As suggested by Paladin Blake

I started with the latested edition that's out now. And have found that I really enjoy the game.

I too started with the current edition. I like the edition, but then again, I don't know any better. My many years of gaming on other fronts has led me find certain aspects of the 40k rules as quirky.

The best part about the old second edition starter set was the card dred, I recently heard some people at the GW talking about how it is still tourny legal. Man, I wish that I hadn't lost that.

I briefly played in 3rd edition (I never even bought the rulebook), so I put that, but my serious entry to the game happened in 4th ed. I envy people who have started out fresh in this new edition.

I started at the start of 4th.

I started during 3rd edition

I started 3rd Edition. My first issue of the White Dwarf was of the then "new" Land Raider.

4th BOM set.

I started at the arse end of 3rd but only really played alot during 5th, found 4th abit messy an broken.

Started 2 weeks before 3rd ed came out.

I started with second edition, waaay back in 1994. Needless to say, when third edition came out, I spent about a month sitting there, flipping through the pages mumbling WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!!. I didn't play much in the dark years of third edition. When fourth edition came out, I thought they had finally, if not gotten their heads out of their collective butts, at least made the best out of a bad situation and so I found peace with it and started playing again. Then, just when I was happy with the game, they came out with fifth edition, and I spent months looking a the news and rumour sections of Dakka and Warseer, mumbling WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! all over again. I play even more now then I did ever since second edition, but that's pretty much because most of the people at my FLGS pretty much ignore the more odious elements of the new rules like true line of sight and wound allocation. I live in fear of what they may do with sixth edition...............

When I arrived to the hobby the 2ed was out, but I was more interested in WFB. I started 40k on 3rd.

3rd Edition was my intro to the hobby. after the big box of space hulk that is.

Rogue trader for me. I can still remember getting 2 plastic OOP land raiders in the same box!

I had been introduced to 40k prior to 3rd ed by a friend who had a few armies.

Although I was interested at the time,I didn't have a great deal of disposable income, so begged off on becoming involved in the game.

When 3rd ed was released a buddy of mine bought Two of the boxed starter sets and gave me all of the Dark Eldar,so he would have someone to learn how to play against.

I bought a few Raiders & Ravengers,an HQ and some incubbi,plus a couple of wytch sqauds and got hooked through the gills.

I've been involved in 40k ever since.

RT all the way baby!

Bought my first "Space Orks" and "Star Soldiers" in the blue blister packs before the rules even came out just cuz they looked "cool".

Then RT came out, my gaming group all got hooked, and the rest is history.

Valete,

JohnS

2nd edition. Had the codexes Ultramarines and Angels of Death. I remember fondly the Dark Millennium.

I still own my rogue Trader book and all the quick reference charts.

I bought the Space Ork Raiders with Thrugg Bullneck, and own one of the Ol' Skool Dreadnaughts.

Rogue Trader!

Still looking for freebooterz and ere we go at every car boot sale I come across.

A mess of a game system with cool background is the best way to describe RT.

I am assuming that 5th is the current one. I started two editions ago, but I didn't play long. (I didn't have the money at the time.) Mostly I dabbled with friends' armies. I didn't get my own army until 5th.

I truly started with 5th ed. I "played" 1 4th ed game but it was me moving the pieces and rolling dice with somebody else telling me what to do. No clue what I was doing so I don't count that as starting since I never bought any pieces. I've now got 5 armies and can beat Barlio's Salamanders.

Rogue Trader, back in the day - through to 2nd ed, took a break then came back with the start of 3rd ed.

When Land Raiders were 2 to a box.
When Rhinos were 3 to a box.
When SM were 30 to a box.

When SM had jetbikes (but everyone could take land raiders).

Mr. Burning wrote:

A mess of a game system with cool background is the best way to describe RT.

THIS is truth! And 5 versions later, one could argue that we're close to treading water!

Valete,

JohnS

I started in the 5th, but I had the 4th edition Nid codex for a while, until they redid it.

I started about 6 months ago but can already see That I am going to be around for a while!

Started in Second edition.

Stuck around for the entire bumpy ride to the present revision.

Not much to say other than I am glad my assembly and painting improved, it was very painful when I started.

