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Ok I am just getting into 40k and little by little aquiring my army piece by piece and have not yet picked up the books i need but have been reading through a pdf of the rule book and am getting a little nervous because it seems like there are so many rules and when i have tryed to watch a few videos on youtube most people are making it sound massivley complicated to understand about playing and do not show battles taking place, can some people just try to help me out a little by explainging some of the base rules in the easyest way and tell me if its really that complicated to play or not or point me towards some good beginner videos explaining.
   
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So, the secret to learning 40k is that you don't need to know all of the rules. At least, not right away.

For example, if you show up with a list that doesn't include vehicles, then you don't really need to know much of anything about vehicles (other than how to damage them). If you don't bring cavalry, then you don't need to know the rules for cavalry (you can always look them up before the game if your opponent brings some). If you don't use any of the universal special rules, you don't need to know them (once again, you can just ask your opponents about theirs before the game).

In fact, there's shockingly little that you really need to know in order to play a basic game of 40k. If you find someone who is willing to help you learn, you can even practice without some of the less necessary parts of the game like morale, or even close combat.

Really, for the very beginner, you just need to know that stuff moves 6", and then can either run for D6 more or shoot (know the rule for ballistic skill), that has a chance to wound (have a copy of the chart nearby), and know the basic rules about cover and armor saves. Throw on the basic rules for vehicles, and you're looking at two dozen rules you need to know for a massively huge chunk of the situations you're going to come across in any given game.

Learn the rules you'll use a lot, and then just keep plugging away at the less-used ones over time, and you'll get it.


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awesome appreciate the advice, i was for a minute seriously debating on changing my mind it was making me nervous a little bit but i think i can handle it i really hope because it seems like it would be a blast to play, and i love fantasy/sci fi stuff and i love playing any kind of table top games i can so i think i can do it
   
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Abhorrent Grotesque Aberration





Do you have a gw store near you? Or maybe a hobby/comic store that people play at? That's going to be the best bet as you can ask questions and get immediate answers.

Overall any wargame is going to have a bit of a learning curve. So just stick with it and realize that even veteran players get things wrong sometimes. Which is no big deal and from my perspective is part of the fun.

At a very high and simplified level a game works like this:
Players build a list at a certain points level: this is your army. 1500 points or higher is common, but I would recommend you keep things very simple with just an hq and two troops. This will help while learning the basics.

Once the table is setup, you can either roll to randomly pick a mission or you can just pick one.

Next you determine who goes first. They will put their models on the table. The second player then puts theirs down.

First player then starts his turn. Movement, then shooting/running, finally close combat.

Once the first player is done, the second player does his turn.

When the second player finishes that is the end of round one. You will play a minimum of 5 rounds ( unless someone loses all their models.

There are typically winning conditions such as having more objectives an your opponent.





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Thanks Clively appreciate it, i do have a hobby shop near me that plays general open game for 40k on Fridays or Saturdays so i will go check it out, i appreciate everyone's advice and if ya can give me any more i will take it, all i want is to have fun i'm not worried about winning or losing i'm just worried about screwing up but i guess its part of the learning so.
   
 
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