and break plate armor to the point where it became useless; fantasy art usually shows them with massive heads the size of anvils.
Warhammer can also refer to one of several games by Games Workshop:
- Warhammer Fantasy Battle (or WHFB) a wargame taking place in a fantasy universe (orcs, elves, dwarves, magic etc)
- Warhammer 40k (W40k or just 40k) another wargame, but this time taking place in a distant future, sci-fi version of the fantasy universe
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WHFRP) a RPG, based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world.
There is also the Dark Heresy game which is to Warhammer 40k what is WHFRP to WFB, ergo, a RPG set in the W40k universe, but it does not sport Warhammer in the title.