Most of you come here having a good idea of what Warhammer is. Many are frequent or occasional players who know what I’m talking about. However, there are others who are still trying to understand what Warhammer (or for that matter, tabletop gaming) is. I started working on this a couple of months ago just to help out you who are still walking across uncharted territories; a short guide introducing Warhammer 40k (and which will help you understand table-top wargames in general hopefully). I present to you Part One of the Warhammer 40K Beginner’s Guide.
This guide isn’t meant to be exhaustive or extremely detailed. It’s not a rulebook, it’s not supposed to turn you into a pro. What it should do is to give you an overall understanding of the Warhammer 40K game; The aims of the game, the general structure and mechanics (basic army structure, turns, movement, measuring, and so on), a description of the various races and forces available to the player, and how, where, and with what the interested beginning player can get started. Basically I just want you to read this and be able to understand what the hell those 40k (and even Warhammer fantasy) gamers are talking about, so that your shift from total newbie to actual player is somewhat smoother.
I will be adding the other parts over the coming weeks, and will put up the guide for download as a PDF file as soon as it’s all online. Enjoy!
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