I'm familiar with 40k.

You couldn't really make anything to do with it as it's copyrighted by Games Workshop.

Of course, there's little to stop you changing the names slightly (but sufficiently to avoid lawsuits ).

BattleMallet 52K!


Seriously, if you want to make an RPG, get ready for a lot of artwork, unless you want to bore the user with repeditive graphics.

I'm building something now... and I've got a tile-based map happening, a dodge character, and it's growing. But it looks like a 4 year olds drawing (green for grass, blue for water, 1 stick figure).

If you know a friend or someone who has free time for drawing and meshing (3D) then that could help.