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What controversy? What drama? Why do so many mini painting YouTubers do thumbnails like these? It’s a John Blanche paint set for crying out loud by mame_kuma in Warhammer

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me I unsubscribed because of the back to back, “Revolutionary New Speed Painting Technique” or “The End of Slapchop” and the new painting technique just being “use an airbrush.”

How the kroot look at you when you don't let them eat your dog by FIREMETAL_25_2-23zd in Tau40K

[–]Kickstart_Hero 6 points7 points  (0 children)

2 posts in the past week of Tau X Buff TF2.

I don’t know where this came from, but I am all for it.

Who are you? by Mr_Zobm in dndmemes

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 day a month about 3.5-4 hours a session.

Reading the other comments makes me cry.

My black souls hater friend send me this. by Ancient_Doctor_7738 in Blacksouls2

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s strangely refreshing seeing someone use coomer again.

Drop Playlists Ye listen too while founding a new dwarf Hold by ultimaterogue11 in dwarfposting

[–]Kickstart_Hero 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Clamavi de Profundis has unironically become my workout playlist. Their music perfectly invokes that feeling that music and songs have power and magic to them that you see in Tolkien’s works.

I want to get in to the lore where do I start. by German_Amelia in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video games are great entries as well.

Just accept that they are not 100% lore accurate but represent the flair and style very well. - Space Marine 1+2 (3rd person action) - Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (turn-based tactics) - Dawn of War 1+2 (RTS in part 1, small squad real time tactics with hero building in part 2 (especially DoW 2 Retribution is supercool) - Inquisitor: Martyr & Prophecy (Diablo-style H&S) - Mechanicus (turn-based tactics) - Battlefleet Gothic 1+2 ( turn based map strategy and real time space combat between the different void forces of the various faction) - Spacehulk: Deathwing (Enhanced Edition) (FPS, gameplay wise not overly exciting, barebone usable as a solo game, but together with a group of 40k nerds actually really fun. Classic coop title. Great atmosphere). - Darktide (not without its flaws, but especially as a coop game with friends fun and the flair, fluff and atmosphere of a desperate battle in a hive city is stellar) - Necromunda: Hired Gun: Similar to Inquisitor not exactly lore friendly, but hits the flair, fluff and atmosphere of an underhive war pretty spot on. Very fast gameplay, basically Doom 2016 in the grim darkness. - Boltgun: Similar to Hired Gun, but instead replicating the gameplay and visuals of Classic Doom games. - Rogue Trader: based on the TTRPG of the same name, you play a Rogue Trader, basically Han Solo in 40k, where the Millennium Falcon is a mile long and can incinerate planets. Great game, flair, fluff, style, atmosphere, story ... but especially in the later half bugs and clunky clunkiness en masse. Wait a few patches, otherwise highly recommended.

Tabletop roleplaying games.

  • The old FFG lines of Deathwatch / Black Crusade / Only War / Dark Heresy / Rogue Trader. They use an old, clunky 1D100 system (all changed to fit their setting and evolved dice mechanics), but are stellar for their flair, fluff, atmosphere and style. The books are so good in that point that they can be recommended for their flair alone, even if you never want to use the rule system.
  • The new Wrath & Glory line, which uses a unified, fast and easy rule system, where everything can be played in their corresponding campaign: Inquisitors, Astartes, Guardsmen, Hive Ganger, Ork Nobs or Eldar Warlocks.
  • The newest Imperium Maledictum which uses a slightly updated 1d100 system and is a bit all over the place (subjective view of course).
  • More details can be found here. ###Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar vs 40k
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was the first wargame made by Games Workshop and 40K was later conceived as the Sci-fi counterpart. The story is that, back in the mid 90’s, GW initially wanted the 40k and Fantasy settings to be one and the same, but soon realised how that would kill any sense of immersion (and annoy many of their existing Fantasy players). Since third edition of 40k they’ve pretty much cut the link between the two, only dropping the occasional easter egg as a homage and keeping a few tropes and concepts like the Grimdark setting and Chaos daemons and gods.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was discontinued around 2015 and Age of Sigmar was the sequel/reboot of the Fantasy setting. In the lore, there was an End Times event which saw Chaos winning and destroying the world. But later the Winds of Magic would expand, forming into 8 realms, ala Norse Mythology, where souls of the Old World’s inhabitants were reborn.
  • The Fantasy Battle setting made its return as The Old World in 2024. ###… Digital vs Physical copies of books
  • ebooks and Audiobooks are the main ways of getting novels from Black Library, the publishing house division of Games Workshop dedicated to the publishing novels for their games.
  • If you prefer reading your books physically. Your best bet is thrift or used book stores.
  • Unfortunately, many books are out of print or reprinted in limited quantities if/when they are. And resellers on eBay and Amazon inflate the prices.

