You get the most from reading books honestly. The truly out there stuff that always gets people interested is usually in novels or in the game books for either the ttrpg stuff or tt war games.
The games are getting better, especially if you avoid the endless space marine focused games, but even there, we have some pretty decent games. Space Marine is great. Dawn of War is awesome. Dawn of War will give you a big of every factions flavors, at least enough to get an overview and let you pick who interests you. Maybe start there? Or…
You get the most interesting lore when looking at it from a human perspective I think. Some good lore and closer look can be had with Owlcat’s Rogue Trader. I believe they are working on an Inquisitor game too.
Otherwise, you pick a faction you like and you start digging into the books and codices. I can get you book recs too if you want.
wait… books and codices? i thought those were rough cinnamon rolls. what’s the difference between a wh40k book and a wh40k codex? is one LOTR and one the Silmarillion?
So, it’s actually as complicated as it seems from the outside? Interesting. Not sure if I have the time for an obsession at the moment, maybe in a year or 2. I keep hearing about it, I can’t forget it exists, so that won’t be a problem. Thanks for the advice!
You get the most from reading books honestly. The truly out there stuff that always gets people interested is usually in novels or in the game books for either the ttrpg stuff or tt war games.
The games are getting better, especially if you avoid the endless space marine focused games, but even there, we have some pretty decent games. Space Marine is great. Dawn of War is awesome. Dawn of War will give you a big of every factions flavors, at least enough to get an overview and let you pick who interests you. Maybe start there? Or…
You get the most interesting lore when looking at it from a human perspective I think. Some good lore and closer look can be had with Owlcat’s Rogue Trader. I believe they are working on an Inquisitor game too.
Otherwise, you pick a faction you like and you start digging into the books and codices. I can get you book recs too if you want.
wait… books and codices? i thought those were rough cinnamon rolls. what’s the difference between a wh40k book and a wh40k codex? is one LOTR and one the Silmarillion?
So, it’s actually as complicated as it seems from the outside? Interesting. Not sure if I have the time for an obsession at the moment, maybe in a year or 2. I keep hearing about it, I can’t forget it exists, so that won’t be a problem. Thanks for the advice!