Hey Veeky Forums.
I'm really interested in the Warhammer 40k universe for whatever reason, but I'm too poor to play the tabletop and too tech-unsavvy to play the videogames.
If I wanted to get into it by reading stuff. Where should I start? What books are important lore-wise? Is this a silly request?
Thanks I love you all
I suppose you could start with the horus heresy series. Really there are so many books you can go in any direction that interests you
I had a 4 hour flight next to a guy who was one Space Hulk in his laptop, and after I showed some curiosity he spent the rest of the flight telling me a bit about everything, the elder gods this, the locust alien thingies that, the emperor this, the orks lmao.
I really don't even know where to get started, everything seems pretty interesting to me.
>horus heresy series
Read the Ciaphus Cain novels. They are tons of fun.
If you want to try an actual game without the cost, you can always give playing the tabletop RPGs a go.
Real talk. Read the codices and books, old and new, and form your own opinions.
There's a lot of contradictory fluff, lots of retcons, and a lot of different ideas of just about everything in the universe.
Read it all for yourself and form your own opinions and just don't worry about what other people think; the 40k fandom is a minefield of arguments over new vs. old and various interpretations.
Or start arguing over which era of fluff is best, I'm not your mom.
codices for base fluff
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>Read the Ciaphus Cain novels. They are tons of fun.
Noted, Thank you.
>If you want to try an actual game without the cost, you can always give playing the tabletop RPGs a go.
Please elaborate.
Oh, I have no interest in arguing anything (I think)
I just want to dive into the lore, even if it's contradictory or full of retcons.
>the mega links
Thanks man, that's great.
Tabletop RPGs. Like Dungeons and Dragons, but for 40k.
>tfw you will never be turned on to a hobby by the wise ramblings of an old grognard
You lucked out to find an enlightened one so easily OP
I basically live in a ghost town next to a mine so I'll probably have a really fucking hard time finding anyone to play with.
It's happened twice. When I was younger, some guys were playing MtG in an arcade I frequented. I stood there for hours, having them explain the game rules to me and watching them try different decks. They gifted me a booster pack afterwards.
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