The first edition of the game, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, was published in 1987. Game designer Rick Priestley created the original rules set (based on the contemporary second edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle) alongside the Warhammer 40,000 gameworld.
The largest living thing on Earth is a humongous fungus. Forget blue whales and giant redwood trees. Italian chef Antonio Carluccio says it is delicious with spaghetti and red chilli. But to gardeners it is a menace that threatens their hedges, roses and rhododendrons.
Strange but True: The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus. The blue whale is big, but nowhere near as huge as a sprawling fungus in eastern Oregon.