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Posted January 23, 2012
I love what little tastes I've had of the universe. Chiefly from Dawn of War's campaign and Servants of the Imperium (an awesome little webcomic). I'm heading out to pick up Space Marine for my PS3 tomorrow (tried the demo, mindless but fun!) in hopes of getting another sampling of the lore and environments. It's definitely my favorite fictional universe since Star Wars.

I know that if you want Forgotten Realms / D&D fiction, you read Salvatore. Is there a comparable author, series of books, or series of graphic novels for Warhammer 40k? I checked out the handful of Warhammer 40k books available on Kindle and they got 1/5 stars on average *shudder*.

I'd appreciate any help I could get on this. Thanks in advance! (And yes, I'm well aware that I could get into the wargaming scene, I just live in the rural southern U.S. and I doubt I'd find that many people who were into it, and I've heard it's a very expensive hobby).
Posted January 23, 2012
Dan Abnett is generally considered the tops, but I've never read him. I quite liked Lord of the Night. Can you grab the big short-story omnibus Let the Galaxy Burn? Some of the stories are from previous editions and aren't very current lore accurate, but there should be plenty of stories in there you'll enjoy.
Posted January 23, 2012
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doccarnby: Dan Abnett is generally considered the tops, but I've never read him. I quite liked Lord of the Night. Can you grab the big short-story omnibus Let the Galaxy Burn? Some of the stories are from previous editions and aren't very current lore accurate, but there should be plenty of stories in there you'll enjoy.
Oh, this is perfect! Thanks so much! I can't find Let the Galaxy Burn for a price I'm willing to pay at the moment (I'd like a new copy), but I just ordered Eisenhorn, Ravenor, and Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (apparently the first trilogy in an omnibus form). I'm so excited! O.O

Uh...+1 for you since I forgot to set this as a question, sorry >.<
Posted January 23, 2012
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Runehamster: I love what little tastes I've had of the universe. Chiefly from Dawn of War's campaign and Servants of the Imperium (an awesome little webcomic). I'm heading out to pick up Space Marine for my PS3 tomorrow (tried the demo, mindless but fun!) in hopes of getting another sampling of the lore and environments. It's definitely my favorite fictional universe since Star Wars.

I know that if you want Forgotten Realms / D&D fiction, you read Salvatore. Is there a comparable author, series of books, or series of graphic novels for Warhammer 40k? I checked out the handful of Warhammer 40k books available on Kindle and they got 1/5 stars on average *shudder*.

I'd appreciate any help I could get on this. Thanks in advance! (And yes, I'm well aware that I could get into the wargaming scene, I just live in the rural southern U.S. and I doubt I'd find that many people who were into it, and I've heard it's a very expensive hobby).
Have you played Warhammer 40k: Kill Team yet? I think it unlocks the power sword in Space Marine and it is very fun on its own. If I just wanted to go through for the first time on "easy mode" I'd pick Tech Marine or the all ranged guy (starts with Bolter I think). The Tech Marine owns after he gets a meltagun. Just learn to time his turret deploys, if one starts firing right as a swam of enemies hits it'll be recharged before it's used up and you can put one up for the next swarm.

Kill Team will only take 6 hours or so to beat, iirc. More if you try and collect everything. It was a XBox Live Arcade title, I would guess you can get it from PSN as well.
Post edited January 23, 2012 by orcishgamer
Posted January 23, 2012
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orcishgamer: Have you played Warhammer 40k: Kill Team yet? I think it unlocks the power sword in Space Marine and it is very fun on its own.
Huh, no, I haven't. Looks like this might be fun. It's also much cheaper - and since I just bought $30 in books I should go easy on the spending for a while ;P
Posted January 23, 2012
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orcishgamer: Have you played Warhammer 40k: Kill Team yet? I think it unlocks the power sword in Space Marine and it is very fun on its own.
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Runehamster: Huh, no, I haven't. Looks like this might be fun. It's also much cheaper - and since I just bought $30 in books I should go easy on the spending for a while ;P
There should be a demo, it's the first 2/3 of the first level, pretty good taste of the game.

Oh yeah, Carnifex.
Posted January 23, 2012
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orcishgamer: There should be a demo, it's the first 2/3 of the first level, pretty good taste of the game.

