WHAT IS WARHAMMER? A guide for newcomers.

im interested but it feels a little overwhelming

So it's a board game.

Bullocks I learned nothing waste of 20 min

I personally like the lore and the gameplay i haven't painted any of my models fully yet im still pretty new to warhammer found this video while trying to look for a video that explains the math with rolls etc

great vid

I was interested in WH because of the figures and artwork back about 30+ years ago. I still haven't played it.

What a great, eloquent explanation of all of this.
I get a chuckle thinking about how this is made for people who don't know the game, but the main audience watching it is still probably the people who know all this stuff already and are just nodding along admiring how well it's been explained. 😆

what if i just searched up "what is warhammer" and this video popped up? do i stick around? 😂

As a Magic the Gathering player, I know of Warhammer, but I don't know a thing about how it's actually played. I've just seen people at wargame tables measuring out distances with rulers.

awesome! <3
this video is kinda like the what do DJs actually do but for warhammer.

I am building a pc and plan to play the game when it's finished but also want involved in the table top game as well

Before this video I didn’t even know it was a board game

Aah, right, I understand nothing.

I like lore, I like getting lost in new worlds. So I might try a video game. But, even though I built tons of models as a kid, the idea of all that these days just doesn't appeal.

i arrived knowing nothing and now i know warhammer is basically a trade

So you are saying I could commission someone to build and paint a Space Marines chess board for me?

My sons sent me. I’m here for the quick introduction. 😂👍

I was confused before, now I’m not only confused, I’m equally clueless on what exactly is the game about?

Can you create any mech/alien race/army/military/democracy/government/etc? Then with enough detail, and fine-tuning the lore/story/origin/history/etc, it’s canon to the Warhammer verse/game?

Do you start as a grunt, or you can create your entire being in the universe of WH40K?

oh okay so im com,pletely justified in just liking the crafts aspect and maybe the tabletop aspect but not the books or the insane lore?

Warcraft was the result of an attempt to create a Warhammer game. They actually didn't stop there either.

I know I sound really heretical here. But I hate the painting. I wish I could buy a miniature army (of reasonable price) and play the board game.

Great explanation. Not condescending and has respect for each game. This is all very new for me ! I have missed allot

This is literally what yugioh dice monsters shouldve become ......

I thought warhammer was all about a hyper futuristic world, so imagine my surprise when playing vermintide and fighting rats with steel swords

honestly Henry Cavill brought me here and this is awesome! thanks for this video!

Great intro guide, when I was a teen I used to love painting the models but had no idea how to play. Hopefully gonna learn the rules at 35🤔

@ArbitorIan Thank you for this! I feel you made this video just for me. I'm leaning more towards the PC gaming side of the franchise. Can you (or anybody for that matter) explain the differences in the computer game side of Warhammer? Do you know of a video explaining that part specifically? There are just so many out there and I want to get into the franchise but I'm really overwhelmed byu how much content there is to dive into.

I am really only into the story elements, but I have been wondering: are there people who play but don’t paint? Is it considered gauche to purchase someone else’s painted models and use them?

my engelish is bad , are this games lore same universe diffirent times or opposite

Very helpful. Thank you!

Bro thank you. I never played war hammer before. I just seen the new warhammer 40k space marine 2 trailer and thought it look epic but when I search up warhammer and was mad confuse at what I was seeing cause it had so many different type of games

Damn, I wish we heard his take on the whole 'kids' thing

Ian, I just love your content, you do fantastic videos, always interesting, no bullshit and all kept short - 5 stars ⭐️

Great video that showed me WH is not for me though

I really thought this was a video game fr fr

I had no clue what warhammer was really about. Your video explained very nicely. Thanks

I was recommended the Horus Heresy on audible, and the sample sounds good.
I am a bit of a completionist tho but there are alot of books in the series.
Does anyone know the best place to start to get the full story?

Watched the whole video and still didn’t understand what WH is , all I know now is what it is not .

Newcomer here. Thank you for the video. Which novel(s) do you recommend to start with ?

The subtitles are absolutely awesome

Interesting, I finally understood! My son looooooOooooves war themed games, and building armies. It may be an interesting shared hobby

I think this just tells me that Warhammer isn’t for me.
I’m not artsy enough to design colour schemes for the figurines, painting them seems too painstaking and having to manually buy each model kit just to put together the army seems expensive.

The game also seems slow and too strategic, almost like chess with dice.

Is the wargame not a pay-to-win thing? I understand that there is tactics involved as well, but from my understanding there are weaker and stronger characters in the game, right?

Honestly i could not understand the warhammer so searchingfor easy ones

How much does it costs!!!?!!!?!!!!!???
Hahaha
How much do YOU want it to cost????

Thank you!

My boyfriend convinced me to join their warhammer 40k group. Though I know nothing. At all. So thank you for this 😅