When Did you start 40k? - 40K Terra

SteveBerenyi · 01-19-2008

Rogue Trader?
2nd Edition?
3rd?
or currently our beloved (kinda) 4th edition?

TheKiller333 · 01-19-2008

Rogue trader. By accident. 40k was actually in the 3rd Edition when I started, but I stumbled across an awesome OLD Rogue Trader shop, with gamers inside playing the 1st Ever edition of our much loved 40k. Oh bliss =] I've never been able to find that shop again. Maybe it was a ghost shop. O.o

Brother Warchild · 01-20-2008

RT was great fun and has led into a even greater game.Ya theressome jacked up rules but i dont care I love this game always have.Theres just better looking figs now.

Icarus Athrasuriel · 01-20-2008

2nd Ed, but I'm in the same boat as Killer.

Hypheron · 01-20-2008

RT FTW,seems like ages ago since i have played from those aged texts

DrunkenMaster · 01-20-2008

We started playing using RT and White Dwarf army list's. I actually first played a game by GamesWorkshop when It was just an RPG because DnD was just not getting it any longer at the time.

There were also 2 chaos books (lost and the damned and I cant remember) that each gave rules for 2 of the great powers that came not long after?

O they days of tzeentch geanstealer covens backed by beastmen and Virus grenades

vortex / tangle foot.. I can go on and on.

OOO, and the squats, I loved them trikes with multi meltas on them, and you guys remember the robots right?

Whats about a harlequin with 80 attacks when tooled?

Wakim · 01-20-2008

Last Summer so... yeah, 4th ed

wolfpack · 01-20-2008

I miss the RT days at times...robot command charts...made for an interesting game...especially if you missed something...LOL or over shot...miss the overwatch and stand down rules too...and yes the tangle foot was fun...oh to be young again

Jericho199 · 01-20-2008

Very soon after the release of 4th ed.

Got into Dawn of War only to have a co-worker point out the source material. We played a small game with his SM army and I bought my first box of cadians shortly after.

Mart007 · 01-20-2008

lol, tanglefoot. I started on RT, but like Steve said missed 3rd really, I did get it but in unbeknown to me 4th was on the horizon! So I never played that ed!

My olds are clearing the garage today and dumping my old stuff at my house, cant wait to see what badly painted treasures arrive! Tho my missus doesent know yet!

Baron Spikey · 01-20-2008

I started my epic journey into the life-eating hobby that is 40K in the same month 3rd Edition came out.

Captain Slow · 01-20-2008

it was 10 years ago now.....so, 3rd editon. i remebr my first intro game, and the staff curse seemed to be around then as well as now. i won, by miles. ^^

god how far have I and 40K come since then......

not that far. ^^

Vishnoff · 01-20-2008

wow, when did I start...It was 2nd edition, I remember it like it was yesterday. My buddies and I were at the local hobby store playing Battletech (good old battletech, how I miss you). and 2 members of the 40K group were going at it. Watching those Imperial guard tanks massacre the tyranid horde did it for me. I was hooked. Bought the boxed set a week later, and played marines for 6 months, till the dark gods whispered in my ear. Played 2nd edition hardcore (Vortex for the win!) till 3rd came out. I took a break and got back into the swing of things when 4th came out. And that brings me to today.

Baron von Lexus · 01-20-2008

I'd been looking at 40k models at my hobby shop since 3rd edition but never got interested untill I played DoW. Then as I was playing Space Marines with allied Imperial Guard I remebered looking at the models. I was heavily into Lord of the Rings at this point with about 1000 pts of Gondor done and so. I sorta progressed from LoTR to 40k. I started playing 4th edition though so I really havent known much else. Bought a Cadian Squad and a Space Marine tactical squad and have never looked back.

Now I'm the Forge World Lord of Terra (haha Mart) with one of the most extensive Death Korps Armies on the web (I think). I ought to get back into LoTr though. Been along time since I painted any of those guys.

