How to start playing / learning WARHAMMER?

[[CI] fundy]

I want to play warhammer 40k but Idk how I have to start a game, how get armies, etc.

Would like to start with a "death korps of krieg" army in the game, but still dont know how learn to start a game, how search new players to do 1v1 or more...

Someone has info? thx for ur time!!

[Kamen Kreuz]

You're going to need the Core Rules, the Codex for the army you want, models for your army, a board to play on, and someone to play with.

Core Rules - free PDF download from Warhammer's website[www.warhammer-community.com].

Codex - gonna have to buy this. Since you want to play Krieg, you'll need the Astra Militarum[www.warhammer.com] (aka Imperial Guard) codex. Or you can "acquire" the book from other places. Can't talk about that here.

Models - plenty of good workshop mods. I recommend Seaborne's stuff, they collect all the models they can find and upload mega-collections. Here's a link to their Krieg one. In real life, you have to buy, build, and paint plastic kits, which is fun, but very expensive and time-consuming.

Board - I like the Warhammer Map Builder, but if you don't want to do that, there's plenty of good maps in the workshop.

An opponent - I think there's Tabletop Sim Warhammer Discords. I only really play with my friends, so I don't know.


Note: the current "edition" of 40k is 10th. The game has a long history and they don't do a good job of labeling things, so if you go looking for codices or stuff it can get pretty confusing.

[[CI] fundy]

Originally posted by Kamen Kreuz:

You're going to need the Core Rules, the Codex for the army you want, models for your army, a board to play on, and someone to play with.

Core Rules - free PDF download from Warhammer's website[www.warhammer-community.com].

Codex - gonna have to buy this. Since you want to play Krieg, you'll need the Astra Militarum[www.warhammer.com] (aka Imperial Guard) codex. Or you can "acquire" the book from other places. Can't talk about that here.

Models - plenty of good workshop mods. I recommend Seaborne's stuff, they collect all the models they can find and upload mega-collections. Here's a link to their Krieg one. In real life, you have to buy, build, and paint plastic kits, which is fun, but very expensive and time-consuming.

Board - I like the Warhammer Map Builder, but if you don't want to do that, there's plenty of good maps in the workshop.

An opponent - I think there's Tabletop Sim Warhammer Discords. I only really play with my friends, so I don't know.


Note: the current "edition" of 40k is 10th. The game has a long history and they don't do a good job of labeling things, so if you go looking for codices or stuff it can get pretty confusing.

Is a very good answer, thank you a lot for your response, I will check everything.
In fact, rn I am looking for krieg codex in spanish and found quickly, you know.

In the future I would like to use the krieg plastic models irl, but ye, I know its a very expensive.