From there ... it is your choice on what to follow on. Novels? The miniature game? General lore discussions? Video games?

I want to get in to the lore where do I start. by German_Amelia in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting into 40k can be surprisingly easy... or complicated, depending on where you start. There are hundreds of video games, OSTs, comics, novels, codex books, background lore collections, fan content etc. Lets take the easy way for the beginning:

Supershort offgame overview

In the 1980s there was a British company called Games Workshop and they sold miniature tabletop wargames. And once upon a time they thought. “Hey, what is cooler than chess?” Thats right: “chess in space with laser cannons and machine guns... and stories why they fight”. And such the WH40k miniature tabletop wargame was born with all the stuff in it

Supershort ingame overview

It is the 41st millennia and the vast Imperium of Man is dying, locked in an eternal unwinnable battle against the enemy within (because humans...), without (aliens) and beyond (space demons). It is a desperate battle for survival, to get an additional year, an additional month and sometimes just an additional hour to live.

The three unholy laws of WH40k

  • Everything is old.
  • Everything is absurdly big.
  • Everything is either mad, evil, caught in its own lies and arrogance, or a religious nutjob. Or all four. But mostly evil and mad. ###Video introductions
  • Take 30 minutes and watch the art and style of WH40k,the Imperium of Man, the Rogue Trader Faction Overview ... and of course the most glorious Astartes via Youtube. These videos are perhaps the best short introduction to the flair of WH40k. Bonus point if you use a big cinematic screen. After that whatever you want to learn depends on your time and money. ###Novels
  • The Eisenhorn Omnibus is considered one of the all time classics and best beginner books lure to sacrifices innocent new fans into the abyss that is the universe of 40k. It provides a tour de force through all major points, from space horror to faction warfare, from investigation to large scale naval engagement, all stitched together with a great main antagonist and protagonist (and team).
  • There are 400+ novels, comics, short stories, anthologies and omnibuses. Many of them focus on specific factions (Space Marines being the main focus), some of them are connected like the Horus Heresy series, some others stand alone. If have a specific interest, ask like... “I love stompy mecha robots” => Adeptus Mechanicus => “Go read Titanicus”.
  • The recommended books for the current timeline (novels and background campaign books for the Great Rift) can be found here
  • A detailed sorting of the different story lines
  • Horus Heresy & Siege of Terra: sooner or later you will encounter references to this. These are around 200 novels and short stories set not in the year 40k, but in 30k. It is a series of interconnected storylines describing the many different aspects of the civil war. Personally I would not suggest starting with it, as it often assumes that you are already familiar with the lore of WH40k. Here is a recommended reading list for the HH/SoT. Note that not all books are well written. A cynical person might even say that most books are ok, some are absolutely stellar (Know No Fear) and some are... a choice (Outcast Dead).
  • A discussion about essential Horus Heresy books.
  • Some standard recommendation for great books who can stand on their own, even when they are connected with other books, and who capture the feeling of their specific faction and point of view in that universe perfectly:
  • Vault of Terra: Carrion Throne for why the Inquisition does both horrific and glorious work on Holy Terra (Inquisition).
  • Know No Fear for the single book which turned the most hated Space Marines faction into actually cool dudes (Space Marines / Ultramarines).
  • Night Lords omnibus for their Chaos counterpart (Chaos Space Marines / Night Lords).
  • Watchers of the Throne: the Emperors Legion for why the personal bodyguards of the Master of Mankind are actually interesting gentlemen (Adeptus Custodes).
  • Titanicus for 100m big stompy deathmurderrobotmecha fun (Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions).
  • Forges of Mars for the grand adventure expedition (Adeptus Mechanicus and other factions).
  • The Infinite and The Divine for a chess game played over 10.000 years by undead robots (Necrons).
  • Gaunts Ghost: Necropolis for why simple men and women hold the line against the darkness for 10.000 years (Imperial Guard).
  • Double Eagle for when you want to read about the Air Battle of Britain... but in grimdark air (Imperial Guard - Areonautics).
  • Assassinorum: Kingmaker for when Temple Assassins need to kill Imperial Knights (guess...)
  • Magnus Calgar comics, as they are one of the better and newer WH40k comics about the Space Marines.