My converting a skimmer in 3rd edition to a chaos one was a bit painful to reflect on.

Was introduced to it in early 4th edition, but only starting playing on my around the time of the 5th coming out

Started very young with the rouge trader marines, kept going till the 3rd, stopped for a few years, then started up again a couple of years ago. I don't really play the game much now, i just enjoy the hobby.

I started with 3rd edition seems like a forever ago now i remember failing to build the land speeder you got in the starter box set. I stopped playing really at the 4th edition im more just into painting and modelling now though i still attempt the odd game now and again

First I ever heard of it and also 1st game was attempting to play it at the age of 9 or sumthin on the floor of a spare room in my mums work with her collegues son.

2nd edition gretchin all the way!

5th ed rules
4th ed army

I believe I started with 3rd edition, it's sort of hard to remember. It could be possible that I started right as 3rd was transitioning to 4th.

I started during 3rd edition, and dropped the game after the release of the 4th edition rules.

When I heard about the changes that were introduced in 5th edition, I started it back up again.

I started during 4th edition, then when i was finally getting most of the rules down 5th edition came out. Oh well I like 5th edition rules a lot better anyways.

Started just as third edition came out and have played off and on ever since.

I started off on 3rd edition and play it briefly with my friend for the next few years.

But I truly started up on the game late 4 edition.

I started in 3rd ed. Back in Eye of Terror Campagin.
but my uncle started in 1st ed. :O
And as well as some of my other friends.
My brother started in the 2nd ed.

4th edition... space marines only... I gutted the Macragge box for the marines. My first game was against Tau.

I started in fourth edition, by playing through the Battle of Macarage with my step brother, after a while i found i really enjoyed it. Eventually i bought my own models (eldar) and have been playing ever since

3rd Edition right before I graduated college in May 2003.

4th...but i didnt have anyone to really play with when i moved to japan so while I may have started in 4th I didnt REALLY start playing till 5th

I played about 2 games of rogue trader, before my friends and I saved up and bought the 2nd edition boxed game. I think codex space wolves was out when we did, so I dont' think I started when rogue trader was the only thing around, i think one or two of my friends just had the book, and some minatures. I distinctly remember the terminators having a 2+ modifiable save in RT, then in 2nd ed. they had a 3+ modifiable save, on 2d6!

Had a lot of fun with second ed. then I went to college, never played 3rd ed. Started again with some new friends many years later on 4th ed. And the rest is history! Been a great game the whole time if you asked me. Although, it felt like more of a customizable game back in 2nd ed. But it just took FOREVER to play!

Started this edition. I know enough about old models though. That's what I get for browsing GW's site 300 times per day.

Started in 2nd edition (1995-ish), essentially left early in 4th (I try to follow IG/Tau developments to motivate me to play again). Picked up WHFB early-mid 6th edition, has been my main game ever since because finding Epic opponents is so hard.

I started with Rogue Trader and played Space Marine at the same time. I stopped shortly after 3rd edition came out due to my group dissolving. I restarted again when my said he wanted to play again and bought the AOBR set.

I started with Rouge Trader as a test player in a Cali gaming store, bought the book and my Ultra Marine army the same day and hooked ever since.

I have played and owned every army but:

Tao....I think is way to long range shooty.

Necron....About as cheesy as when apsect warriors first came out, Tomb Spiders scare me.....they just don't go away...AHHHH!! ::tossing frag after frag::

I started out in 2nd edition with Ultramarines.

Started with 2nd, First army was Squats, And god do I miss Squats

Rogue Trader, and yes I used the cut outs.

I started in 1991. I remember carrying around a plastic tub with all the rules photo copied and bound with yarn. i think the stack of papers stood about 18 inches high. Back then you had to make your own vehicles if you wanted any, otherwise it was all foot troops. I remember even making robots that you needed to set up a program before the game that they had to then follow. Having to roll after you hit something to see where you hit then how bad it was was fun. Like, did i hit the model in the head, chest, leg, hand? Or did i hit his bike? where on the bike? grenades actually were thrown and limited on how many you had. there were gas grenades, nerve grenades, etc. Yay for being overly complex

Started in 3rd Edition, back when buying a Wave Serpent was an expensive investment....bleh

I started in 3rd. Borrowed a friends DE for the first few games. Ended up playing Chaos Marines untill 4th came out, then I went to Black Templars. I have no army now. Gonna go Guard or Nilla Marine

RT - the best and the most disorganised! (although sometimes I think not alot has changed )
It was a case of you got out what you put in; and for anything more than a straightforward head to head between friends really benefitted from a GM.

