Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director explains how core 40K tabletop features like ‘Armor of Contempt’ were adapted to the RTS — ‘It’s not the same mechanic, but it does kind of the same thing’

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen explains how King Art introduced ideas from the Warhammer 40K TTRPG
• Theysen says it took "basic ideas" from the tabletop game that were familiar to fans
• Features like Armor of Contempt were also adapted to make sense for the real-time strategy experience

King Art Games co-founder and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has explained how the studio implemented ideas from the Warhammer 40K tabletop game to make sense for long-time fans and newcomers.

In a lengthy interview with TechRadar Gaming, where Theysen described how the game manifests the classic RTS experience of the 2004 game and which hero mechanics and UI featuresit borrowed from Dawn of War 2 and 3, the creative director said that it was always King Art's intention to take inspiration from the beloved tabletop game.

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