Reddit mentions of Vermintide (Warhammer)

I am by no means very knowledgable about the universe. I know a lot about DnD, but only admired Warhammer from afar. Much like you, I've only gotten interested after the game.

I've recently started reading The Legend of Sigmar by Graham McNeill. In the prolog, he states that most of the lore is stitched together from the role playing books. The book is decent so far, but its setting is thousands of years before End Times.

There are a handful of fictional "End Times" books. Before Sigmar, I read The Fall of Altdorf, which was pretty good. It takes place north of Ubersreik, where the Chaos invasion is most severe. By comparison, the Chaos army makes the rats seem like a inconvenience.

There are some books written about the Vermintide itself, but I haven't read any. One interesting review on Amazon:

>There are two ways to write skaven, there is the William King 'funny' skaven as featured in the excellent Slayers series and then there is the 'scary' skaven.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't comment.

http://www.amazon.com/Vermintide-Warhammer-Novels-Bruno-Lee/dp/1844162869

Another great source is The Warhammer Wiki itself. http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/The_End_Times

Hope this helps.