I'm currently undergoing re-hashing of my forces to fit into 5th.

I got into it a couple of years ago when 5th hit (I had been on the fence for a while, and the new addition seemed as good a reason to jump in as any). Of coures, I jumped in with the 3rd edition Guard codex, before the new one came out!

4th Addition!!!!

draftamike wrote:I still own my rogue Trader book and all the quick reference charts.

I bought the Space Ork Raiders with Thrugg Bullneck, and own one of the Ol' Skool Dreadnaughts.

same here - I have two copies of RT now and still play with the Ork Raiders and the old SM dreadnought alongside the new stuff

Have all versions of 40K and was really impressed with Black Reach - decent plastic models rather than some of the more lackluster versions of some of the middle editions.

Turalon wrote:The best part about the old second edition starter set was the card dred, I recently heard some people at the GW talking about how it is still tourny legal. Man, I wish that I hadn't lost that.

Started in the second edition when I was at high school. Wow still legal, must search loft.

Started Rogue Trader, i to remember Two Land Raiders to a box, 3 Rhinos, 30? Imperial Guard (with Heavy Weapons options) to a box, also remember buying a set that contained Terminators, Scouts, Genestealers and Tyranids (think that was for Space Hulk???) Good old days when you got value for money. (God i'm sounding old!). Lost interest when 3rd edition came out, swapped to Epic 2nd Edition, have come back to 5th Edition although not active, also started playing NetEpic Gold.

I started in 2nd Ed but missed out 3rd-4th ed but now im back in 5th ed and loving it!

2nd edition is the first I actually played. I was getting figures and playing Space Hulk and others during the RT era though, we just didn't buy into 40K.

1st edition / rogue trader baby !
I still have my loving copy and kept in a glass case

Originally I started with 4th looking to get back into it though.

I started gaming at 5th but became interested in the game during 3rd.

I played a few with the 3rd edition but i will have to say the current edition is where i hit my stride. though im more of a Paint Fanatic now.

I started in 3rd, but never played, only painted. Began playing in 4th and always wondered why we were playing mini figs when the rules played like a board game. No true line of sight made the game a fancy board game in my opinion. Now that true line of sight is in both games, I am totally sold. Great system with fantastic minis. The game is really the best there is and any problems with the system are minor from where I stand. I just wish I had more time to play.

Rouge Trader.

commissar80 wrote:Rouge Trader.

Those Mary Kay Kommandos were rock-solid back in the day.

I also started with "Rouge" Trader. And I bought Bolt Thrower's "Realm of Chaos" tape unheard just because it had the same artwork.

i remember that album it was great. Rouge trader was great because they had killer plants.

Battle for Macragge, and yes Ultramarines were my first army.

I've started with 5 edition, but I like the 4th edition rules more and I play 4th games with my friends from time to time.

Started with 2nd edition.
Man those bush grenades were fun.
As well as viral bombings, etc.

I started with 2nd edition, back in 1996 a few weeks after the Angles of Death codex came out. I still play a bit but mostly just do the modeling aspect now. I remember finally getting all the 2nd edition codexs ending with Sister of Battle and Assassins then literally 2-3 weeks later GW released the 3rd edition garbage with virtually no announcement. WTF GW! I am still a bit bitter about that, but hey a 2000 point game did go from a good 4-5 hours to about 2-3 so that was cool. LOL

2nd ed a school friend showed me some models and the White Dwarf with the first Eldar codex release, 151 if memory serves and that was me hooked.

I started in 3rd. I had been playing Necromunda for a while and was looking for something new. A friend and I went splits on the DE/SM box set. I didn't enjoy the SM very much though, and eventually ditched the Imperium to serve the Greater Good.

I started with a 4th edition, then regressed to the 3rd edition Tau!

Ailaros wrote:I briefly played in 3rd edition (I never even bought the rulebook), so I put that, but my serious entry to the game happened in 4th ed.