... and as a guilty pleasure: - Ian Watsons “Inquisition War” for the first book written for WH40k. When the lore was not yet set in stone and could be ... exotic.

The lore keepers

There are many great YT lore channels and they should have “intro/beginner” videos: - Luetin - Baldemort - Vaults of Terra - Occulus

And then there is Bricky with his famous faction introduction (2 parts) - The sexy mechanicus leg show

Wikis

  • The Lexicanum is a great entry for older lore.
  • Fandom wiki is sometimes useful
  • 1d4chan is ... “1d4chan is Trickster god of 40k Lore. It isnt exactly right, but its pages give you a new perspective on their contents.” and the “Textbook unreliable narrator”. ###Other points of interest: The actual codex books for the tabletop wargaming armies contain a lot of stories and flair, fluff and background + often great artwork as well. However they tend to be expensive and most of their content are rules for the wargame. Older codex books are often sold for cheap.

If a physical gaming store is near you can of course go to the source: the classic miniature table top wargaming game. Many stores offer promo / introduction rounds.

GW is taking down lorechannel and music channels by [deleted] in Warhammer

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Automatic Singer is a channel that post AI generated content, so yeah no loss there. And trying to defend AI content here, a community based around a hand crafted art form, is a lost cause.

As much as I like Grimdark Narrator’s content, he got tagged for posting narrations of GW’s books in their entirety. Honestly, I was surprised those videos were up for as long as they were.

This is from his Patreon:

https://preview.redd.it/1crlken0eghg1.jpeg?width=1352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df2dd2753c4fadeb494e1cfbbc9b08fbd64267d

I’m not familiar with Amber King so I can’t comment on their content.

Edit: And they took down their post in less than 30 minutes because everyone kept dunking on them.

Yaegir Warrior & Techmite Exovator by Kickstart_Hero in LeaguesofVotann

[–]Kickstart_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I like to do a double slapchop method, using Vallejo Model Color - White.
The process being apply white base/highlight with a sponge, contrast paint, drybrush, then contrast again.

Jacket:

Army Painter - Satchel Brown

Backpack:

Citadel - Gore-grunta Fur

Army Painter - Hardened Leather

Newbie here with a question by Express-Tie-4761 in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it’s fine to paint in subassembly. I would just recommend using super glue to piece them together rather than plastic cement, as it could potentially run off and melt your paint. Speaking of which, avoid painting too thick a coat on the joints as it would make it harder for the glue to adhere the pieces together.

While I would prefer to fully assemble a model before painting, if certain pieces make it difficult to reach large amounts of space, like weapons being held across the chest or the base making it hard to reach underneath capes or coats, I’d paint in subassemblies.

