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.
The Brotherhood Tree. Even after losing 74 feet of it's top in a in a storm, its still one of the largest living things in the world. The Brotherhood Tree (see tall photo at right) was named fin hope for the brotherhood of man. It is over 2000 years old, 19 feet in diameter, 60 feet in circumference and 297 feet tall.