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Maybe I should start playing 40k at some point, always hear about it. Do I get the full experience if I just play the videogame, or do I need to get into lore videos and the figure painting?
The lore videos probably are your best bet unless you want to get obsessive. Even though I hate the format of 'dude on screen explaining something that could be written down and read in 1/10 of the time' .... ........
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The actual lore is spread across so many of the rule books and actual novels that you would probably have a few years of reading to do. A summary from someone else about summaries and random headcanons on forums of the lore is going to get you there a lot faster.
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?
Books are like the novels. Story books.
Codices are rule books. Each faction gets one and through our the years they all contained fluff and lore. Some stuff you only ever get in a codex. Some stuff you only ever see in a novel. There is probably some cabin content that is exclusive to every single form the universe has appeared in.
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!
I wouldn't say complicated. Just vast. It's a growing universe that's been around for like 40 years. B there is a lot of there and you don't need to consult all of it. Play someone like Dawn of War series them pick the factions you like and just slowly absorb.
I always felt like 40k was an absorption type thing. You take in a little bit here and there and when you hear someone insane dog into it.