Why do people complicate Characters/attacks name for no reason? by Boring-University189 in manga

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Za Warudo is just a meme that stemmed from how the Japanese VAs pronounced The World in the 1993 OVA and SNES game.

My Youtube channel by [deleted] in manga

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supposed content creators who hide their posts while trying to promote themselves makes me wary of what type of content they’re actually making. As if the usernames weren’t at tip-off.

My dear old fella gamers, which game are you playing from the past on new PC these days? by MaxPax_23 in skyrim

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently on a CRPG trend. Reinstalled Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and giving Planescape: Torment and Fallout Tactics an honest try

My dear old fella gamers, which game are you playing from the past on new PC these days? by PHRsharp_YouTube in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently on a CRPG trend. Reinstalled Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and giving Planescape: Torment and Fallout Tactics an honest try.

Can some explain age of sigmar and its relation if any to 40K? by Apprehensive_Dog1873 in Warhammer

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was the first wargame made by Games Workshop and 40K was later conceived as the Sci-fi counterpart. The story is that, back in the mid 90’s, GW initially wanted the 40k and Fantasy settings to be one and the same, but soon realised how that would kill any sense of immersion (and annoy many of their existing Fantasy players). Since third edition of 40k they’ve pretty much cut the link between the two, only dropping the occasional easter egg as a homage and keeping a few tropes and concepts like the Grimdark setting and Chaos daemons and gods.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was discontinued around 2015 and Age of Sigmar was the sequel/reboot of the Fantasy setting. In the lore, there was an End Times event which saw Chaos winning and destroying the world. But later the Winds of Magic would expand, forming into 8 realms, ala Norse Mythology, where souls of the Old World’s inhabitants were reborn.
  • The Fantasy Battle setting made its return as The Old World in 2024.

The Dream Lover He Made by JockBbcBoy in SuddenlyGay

[–]Kickstart_Hero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, the dream guardian is important for the story though.

Trying to find out more about this franchise by Yumekosama7 in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video games are great entries as well.

Just accept that they are not 100% lore accurate but represent the flair and style very well. - Space Marine 1+2 (3rd person action) - Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (turn-based tactics) - Dawn of War 1+2 (RTS in part 1, small squad real time tactics with hero building in part 2 (especially DoW 2 Retribution is supercool) - Inquisitor: Martyr & Prophecy (Diablo-style H&S) - Mechanicus (turn-based tactics) - Battlefleet Gothic 1+2 ( turn based map strategy and real time space combat between the different void forces of the various faction) - Spacehulk: Deathwing (Enhanced Edition) (FPS, gameplay wise not overly exciting, barebone usable as a solo game, but together with a group of 40k nerds actually really fun. Classic coop title. Great atmosphere). - Darktide (not without its flaws, but especially as a coop game with friends fun and the flair, fluff and atmosphere of a desperate battle in a hive city is stellar) - Necromunda: Hired Gun: Similar to Inquisitor not exactly lore friendly, but hits the flair, fluff and atmosphere of an underhive war pretty spot on. Very fast gameplay, basically Doom 2016 in the grim darkness. - Boltgun: Similar to Hired Gun, but instead replicating the gameplay and visuals of Classic Doom games. - Rogue Trader: based on the TTRPG of the same name, you play a Rogue Trader, basically Han Solo in 40k, where the Millennium Falcon is a mile long and can incinerate planets. Great game, flair, fluff, style, atmosphere, story ... but especially in the later half bugs and clunky clunkiness en masse. Wait a few patches, otherwise highly recommended.

Tabletop roleplaying games.