BvL

Warmaster Romulas · 01-20-2008

started playng RT but second was relatively new
that 2nd ED boxed set was the first thing i ever bought
for the hobby

i miss the Psi phase
and actually trhowing grenades
and thud guns
and over watch

i still remember the Revolt we had when 3rd came out
but we eventually embraced it
the transition to 4th was way easier

Rellik · 01-20-2008

im still very new to all of this! and when i first started it was all lord of the rings and that was about a year and a 1/2 ago. as for actual 40 k stuff, i would say not even a year ago.

hairyyahoo · 01-20-2008

i started in the dying days of rogue trader, about a year before 2nd ed arrived. damn i miss psyonics/psychic phase. so much fun

Trivius · 01-20-2008

the end year or 2 of 2nd edition

Torquemada Coteaz · 01-20-2008

3rd Ed.
I'm quite regretful that I hadn't even heard of Games Workshop and its wonderful TTG's much earlier.

r4wr89 · 01-20-2008

lol i actually didn't start until about 3 years ago, around 4th ed's post-release "slump." one nice thing about being a relative noob [relative to lots of the other gamers here at least] is that i got the benefit of choosing models from the sweeeet lineup that GW has now. :]

Templar Mikeel · 01-21-2008

This is only me second year of the 40K hobby! I played(not really played, but painted, modeled and made scenery) the LotR SBG for 2-3 years before that after seeing an advertisement for it in the LotR RotK game for nintendo gamecube.

After a few years of that, I realized that the LotR SBG wasn't as supported as is should be, and that the 40K miniatures were much cooler and much more fun to assemble. So, I got a friend interested in 40K as well by talking to him about it on a Track and Field trip. He bought DoW and now we're both hooked.

iNsOmNiAc'S dReAm · 01-21-2008

Ive been interested in the game since gods know when, but I didnt start playing till 4th ed. I started just before the new Tau codex came out. A buddy of mine pretty much handed me my first army and said I had no excuse NOT to play anymore, and now here I am a year or two later and Ive been a proud member of the warhammer community since

Lord_Tyrion · 01-21-2008

Since they released the LOTR minis... i rememebr the TV advert still

That advert has made them over a thousand pounds just off me :P

hairyyahoo · 01-22-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord_Tyrion

Since they released the LOTR minis... i rememebr the TV advert still

That advert has made them over a thousand pounds just off me :P

yeah, i remember those adverts. the old space crusade ones did the same for me back in the day.

View Poll Results: When Did You Start 40k?
Rogue Trader	15	25.86%
2ND Editon	10	17.24%
3RD Edition	18	31.03%
4TH Edition	15	25.86%
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01-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
SteveBerenyi I Have A Fish In My Pants Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Butte, Montana Posts: 2,601 Rep Power: 3 Thanks: 207 Thanked 246 Times in 158 Posts Blog Entries: 5	When Did you start 40k? Rogue Trader? 2nd Edition? 3rd? or currently our beloved (kinda) 4th edition? __________________ WIN/DRAW/LOSS On The Battlefield 4 / 1 / 4 VOTE To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Ends April 22 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Ends April 24 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. PLEASE VOTE!!!

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Hypheron Conscript Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: When Did you start 40k? RT FTW,seems like ages ago since i have played from those aged texts

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DrunkenMaster Trooper Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 76 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: When Did you start 40k? We started playing using RT and White Dwarf army list's. I actually first played a game by GamesWorkshop when It was just an RPG because DnD was just not getting it any longer at the time. There were also 2 chaos books (lost and the damned and I cant remember) that each gave rules for 2 of the great powers that came not long after? O they days of tzeentch geanstealer covens backed by beastmen and Virus grenades vortex / tangle foot.. I can go on and on. OOO, and the squats, I loved them trikes with multi meltas on them, and you guys remember the robots right? Whats about a harlequin with 80 attacks when tooled? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Jericho199 Trooper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Salinas Valley, CA Posts: 145 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 28 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Re: When Did you start 40k? Very soon after the release of 4th ed. Got into Dawn of War only to have a co-worker point out the source material. We played a small game with his SM army and I bought my first box of cadians shortly after.

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Mart007 Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,025 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 105 Thanked 83 Times in 68 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: When Did you start 40k? lol, tanglefoot. I started on RT, but like Steve said missed 3rd really, I did get it but in unbeknown to me 4th was on the horizon! So I never played that ed! My olds are clearing the garage today and dumping my old stuff at my house, cant wait to see what badly painted treasures arrive! Tho my missus doesent know yet! Last edited by Mart007; 01-20-2008 at 04:25 AM.

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Templar Mikeel Major Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,778 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 217 Thanked 156 Times in 97 Posts	Re: When Did you start 40k? This is only me second year of the 40K hobby! I played(not really played, but painted, modeled and made scenery) the LotR SBG for 2-3 years before that after seeing an advertisement for it in the LotR RotK game for nintendo gamecube. After a few years of that, I realized that the LotR SBG wasn't as supported as is should be, and that the 40K miniatures were much cooler and much more fun to assemble. So, I got a friend interested in 40K as well by talking to him about it on a Track and Field trip. He bought DoW and now we're both hooked. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Don't To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. the Killer! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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01-22-2008	#25 (permalink)
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