Mercadian Masque wrote:Back when I was in middle school, a decade and more past, I made a friend recently moved to the US from England. Once, with a group of friends, we decided to draft up ideas for super soldiers... needless to say, we were the cool kids in class. The next day, my friend comes in with genetically altered super humans in power armor, wielding bolters, sired by the Emperor of Mankind. It was pretty clear that he hadn't come up with all of that on his own, and he told me that they were Space Marines...

I drifted away from the hobby over the years, but now I'm getting back in the game. What got me into it this time? I almost took up 40K again when I was playing DoW online with friends, but it didn't quite stick. The Horus Heresy series finally got me back into the hobby (this must be sweet, sweet music to GW's ears). I've been collecting the books since the series started, but I only just began reading them... I'm behind the curve, I know. I'm now caught up with the series, but I knew halfway through Horus Rising that it was time to get back into 40K. I've been lurking forums, reading codices and rulebooks, and I'll be purchasing my first new set of models in over a decade tomorrow.