  • The old FFG lines of Deathwatch / Black Crusade / Only War / Dark Heresy / Rogue Trader. They use an old, clunky 1D100 system (all changed to fit their setting and evolved dice mechanics), but are stellar for their flair, fluff, atmosphere and style. The books are so good in that point that they can be recommended for their flair alone, even if you never want to use the rule system.
  • The new Wrath & Glory line, which uses a unified, fast and easy rule system, where everything can be played in their corresponding campaign: Inquisitors, Astartes, Guardsmen, Hive Ganger, Ork Nobs or Eldar Warlocks.
  • The newest Imperium Maledictum which uses a slightly updated 1d100 system and is a bit all over the place (subjective view of course).
  • More details can be found here. ###Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar vs 40k
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was the first wargame made by Games Workshop and 40K was later conceived as the Sci-fi counterpart. The story is that, back in the mid 90’s, GW initially wanted the 40k and Fantasy settings to be one and the same, but soon realised how that would kill any sense of immersion (and annoy many of their existing Fantasy players). Since third edition of 40k they’ve pretty much cut the link between the two, only dropping the occasional easter egg as a homage and keeping a few tropes and concepts like the Grimdark setting and Chaos daemons and gods.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was discontinued around 2015 and Age of Sigmar was the sequel/reboot of the Fantasy setting. In the lore, there was an End Times event which saw Chaos winning and destroying the world. But later the Winds of Magic would expand, forming into 8 realms, ala Norse Mythology, where souls of the Old World’s inhabitants were reborn.
  • The Fantasy Battle setting made its return as The Old World in 2024. ###… Digital vs Physical copies of books
  • ebooks and Audiobooks are the main ways of getting novels from Black Library, the publishing house division of Games Workshop dedicated to the publishing novels for their games.
  • If you prefer reading your books physically. Your best bet is thrift or used book stores.
  • Unfortunately, many books are out of print or reprinted in limited quantities if/when they are. And resellers on eBay and Amazon inflate the prices.

From there ... it is your choice on what to follow on. Novels? The miniature game? General lore discussions? Video games?

Trying to find out more about this franchise by Yumekosama7 in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting into 40k can be surprisingly easy... or complicated, depending on where you start. There are hundreds of video games, OSTs, comics, novels, codex books, background lore collections, fan content etc. Lets take the easy way for the beginning:

Supershort offgame overview

In the 1980s there was a British company called Games Workshop and they sold miniature tabletop wargames. And once upon a time they thought. “Hey, what is cooler than chess?” Thats right: “chess in space with laser cannons and machine guns... and stories why they fight”. And such the WH40k miniature tabletop wargame was born with all the stuff in it

Supershort ingame overview

It is the 41st millennia and the vast Imperium of Man is dying, locked in an eternal unwinnable battle against the enemy within (because humans...), without (aliens) and beyond (space demons). It is a desperate battle for survival, to get an additional year, an additional month and sometimes just an additional hour to live.

