Warhammer 40K: 10 Essential Tips For New Players

1. Have Fun

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Games Workshop

Have fun in whatever capacity you choose.

As with any hobby you decide to entangle yourself with make sure you are having fun.

Do not let anyone tell you how to enjoy your hobby. There is such a wide gambit of player types in this game that you should never feel bad for what makes you happy.

Some people like to play this game as narratively as they can. Full backstories with reams of written lore about their army. They don’t play to win as such more to continue the story, evolve their leaders and stamp their own mark into the Universe.

Others prefer to constantly chase the metagame of competitive play. When their top tier army is nerfed, they will immediately be trading/selling their army to get the next hot item.

There are even plenty of hobbyists who never even play the game, they just love painting the models.

They are your models. Do with them as you see fit.

Although it is not advised to try ingest them… not even the delicious looking ones.

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Hailing from Sunny Wales, Joe has a disposition similar to the weather of his country. Grim... and... dark. This has lended well to his obsession with all things grimdark in the 41st Millennium. Willing to fight and die for the Emperor and Dorn, Joe will crusade his way through all of the Black Library and beyond.