Warhammer 40,000 – A Guide to Choosing Your First Army

The grim darkness of the far future is full of choices, and one of the most exciting (and daunting) decisions for any new Warhammer 40,000 player is picking an army faction. With dozens of armies, each with unique lore, aesthetics, and play styles, where do you start? My aim with this guide is to walk you through the key factors to consider, along with high-level snapshots of each major faction to help you find your match.

My first experience with Warhammer 40,000 came back in the 90’s when there were limited factions, but the poster boys of the game were, as they are now, the genetically enhanced human super soldiers—Space Marines, specifically the Ultramarines. These guys were the ‘heroes’ of the setting, protecting humanity from aliens, heresy, and daemons. As a kid, I was inspired seeing cool artwork posters and books full of images of these blue clad heroes battling back the ‘evil’ hordes, and I made my decision on my first army. I immediately fell in love with their story, characters and their visually pleasing blue armor and Greek iconography. To this day I still have an attachment to the Space Marine faction, but have moved on to the black-armored, knightly aesthetic Black Templar variant of Space Marines.

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