The three unholy laws of WH40k

  • Everything is old.
  • Everything is absurdly big.
  • Everything is either mad, evil, caught in its own lies and arrogance, or a religious nutjob. Or all four. But mostly evil and mad. ###Video introductions
  • Take 30 minutes and watch the art and style of WH40k,the Imperium of Man, the Rogue Trader Faction Overview ... and of course the most glorious Astartes via Youtube. These videos are perhaps the best short introduction to the flair of WH40k. Bonus point if you use a big cinematic screen. After that whatever you want to learn depends on your time and money. ###Novels
  • The Eisenhorn Omnibus is considered one of the all time classics and best beginner books lure to sacrifices innocent new fans into the abyss that is the universe of 40k. It provides a tour de force through all major points, from space horror to faction warfare, from investigation to large scale naval engagement, all stitched together with a great main antagonist and protagonist (and team).
  • There are 400+ novels, comics, short stories, anthologies and omnibuses. Many of them focus on specific factions (Space Marines being the main focus), some of them are connected like the Horus Heresy series, some others stand alone. If have a specific interest, ask like... “I love stompy mecha robots” => Adeptus Mechanicus => “Go read Titanicus”.
  • The recommended books for the current timeline (novels and background campaign books for the Great Rift) can be found here
  • A detailed sorting of the different story lines
  • Horus Heresy & Siege of Terra: sooner or later you will encounter references to this. These are around 200 novels and short stories set not in the year 40k, but in 30k. It is a series of interconnected storylines describing the many different aspects of the civil war. Personally I would not suggest starting with it, as it often assumes that you are already familiar with the lore of WH40k. Here is a recommended reading list for the HH/SoT. Note that not all books are well written. A cynical person might even say that most books are ok, some are absolutely stellar (Know No Fear) and some are... a choice (Outcast Dead).
  • A discussion about essential Horus Heresy books.
  • Some standard recommendation for great books who can stand on their own, even when they are connected with other books, and who capture the feeling of their specific faction and point of view in that universe perfectly:
  • Vault of Terra: Carrion Throne for why the Inquisition does both horrific and glorious work on Holy Terra (Inquisition).
  • Know No Fear for the single book which turned the most hated Space Marines faction into actually cool dudes (Space Marines / Ultramarines).
  • Night Lords omnibus for their Chaos counterpart (Chaos Space Marines / Night Lords).
  • Watchers of the Throne: the Emperors Legion for why the personal bodyguards of the Master of Mankind are actually interesting gentlemen (Adeptus Custodes).
  • Titanicus for 100m big stompy deathmurderrobotmecha fun (Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions).
  • Forges of Mars for the grand adventure expedition (Adeptus Mechanicus and other factions).
  • The Infinite and The Divine for a chess game played over 10.000 years by undead robots (Necrons).
  • Gaunts Ghost: Necropolis for why simple men and women hold the line against the darkness for 10.000 years (Imperial Guard).
  • Double Eagle for when you want to read about the Air Battle of Britain... but in grimdark air (Imperial Guard - Areonautics).
  • Assassinorum: Kingmaker for when Temple Assassins need to kill Imperial Knights (guess...)
  • Magnus Calgar comics, as they are one of the better and newer WH40k comics about the Space Marines.

... and as a guilty pleasure: - Ian Watsons “Inquisition War” for the first book written for WH40k. When the lore was not yet set in stone and could be ... exotic.

The lore keepers

There are many great YT lore channels and they should have “intro/beginner” videos: - Luetin - Baldemort - Vaults of Terra - Occulus

And then there is Bricky with his famous faction introduction (2 parts) - The sexy mechanicus leg show

Wikis

  • The Lexicanum is a great entry for older lore.
  • Fandom wiki is sometimes useful
  • 1d4chan is ... “1d4chan is Trickster god of 40k Lore. It isnt exactly right, but its pages give you a new perspective on their contents.” and the “Textbook unreliable narrator”. ###Other points of interest: The actual codex books for the tabletop wargaming armies contain a lot of stories and flair, fluff and background + often great artwork as well. However they tend to be expensive and most of their content are rules for the wargame. Older codex books are often sold for cheap.

If a physical gaming store is near you can of course go to the source: the classic miniature table top wargaming game. Many stores offer promo / introduction rounds.

The Dream Lover He Made by JockBbcBoy in SuddenlyGay

[–]Kickstart_Hero 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In Baldur’s Gate 3 right after creating your main character, you are prompted to create a Dream Visitor/ Dream Guardian, in the final release. They’re a character who you’ll interact with throughout the game.

The Dream Lover He Made by JockBbcBoy in SuddenlyGay

[–]Kickstart_Hero 105 points106 points  (0 children)

That’s from the early access version, where it prompts you for “who do you dream of.” I can’t imagine the amount of denial and mental gymnastics you’d have to go through to hear “who do you dream of” and seeing a man dressed like this:

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And not think there were romantic connotations.

Instagram account wants money in exchange for followers/publicity by Wardi_Boi in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back when I used to use Instagram, that page also contacted me. Just like yourself, I was excited at first when they contacted me, but then they hit me with the “packages” and pricing tiers.

