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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 7967139" data-attributes="member: 4534">Warhammer 40k has never managed to embed itself into the public consciousness to the extent that D&amp;D had managed to do by 1985.&nbsp; In 1984 you could watch the Dungeons &amp; Dragons cartoon on CBS Saturday morning, walk into KB Toys at your local mall that afternoon and purchase D&amp;D toys produced by LJN, go to Sears and get your Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons cartridge for your Intellivision, and I'm pretty sure you could pick up D&amp;D pencils, stickers, and other branded items at K-Mart.&nbsp; The original Rogue Trader wasn't released until 1987 and Satanic Panic was pretty much at the end when Warhammer 40k was released in 1993.&nbsp; (I would argue that the trial of the West Memphis 3 in 1994 was the last hurrah for Satanic Panic in the US.)&nbsp; By the early 1990s, D&amp;D had established itself as a household name and Warhammer has yet to achieve that level of brand recognition.&nbsp; If I told one of my coworkers I was going to play some Dungeons &amp; Dragons this weekend they'd at least have a vague idea of what I was talking about.&nbsp; If I told them I was going to play some Warhammer they'd just give me a blank look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 7967139, member: 4534"] Warhammer 40k has never managed to embed itself into the public consciousness to the extent that D&D had managed to do by 1985. In 1984 you could watch the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon on CBS Saturday morning, walk into KB Toys at your local mall that afternoon and purchase D&D toys produced by LJN, go to Sears and get your Advanced Dungeons & Dragons cartridge for your Intellivision, and I'm pretty sure you could pick up D&D pencils, stickers, and other branded items at K-Mart. The original Rogue Trader wasn't released until 1987 and Satanic Panic was pretty much at the end when Warhammer 40k was released in 1993. (I would argue that the trial of the West Memphis 3 in 1994 was the last hurrah for Satanic Panic in the US.) By the early 1990s, D&D had established itself as a household name and Warhammer has yet to achieve that level of brand recognition. If I told one of my coworkers I was going to play some Dungeons & Dragons this weekend they'd at least have a vague idea of what I was talking about. If I told them I was going to play some Warhammer they'd just give me a blank look. [/QUOTE]

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