Want to start but How?

[The Inquestion]

Ye when you start you definatly want the codex for the army you are going for. Space marines, Humanity's Finest, Have very good armour and good shooting capiability.The Tau,tecnelogical advanced, Have Very good shooting possibally the best in the game, the standard troop has a very good gun...

So when you choose your army, you will need to get the codex, when you got that, it is a good idea to get the battleforce, which has the basic stuff i.e some troops, a commander e.t.c. the downfall is that it is £50 but it is cheeper than getting everything by it-self. After you got that you might just want some anti-tank weponary i.e nice big tanks. Then some of the other choices Elites, fast Attack e.t.c

Hope I helped...

[Vasili]

I would Suggest a simple army like Marines or Tau first cause they are easy to understand, but everyone does marines so be differnt and do Tau.

[Darth_Exile]

The gamesworkshop would be the best place to buy from, as they will be able to help you with a starter army. And they will tell you the armies backgrounds so you can decide for yourself what you want to get.

[gi!thanan]

There really is no place that always sells cheaper, gw sells them to that store, so in order for that store to make a profit for selling it they raise the price a bit. So you will be tough to find any store that is much cheaper. I would reccomend just buying from gw as they will carry the reliable models that you know are not cheap rip offs, and if you have any problems they have a reliable (if somewhat slow) customer service.

[venonat80]

Thanks, I'll think i'll start with the SM with the Maggascrace kit with the two races. Is that the only start kit?

Well this goes out to all those who are in the US and/or in the NY: The best way the learn to play, i suppose, is with others, other then GW stores which holds touraments, are there any touraments held by others?

[Tar-Emmetar]

yeah thats the only starter kit with rules etc. but therer are battle forces that come with a playable force. you usually get a troops selection, a transport and some support or fast attack. therer good.

[Carnivore]

Originally Posted by Tar-Emmetar

yeah thats the only starter kit with rules etc. but therer are battle forces that come with a playable force. you usually get a troops selection, a transport and some support or fast attack. therer good.

True enough, but I'd advise to play with other people's aries, to feel what you prefer and avoid unecessary bought...

[venonat80]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there an online table top version of the game? Where the same table top rules apply only with the use of internet communcation? I like the paper idea somebody put out.

[Tar-Emmetar]

that would be cool, but i dunno.

[ssolrac]

It would probably be possible to do it. If anyone does figure a place where we can do that dont forget to tell me because I havent even a played my first real game and its almost been a year since I started. The best way to start a new army I think is to buy one of the cheaper commanders and only one troops choice then just split them in half and fight against the other half. But you should definately get Battle for Macragge because you get 10 Space Marines, 10 Tyranid gaunts, 6 Tyranid genestealers, 8 Tyranid spore mines, all the dice you'll need for now, measuring sticks, a mini rulebook that has everything that you need, some terrain, the templates you need, and it helps you decide which army you want to collect based on what type you want it to be. Ed Fortune's link will take you straight to the place you need to be if you want it.

There are reference sheets on one of the GW sites that you could use for an army if you just want to see how it plays, but eventually you will need to get the codex. You need a rulebook or a friend that knows how to play to use them though. Tau Empire: http://uk.games-workshop.com/tau/reference/1/ Space Marines:http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/reference/1/
I hope something in there helped.