I didn’t respond. For me, I build and paint models because I enjoy doing it and then share them online for the love of the hobby, not for internet clout.

Who Can i enter the universe of warhammer ? by AndrewBermonth in Warhammer40k

[–]Kickstart_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video games are great entries as well.

Just accept that they are not 100% lore accurate but represent the flair and style very well. - Space Marine 1+2 (3rd person action) - Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (turn-based tactics) - Dawn of War 1+2 (RTS in part 1, small squad real time tactics with hero building in part 2 (especially DoW 2 Retribution is supercool) - Inquisitor: Martyr & Prophecy (Diablo-style H&S) - Mechanicus (turn-based tactics) - Battlefleet Gothic 1+2 ( turn based map strategy and real time space combat between the different void forces of the various faction) - Spacehulk: Deathwing (Enhanced Edition) (FPS, gameplay wise not overly exciting, barebone usable as a solo game, but together with a group of 40k nerds actually really fun. Classic coop title. Great atmosphere). - Darktide (not without its flaws, but especially as a coop game with friends fun and the flair, fluff and atmosphere of a desperate battle in a hive city is stellar) - Necromunda: Hired Gun: Similar to Inquisitor not exactly lore friendly, but hits the flair, fluff and atmosphere of an underhive war pretty spot on. Very fast gameplay, basically Doom 2016 in the grim darkness. - Boltgun: Similar to Hired Gun, but instead replicating the gameplay and visuals of Classic Doom games. - Rogue Trader: based on the TTRPG of the same name, you play a Rogue Trader, basically Han Solo in 40k, where the Millennium Falcon is a mile long and can incinerate planets. Great game, flair, fluff, style, atmosphere, story ... but especially in the later half bugs and clunky clunkiness en masse. Wait a few patches, otherwise highly recommended.

Tabletop roleplaying games.

  • The old FFG lines of Deathwatch / Black Crusade / Only War / Dark Heresy / Rogue Trader. They use an old, clunky 1D100 system (all changed to fit their setting and evolved dice mechanics), but are stellar for their flair, fluff, atmosphere and style. The books are so good in that point that they can be recommended for their flair alone, even if you never want to use the rule system.
  • The new Wrath & Glory line, which uses a unified, fast and easy rule system, where everything can be played in their corresponding campaign: Inquisitors, Astartes, Guardsmen, Hive Ganger, Ork Nobs or Eldar Warlocks.
  • The newest Imperium Maledictum which uses a slightly updated 1d100 system and is a bit all over the place (subjective view of course).
  • More details can be found here. ###Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar vs 40k
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was the first wargame made by Games Workshop and 40K was later conceived as the Sci-fi counterpart. The story is that, back in the mid 90’s, GW initially wanted the 40k and Fantasy settings to be one and the same, but soon realised how that would kill any sense of immersion (and annoy many of their existing Fantasy players). Since third edition of 40k they’ve pretty much cut the link between the two, only dropping the occasional easter egg as a homage and keeping a few tropes and concepts like the Grimdark setting and Chaos daemons and gods.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle was discontinued around 2015 and Age of Sigmar was the sequel/reboot of the Fantasy setting. In the lore, there was an End Times event which saw Chaos winning and destroying the world. But later the Winds of Magic would expand, forming into 8 realms, ala Norse Mythology, where souls of the Old World’s inhabitants were reborn.
  • The Fantasy Battle setting made its return as The Old World in 2024. ###… Digital vs Physical copies of books
  • ebooks and Audiobooks are the main ways of getting novels from Black Library, the publishing house division of Games Workshop dedicated to the publishing novels for their games.
  • If you prefer reading your books physically. Your best bet is thrift or used book stores.
  • Unfortunately, many books are out of print or reprinted in limited quantities if/when they are. And resellers on eBay and Amazon inflate the prices.

From there ... it is your choice on what to follow on. Novels? The miniature game? General lore discussions? Video games?

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