That's pretty much exactly my story.

In my opinion, 5th Edition is the best yet however.

Started in 3rd Ed but never really played much until 5th ed.

I started in 2nd edition, my dad gave me a load of his old rogue trader marines, from there i bought battle masters and in that saw an ad for 40k, next birthday it was mine my mum threw it all out when i moved out though because i never thought id get back into it. probably a fortune in rare mini's on a rubbish tip somewhere lol

I started way back in 2nd ed, heh cardboard dread and ruins. Got the Space Wolf codex and never looked back. I've got copies of every rule book they've put out for 40K, but I've never played with the rogue trader rules, look's fun though. But only play on and off now as WHFB is my groups main game.

I started in 3rd, but I gotta say 5th is my favorite so far.

4th ed nids an space marines

Haha! I still remember my first warhammer 40k game
5 marines vs. my 30 grots
some lucky rolls later
LAST GROT STANDING FTW

Oh yeah, thats second edition btw

I started with 4th ed. but didn't really get around to playing till 5th.

Rogue Trader When simple maths was assumed to be a skill that people possessed and the expanded rules you had in white dwarf. Ah those were the days. Squats and Zoats running around the tabletop, and eventualy a cross section picture of vehicles and a clear plastic targeting sheet lol. Fun, fun, fun Oh and more convolouted rules than you could shake a stick at!

voted 2nd.

Started with grots and marines, but didnt actually buy my own until DE/Marines came out

My first army is on the way. : D

I started with Rogue Trader but didn't play much until second edition which had more structure to the game.

3rd ed was when i started playing the game. but had been reading White Dwarf since 2nd ed came out (about WD 166 i think)

Rogue Trader - yes I am that old.

I started painting and modeling in second edition, but i guess i started playing in 3rd... as soon as i learn all the stupid small changes in the rulebook they come out with another one

I started playing in 2nd edition at school but didn't pick it up until 3rd and then haven't played until about 3 weeks ago

Started with second edition, which quickly became third. Sure do miss those "vortex grenades" chasing my own squads around the tabletop!!

I started in 4th edition... I don't actually know how I did... I never bought a boxed set... never bought a battleforce..

I'm going to spend the rest of my night trying to remember how I got sucked into this hobby..

I bought the 4th edition set, but was not serious untill 5th. Good thing to.

I started gaming with 5th edition but have been collecting and painting since 2nd.

I started in 4th when necrons were still good and not now when phase out makes them suck

I loved battle for macragge!!

Rouge trader baby. Bring back the Zoats.

Gwar! wrote:Started 2 weeks before 3rd ed came out.

Bought the box set the day it came out - had been playing Fantasy prior to that, but had no interest in 2nd ed 40k. Watching those games, it all seemed to come down to whose ridiculous character did what to the other guy's character. And the H2H system! Emperor, what a abortion that was!

When I heard 3rd ed was coming out, I figured I'd give it a shot. I did like 3rd ed, until BA - my god, that codex owned so much face. Regular Rhino Rush was ok, but BA Rhino Rush was just broken...

Lots to miss about 3rd ed - WD being awesome, humongous variety of army lists, etc.

Turalon wrote:The best part about the old second edition starter set was the card dred, I recently heard some people at the GW talking about how it is still tourny legal. Man, I wish that I hadn't lost that.

Whoa! Technically, I think you're right. GW has never made their old minis illegal, and as ridiculous as it is, the card dreadnought counts.

Dang, I'm sure I threw that out a while ago too.

I started playing heavily in the 2nd edition years, played a huge amout of 3rd edition until Chaos became laughable losers, mostly skipped 4th edition but kept on collecting models and have been hard core into it again since the 5th ed rules hit the shelf!

Rogue Trader models will still readily available when I first started but sadly land raiders were quite sold out in my area!
My first land raider was the very 1st MKII LR available in my area! It was a pre pre order model that came as part of a $300ish space marine battle force box! oh the memories!

I still remeber being super stoked when The *dark millenium* box set came out lol! I'm just happy the game is a lot cleaner now and I don't need to carry around 100's of wargear/psychic power cards or turning templates *vomit*

Every once in a while if I need a good laugh I open my rogue trader rulebook and fall out of my chair laughing!

