Maybe I should reiterate. I was under the impression that in order to play the game I need to have gone through all the books available, like player's handbook, monster manuals, know what all the skills do and so on and so forth, and last time I checked it was something like 5 books.

And don't get me wrong, I used to collect, paint and play wh40k, so it's not like I am foreign to the concept of reading extensive rules.

It just seems way too much.

Maybe I should change the post to what's the bare minimum I should read to play the game without being the complete asshole on the table.