Oh yeah, Carnifex.
Ick, just gave it a look. No offense meant, I just can't stand dual-stick shooters. My thumbs can't think that fast for some reason. I think I'm going to cancel my Prey 2 preorder and get Space Marine instead (Watched some online footage and Prey 2 looks like it's not going to be very good at all).
Post edited January 23, 2012 by Runehamster
Posted January 23, 2012
Since you liked the DoW games why don't you give the novel by CS Goto a try. My favourite Dan Abnett Warhammer 40 novel is Titanicus which is about the mechs fighting. Just so you know Gaunt's Ghost series is about the imperial guardsmen so there are no space marines involved except for the latest book Salvation's reach.You might also want to give the Warhammer 40k comics from booms studios a try
Posted January 23, 2012
I know this sounds like a stupid suggestion, but I highly recommend checking out the official warhammer 40k rule book if you haven't already. It has full background stories on all classes, a detailed "history of the 41st millennium" and a bunch of other cool stuff (oh, and of course rules and strategy).

Likewise, check out the official Codex for each of the classes that you like, they are pretty awesome and are available for all W40k factions except Sisters of Battle.

Having said that, neither of those suggestions are cheap, especially if shipping costs will be applicable.
Posted January 23, 2012
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MonstaMunch: I know this sounds like a stupid suggestion, but I highly recommend checking out the official warhammer 40k rule book if you haven't already. It has full background stories on all classes, a detailed "history of the 41st millennium" and a bunch of other cool stuff (oh, and of course rules and strategy).
Oh, not a bad idea at all - especially if I did decide I might want to get into the tabletop wargaming, might be nice to have the references on hand. Thanks!
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sheva78: Since you liked the DoW games why don't you give the novel by CS Goto a try. My favourite Dan Abnett Warhammer 40 novel is Titanicus which is about the mechs fighting. Just so you know Gaunt's Ghost series is about the imperial guardsmen so there are no space marines involved except for the latest book Salvation's reach.You might also want to give the Warhammer 40k comics from booms studios a try
Hey, I play Guardsmen all the time in Dawn of War! Don't go raggin' on my scrappy suicidal Chuck Norris wannabes! :O

Thanks for the tips, though! I'll check out Titanicus - series or standalone?
Posted January 24, 2012
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Runehamster: Oh, this is perfect! Thanks so much! I can't find Let the Galaxy Burn for a price I'm willing to pay at the moment (I'd like a new copy), but I just ordered Eisenhorn, Ravenor, and Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (apparently the first trilogy in an omnibus form). I'm so excited! O.O
I read Eisenhorn. Its pretty entertaining. I stopped reading 40k books as most of them were pretty bad. Tie-ins usually are though, so its not unexpected. Eisenhorn was much better than the others I read though.
Posted January 24, 2012
Avoid CS Goto. Abnett is good, and Eisenhorn and Caiaphas Cain are good as well. I've heard the first couple of Horus Heresy books are pretty good too, but I haven't read those. None of them are "great literature," though. But Goto... he's a mediocre author at best, and he gets a lot of stuff backwards and sideways and just plain wrong.
Posted January 24, 2012
Titanicus is a stand alone novel. My favourite guardsmen novels include the Ciaphas Cain and Gaunt's Ghost series and the stand alone novel Gunheads by Steve Parker.
Posted January 24, 2012
Avoid CS Goto at all costs. Dan Abnett is awesome.

As said the Caiphas Cain novels are good. Gaunt's Ghosts is a good choice, definitely some of Abnett's best work.

The Horus Heresy novels are generally good, though vary a bit based on Author.

I also like Anthony Reynolds. You should check out his Word Bearer's trilogy.

Graham McNeill isn't too bad either. I liked Storm of Iron.
Posted January 24, 2012
Most of the Black Library books are mediocre but I like them anyway – it’s an excellent choice for in-bus reading :-). As other mentioned Gaunt’s Ghosts are fine and I also like Horus Heresy books because they tell the story “How did come to this”.
Also as MonstaMunch mentioned –official codexes, rule books etc. contain plenty of background information & cool gfx.
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