All I have to say is Space Slann

*end ramble*

Another Rogue Trader old fart I'm afraid!

I started with 3rd ed. fell in love with my sm from then on lol

It would be annoying when they make new editions (I haven't experienced one yet) because you memorise the new rules, you get the (horribly expensive) new books and all the new dudes then GW just goes "New edition" and all of your work is destroyed. On the other hand, new editions mean that they (probably) make the rules better/fairer


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sennacherib wrote:Rouge trader baby. Bring back the Zoats.

LOL! Zoats are crazy!

I came in right between rogue trader and 2nd ed. The good ol' days.

I started with Rouge Trader, still got two copies of the manual! I remember 3 rhinos in a box for £10 and 30 plastic Womble marines for £10 too. Was still really expensive for a kid on 50p a week pocket money but then that was what Birthdays and Christmas were for! Oh and I don't feel that old but I did start young!

I started with ork in 09.

3rd Edition. My first ever buy was the Death Company and an Attack Bike. I still have them, painted horribly by the 11 year old me but it shows how far i've come

Started with RT, dropped out for quite a few years and now on the 5th ed. This is much better in terms of game play (ah the fond memories of using RT rules to work out vehicle acceleration, deceleration, turn ratio radius! No wonder games took so bl**dy long!) They've obviously updated it so it's easier to spend more money on - oh I mean easily use vehicles etc. Could still do with a few tweeks though, and I think my CSM codex could certainly be better.

started with late 3rd on Codex Armageddon with Black Templars.

I had those rules for a bit if I remember well.

4th Editon. TYRANIDS !!

Started last year.

I started in 2nd ed when you had every model in your gretchin squad fight individually due to the H2H system! Crazy but fun (esp when a gretchin laid the smack down on a warp spider!) They should have kept the H2H system for the skirmish games, it works really well!

The new edition doesn't cut the mustard in terms of fun but I fear I sound old when I say that!

Rogue Trader, dabbled in it and have a whole Space Marine force from that era to paint up.
Really got serious in 2nd Ed, played alot of 3rd even thou I had to redesign my armies to fit the new allocation rules. Missed 4th and havnt played a game of 5th yet.....

But I sure do miss Rhinos for £5 and a whole box of Metal Death Company Marines + Chaplain for £10!!

I started playing in fifth, so that's my vote.

I guess you could say I started 4th ed, but I still havent figured out th rules or ever played a game

End of third edition...guess whic side I started with out of the box?

I actually started about 2 weeks before 5th Ed. came out, but I didn't actually play until after it was out. I just remember how excited everyone was looking over the store's copy of the rulebook.

Jon

I started right at the turn of 5th edition, played a few 4th edition games before the switch though. Man what an overhaul

2nd edition kinda started playing but was so young we didnt really get all of it . Third actually got into and the battles would rage all night then quit about 4th and finally picked back up again and have been fighting strong ever since but i always had fun hahah lesson of the day

I started 2 months before the release of 5th ed

I started the day my FLGS got in the 5th Edition book.

Rogue trader here, got bored with dark future.

I started with 2nd edition a long time ago and played pretty much back then. Then I lost interest right before 3rd edition came out and came back to 40k when the 5th edition was already out. I enjoy the 5th edition much more than the old rules back then, games are much more streamlined and many of the annoying discussions back then don't happen anymore. At least not in my games.

Rogue Trader for me. Still remember my Psyker using lvl 4 telekinesis to drop a dreadnought on a Marine Lieutenants head!

Drifted away from 40k in the early days of 3rd. My gaming chap's now tempting me back (with the promise that he'll start playing Epic!)

templeorks wrote:I started with the latested edition that's out now. And have found that I really enjoy the game.

QFT, my Orky brother.

The very end of 3rd edition, I bought our gaming group's copy of the 4th edition rule book when it was released shortly after we started. Drifted away for a bit, but our group got back into it after 5th edition was released.

3rd i had a huge ork horde but never really played i had battalions of zzap guns

then 2 yrs ago i got back into it by buying 2 battle forces of imperial guard

i love the currennt game

Well, I barely play it and collect the models mostly. I do have a rather large collection of the things, but they're spread out over different races and I've yet to build a proper 'all-comers' army.
But 5th, even though I have 4th rulebook about somewhere.

