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How long have you been playing. I am interested to see what our current gaming population consists of.

I’ve been involved with 40K since 1987. I played 1E & 2E, then picked up again at the tail end of 5E (the year of my join date).

Overall, I don’t play 40K very often - I mostly collect, assemble, paint and gawk at the minis.

First played in 1994, with 2E, stopped in early 2000's, sometime shortly before 4E I believe. Recently came back for 8E, as now have financial stability again to get back into the hobby. Mostly hobbying, less gaming - but still enthusiastic about it all.

I started at the very beginning of 3rd (as in the first month). Played though until 6th dropped and I decided that if I wanted to have 90% of my list randomised I'd go play Dungeons and Dragons instead.

I started playing in RT with borrowed units of Squats. Near the end of RT I built my 1st army - a tiny, incredibly broken, all terminator, SW force.

I played like it was my job from 89 till 2004. I played 1 game of 5th decided I'd rather play anything else, and sold nearly all, only to return as 8th started to show it was a game and not the silliness 5th was.

Started in middle school '93 and got too cool for it in college '98.

Got back in touch with my nerdom in like 06-08 for 4th/5th but just didn't have the time.

Finally came back after all the hype for 8th.

Like KC above, started in 2nd edition early-mid 90's. Played through college into 4E...disliked it and gave it up. Started playing 2nd edition again in 2017, tried 8th edition and have been playing mostly that. Never thought I'd come back till the bones of 3rd edition were put to rest (thankfully!)

Started in 5th edition with the then new 5th edition tyranid codex and got tired of being the NPC force of the warhammer universe. in 8th though I have really enjoyed so far.

I’ve played every edition. Some more than others. 2nd and 4th were spotty.

I started late in 3rd edition and have been active ever since. My most played editions were 5th and 7th due to a combination of Money, free time, and community with which to play. My least played edition was 6th mostly because I was in college and didn't have a community with which to play.

I've been playing tabletop games since early 90's and got into 40k at the release of 3rd edition - so that's 1997ish?

Started with Rogue Trader in 88-89?
went solely to fantasy during 5th-6th eds
back in at 7th

Played 2nd edition as a kid, finally drawn back in at the end of 7th, happy as a pig in mud.

 NurglesR0T wrote:
I've been playing tabletop games since early 90's and got into 40k at the release of 3rd edition - so that's 1997ish?

October 1998.

Only remember so vividly as it came out on my younger brother's 12th birthday and it was his prezzie.

Myself? I've been playing sporadically since 2nd ed. (mainly got into it through a prepainted game called Havok) then I went all in at the beginning of 3rd. Stopped at 6th, remained stopped during 7th as they double down on the dumbfethery and came back with 8th. As for my brother? He dropped out decades ago.

I put seasoned veteran. Does 2nd edition count as the beginning or not?

Started 1988, played a lot up to the beginning of 4:th and got back in 6:th.

I dont play much now but collect a number of armies with the intention of playing a few games each year.

Zustiur wrote:
Does 2nd edition count as the beginning or not?

No. The beginning is Wharhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader.

I started playing around 1996 (tail end of 2nd), played consistently through to around 2002-4, then tapered off.

I then played on and off for about ten years, until the combined forces of AoS decimating Fantasy and the nonsense that was Formations in 7th led to me stopping playing entirely.

Then I got back in with 8th, and play fairly often, though other hobbies I've picked up in the meantime (drama and D&D) mean that I don't ply nearly as much as I used to. Haven't gotten back into Fantasy as yet, but I'm considering giving it a go.

Played since 94, saw space wolves on the shelf and fell in love picked up Bjorn a pack of bloodclaws and a pack of grey hunters.

My first starter game was 4th edition, my second the week after was the newly released 5th edition.

'97 - so 21 years, though I didn't play from '08' to '16 or so. I get about a game a week on average.

1998 - 3rd edition.

First played rogue trader with custom rules (hoverboard deathball!), and a number of other systems around the time - notably epic.
Missed most of 3rd and 4th.
Played all of 5th regularly, and then trailed off to almost nothing by 7th.
Small scale resurgence in 8th, more modelling and painting now though.

RT until '93.
Got back into it in '11, for 5th ed.
Stayed with it through 6th and 7th into 8th.

I played Marines in early 5th edition, tried out a couple of chapters before converting them to CSM. I had the old 4th edition codex for like 2 years prior, just because I heard murmurs of 40k and I liked the cover.

6th edition killed it for me, everyone ran nothing but flyers and it was just such a clear cut case of writing OP rules JUST to sell models, that I ended up selling my CSM.

Now, 8th is a whole other beast. I ended up selling my old tomb kings army, and wanted to get back into 40k. The game is MUCH more balanced now I feel, and the few rules I enjoyed in 6th (allies!) is still around. Figuring out detachments was a little confusing, but I am honestly loving the rules this edition.

First started collecting back when it was Rogue Trader. My friends and I played WFB and thought we would dabble with small forces. Never actually got off the ground with playing, but I still have some of the models. The Ogryns back then were so damn cool.

A friend and I decided to take the plunge with 40K at the start of 6th edition, and have been playing since then.

Started with 3rd edition, 98 or 99 I believe. Played every edition since then.

I started in the beginning with rogue trader, using space orks, then went through the first few boxed editions collecting different armies but mainly marines of differing chapters.
Then had a break as beer and women became my main hobby.
Now I'm settled (...) I'm back into it in a big way, and have probably spent more in the last couple of years than all the previous years combined.

Since 2nd edition, sometime around when the Vanilla Terminators and Ultramarines Dreadnought came out. Had a few short breaks due to colledge/work, but I've played during every edition since 2nd.