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Orks. It seems that the general strategy seems to revolve around charge forward and melee.

My vote went for 'nilla Marines. But looking back now, I should have chosen the Orks when I bought my 2nd Ed box set......
The Marines stood me well but.....My second army was IG and I stuck with them for ages, however not so easy to game with.
So, looking back, Marines are probably the best way for kids and noobs to get into the tabletop hobby..*sigh*

Well, basic space marines, because they're forgiving to new players, and are simple, also necrons are new player friendly. daemons aren't good for new players, I know from them being my first army.

Voted Marines, though I think Orcs are a fair starting army.

I have to say, as a WH player, with several thousand points, whoever suggested them as a starting army (10 of you so far) are horrific trolls. Yes they are wonderful thematically, and I adore my pure sister force (given the inquisition half of it got raped by the new white dwarf codex), but they were horrific a choice to start with; only half the dex is worth using, and the entire army was metal.

IS A trap

I would Say Dark Angels because when you can field an army of nothing but Terminators sometimes you don't need tactics.

Generic marines - Easy to adapt to

White Ninja wrote:I would Say Dark Angels because when you can field an army of nothing but Terminators sometimes you don't need tactics.

So can Gk. They can field an army of Psyker Termies, with force weapons, or 2 wound Termintors( Paladins).

DakkaDakka wrote:

Grey Nights. You just need to buy 3 boxes, drop them into your boltgun metal paint bucket, and they are ready for battle. Then just pop them randomly onto the battle table, don't even bother read the rules, and start crushing whatever is in front of you.

Easy

In fact, legally, you only need 2 packages, Draigo and GK Termies, built as Paladins, to field an HQ and 5 troops. All for roulghly £45, or the US and Euro equivilents.

Deadshot wrote:In fact, legally, you only need 2 packages, Draigo and GK Termies, built as Paladins, to field an HQ and 5 troops. All for roulghly £45, or the US and Euro equivilents.

NOOOOOOO!!!!

The last thing we need is more GK running around going "Haha daemon go back to the warp" in a robin hood accent/fashion.

Also collecting-wise there great but rules wise... no there not.

CSM...Different, AND easy to learn.

Draigo and the GK speak in a Robin Hood and his merry men accent? That's wonderful to imagine

Space Marines or Orks

Regular space marines are good, but I would say Orks are even a bit better. Space Marines provide a base which many other armies follow and are forgiving (in terms of there high armor save) Orks though are a bit more fun and humourous I think and a player will enjoy the game a bit more with them, plus they are forgiving too in that if you lose 10 boyz in a turn there will still be a ton more where that came from. Their reliance on brute force rather than tactical deployment strategies means it's easier for new players to work with ork mentality (shoot, smash, chop, stomp, etc)

Orks are fun and easy to play and paint, but on the painting side I think you're looking at a lot of models to get going, which can be daunting to a new player.

Vanilla marines and necrons have the green skins beat for that area, but SM have more options and choices that can appeal to different strategies and preferences.

EDIT: Marines are also a lot cheaper to start with which is another big plus for new players. Heck they can go halfsies with a friend on AOBR and get a decent core army for $55.

Standard Space Marines; easy to use, very forgiving and always guaranteed to be up to date.

Segef wrote:Basic Space Marine , Ork or Eldar I would say.

Eldar? Eldar?? Eldar you say????

I started 4 months ago with Eldar and believe me, they are not easy to play. Unless you understand combined arms, then you are not going to do well with this army,

Space Wolves. Basically Space Marines, but with wolfy bits, all the wargear they can carry, psyker powers that make everyone else sick, and 4 hq slots.
They also get to jump into the deep end with rules arguments. It always comes up eventually, might as well start with it.

The Mad Tanker wrote:Standard Space Marines; easy to use, very forgiving and always guaranteed to be up to date.

This.

Also make them Ultramarines: the nerdrage it causes in the cool kids is an added bonus

Yea i remember the last noob who painted his rines blue, i believe he got like two games since.

I'd say CSM. All the pros of normal SM, but a few extra cool bits added in, like daemon princes. A bit more complicated, but far better for teaching special rules, tactics and the likes. How would anyone ever progress if they had orks? And eldar are terrible for begginners: one mistake and you sacrifice the game.

Vanilla marines or orks. army in a box thanks to black reach, simple rules, easy to understand

Space Marines, this is classic. They are in the starter set, easy to play build and paint. *Really all power armored guys but grey knights and bt are good starter*

Space marines, you silly sausage. This question is too easy.

if you get asasult on the black reach it deppends

I said orks becasue even though I don't play them much but when I do they are so much fun. Even though I love my nids, they are the worst army to start with.

Personal experiance

What you couldn't post a day earlier and make it an exact anniversary.

Space Marines, without a shadow (excuse the pun) of a doubt. I guess some of the newer Codexes, like CSM might be pretty good since they're all updated and whatnot.

Space Marines for sure