2nd edition, with the Angels of Death codex and a Blood Angels starter set. I like the streamlining of the current game but I miss being able to drive a tank around firing all of it's guns, I miss the psychic rules, and most of all I miss the strategy cards from Dark Millenium (we still use them often at home)

5th

I like 40k, so don't view this as a rant or anything. But really, the only reason I got into it is because at my gaming club only ONE other person (out of about 20) wanted to play fantasy regularly. Everyone else did 40k. So I took it up to get some variety... you can only fight lizardmen so many times before it gets a bit dull...

5th edition is really great overall, I really enjoy it

I started way back when right at the start of 3rd.

RT here - oh those where the day with no really codex to follow and shiriken catapult that could fire up to 6 times in a round.

Rogue Trader, and before that Space Hulk.


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thesilverback wrote:RT here - oh those where the day with no really codex to follow and shiriken catapult that could fire up to 6 times in a round.

Ha ha! Until you mentioned it, I had forgotten all about the awfulness that was 'following fire'.

Some of the most fun I ever had was with 2nd Edition in High School. Back when my uber Lord charged through Overwatching terminators to use his needle pistol before throwing his vortex grenade (which then swallowed him whole in the following turn).

My first minis were from pre 2nd edition but I didn't so much as play as pretend to play until the 2nd edition boxed game came out and my brother and I finally got the rules.

I remember being upset when 3rd because my awesome librarians were not nearly as cool anymore and grenades were now lame.

My history with 40k is very spotty.
Technically my induction was circa '98. No rule books and only the vaguest idea of what I was getting into. I bought a box of Eldar Guardians because they "looked cool" (oh, if only I knew then what I know now). I assembled two models and painted them both vastly different. I was very proud of myself, and then found out that what I bought was in no way shape or form an army. No one else was down for buying any either, so those poor fellas made their way into the closet and never came out (in the closet forever. The Eldar way, it seems )
My real intro was 4th ed, with only the core rulebook. I read that thing cover to cover I don't know how many times. I was interested in the modelling aspect, but couldn't work up the nerve to buy anything.
Then me and a friend got together and talked about how cool it would be to play. We had played everything else under the sun (we're talking 20 year rpg vets, here). So we decided that being adults with jobs and whatnot we had earned the right to squander large sums of money on little plastic mans. I bought a copy of 5th ed. and two tau battleforces. He bought AoBR for him and his stepson, and he went SM.
It was a rough six months. Then I learned of Kharn the Betrayer.
I bought a CSM codex, a battleforce, A termie lord, a box of termies and never looked back. Even sold the tau to feed the beast.
So I say 4th ed. Memorizing the entire core rulebook has to account for something, but 5th ed taught me three important rules.

These are the rules, carry them with you, always.
1- Read the codex before any purchases.
2- Rely not on the battleforce alone.
3- Sucker a friend into the hobby.

I'm also mildly furious with myself every passing day for not buying the newest edition of Space Hulk when I had the chance.

My favourite was always skirmish advancement Rogue Trader of ye olde days. 2nd edition had fun stuff, and 3rd cut me out of the game.

4th edition has been my preferred, 5th eating TLoS and the heart being torn out of Chaos and Sisters really turned me off. The Sisters Codex was what made me actually jump ship to other systems, as despite my RAWR HATE 5th it didn't make me stop really, especially with players at the oxford street GW being cool with 4th ed play. But yeah... at least my Bertha Jacobus looked good before I turned to Malifaux =3

Started on 2nd edition, played that for a bit then ended up taking a long break. I got back in to it right as 4th was about to be released. I read on another post that the card dred in the 2nd edition box is still tourny legal....thats nuts! lol. I would love to see that on a board.



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I remember being upset when 3rd because my awesome librarians were not nearly as cool anymore and grenades were now lame.

I started with 3rd ed, over ten years ago :| I was too young to really understand the game back then so I just had fun with my UM and complained that the DE had boobs (I was ten-ish, girls were icky). When 4th ed came out I really got into it though, that was when I was in my heyday.
Then I discovered women... So I've just gotten back into it now, at the arse end of 5th, so I'm not even bothering to learn these rules, just wait for 6th and hope they don't ruin it.