Well met Crusader! Battle Brother, I shall meet you on the field of battle with Bolter and Chainsword in-hand and many enemies of the Emperor at our feet No fire burns hotter nor brighter then the Emperors righteous fury, Through my actions and deeds the Emperors fury will find all of his enemies and they will be utterly destroyed! (Welcome) Welcome to a great Community, If you have questions just ask and we will do are best to help out are find someone that can! I leave you with a info greet
Here is a few links to help you get started if you don't know yet, if you do just wheel past the ones you do know Warhammer 40k wiki, just wheel down a bit and click on the links to the different factions and events: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k_Wiki I would start out with the Warhammer 40k Time line and then Hours Heresy! Lexicanum is a good site too: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page Now if you would like to jump in to the books go to " The Black Library": http://www.blacklibrary.com/ They have paper backs and hard backs and if your not in to reading they also have audiobooks as MP3 download/CD's (Voice actors + music + sound effects = Cool) most are over 10 hours long. To get started if you go for this The Hours Heresy 1st "Hours Rising" 2nd "False Gods" 3rd "Galaxy in Flames" they should have a sample so you can see what they are like before you buy one just click on the play arrow tab right under LISTEN TO AN EXTRACT These first 3 are the bedrock/foundation of Warhammer 40k after these everything else will fall in to place...some what If you like to paint modules and would like to play Table top (Think of it as a huge game of chess that takes up a huge table with melee and ranged attacks) that is a whole different monster: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Home Make sure you click on the Warhammer 40k tab Look on youtube for different battles like this one: And be warned Warhammer 40k will likely open a warp portal pulling you in head first and when you stick your head out again you will find out that a few years of your life have passed you by Make sure you get a Founders Pack first
