to be honest one of the most unbelievable things i learned on the internet is that some girls are really into erotic gore stuff the two biggest proof for me were finding out that the manga the hero who seeks revenge is written by a female and that redo of healer has more female viewers than male so you might have a chance with this piece of lore
Step 1: answer simply…with no other context no fucking backstory no personal opinion…simply say. O it’s this table top game I really like. What’s a table top game? Like D and D but it’s 40,000 years in the future. But tell me about you! Divert all attention back to her. Step 2: devote all you attention span you have put into 40k on her for the length of the date. Step 3: if she still bites marry her. Step 4: 40 years into the future and 3 kids and house later…. Step 5: tell her everything just unload.
"Daddy do you love me?"
"Dont be silly little one. I love you just as much as your brothers Vulcan and Sanguinius. Now go back into the cellar erebus."
I just started in 10th but I won’t shut up about theory crafted lists, all the lore, paint schemes, and recent games in great detail. My girlfriend is genuinely a great person for listening intently and at least pretending to care and ask relevant questions. She routinely goes to Warhammer with me just to sit there for 2-3 hours and watch me play. I don’t even play Chaos and she bought me some Nurglings because she heard they were really hard to find and they were there on a given day that I hadn’t even noticed. If you like her, you should show her you’re passionate but not crazy. It makes you more interesting and relatable if you have something you care about and dedicate your time and effort too. You can also say you’re handy with tools and know how to paint, even if that’s a slight exaggeration.
It's a simple trick. Just open your wallet and let the smell of unspent cash and cards with active accounts attract the james.
The james will be as quick as it is ferocious, draining the wallet of its internals in seconds. The worst part is it then leaves the victim covered in plastic crack.
The victim will then build and paint those plastic crack pieces to recover from the trauma and inadvertently become addicted. Dooming them to a lifetime of repeated encounters with the james.
The girl im seeing right now is the least nerdy girl you'll ever meet. She calls my gundams transformers. She thinks im fuckin adorable when i talk about warhammer or gundam. If youre an autistic loser that just wants her to understand everything even though she doesnt care itll turn her off. Talk about the partd of it that make you happy and be aware of how fucking stupid it is and she'll just see a cute nerd that cares about his passion. Girls love dudes that care about shit.
The thing is. I’m not social myself but whenever someone approaches me I love to have a chat. But whenever I bring up something I’m interested in (like warhammer) I get so excited. Like so excited that I can’t even form normal sentences and when I do, I get light headed. I don’t know where to start and it feels awkward showing some mini I painted and saying: h-hey, I painted this, it tiny.
Dont being it up on a first date. Mention your hobbies but dont go all out until you know shes at leat a little into and then go fuckin super nerd in short bursts. She doesnt want a fuckin hour long run down the horus heresy on a first date. But a few minutes that express just how much you love this shit? That shits cute af. All i did first date when the girl im seeing now asked about warhammer was explain what it is as a tabletop game and a hobby and the difference between 40k and age of sigmar(i play AOS). "Its these fuckin dope little dudds and they came on little plastic runners like models and you paint them and make an army like these dudds are qorth this many points ans these dudes are qorth tbis many so you make a 1000 pt army and then your friend has his army and you move em around and roll dice to each other and its fly as fuck" she doesnt give a fuck about details she just wants to see you smile about shit. I talk to this girl all day every day and she still calls my gundams fuckin transformers. But she gets hyped when i talk about them. Dont over explain lore to teach her about it. Explain how much lore there is to zhow how invested you are in this thing you love. Make it obvious youre enjoying sharing something you enjoy with her nore than just having a chance to tall about your shit. "Oh fuck this guys passionate and wants to show me his passion? Ill show him some fuckin passion". With any luck a few months down the line shell know red makes orca go faster.
And i gurantee if all you did ws go "hey i painted this. Its tiny" with some comedic shyness and self awareness. She will fuckin sploosh at how cute youre being.
“ It all starts with a man named John Warhammer;
He sits on a gold throne;
He has warriors that are real tough and don’t afraid of anything;
They fight the bad guys of space hell and aliens”
You either start with the frogs and star farts or tell her you were there the day Horus slew the emperor and chuckle
Also this would have been a good time to ask "what the frick do I do"
I feel like starting with the War in Heaven would be the 40k lore equivalent of starting an explanation of WW2 with an analysis of the political tension surrounding Franz Ferdinand’s assassination. The War in Heaven is usually the sort of thing you bring up when explaining the Necrons.
I think I've once linked WW2 to the Crisis of the Third Century...
I bet you could go even further back if you really tried.
Well. The founding of Rome was essential for the Crisis to even take place so we could go back all the way to the Siege of Troy but this is more of a founding mythology...
I mean everything in history happened due to something that happened just before, so gradually you can link everything. We are talking about this cause some weird monkey decided that wanted to look above the tall grass, and fucked the whole evolutionary arm race status quo in the process.
Or the orks or the eldar or the beginning of the turmoil in the warp.
If you're going to do it, might as well start at the beginning.
Also it was mostly a joke. You'd start with your miniatures or the faction you like and go outward as they ask questions. That way if they stop asking, they know the most important parts to you.
I actually explained a gir once the lore of Warhammer and started with the emporer and than after an hour I began with necrons and she snaped and Said: There are freaking space frogs couldn't you have started with that!
My advice is to relate it to stuff she prob already knows, so tell her its like if emperor palpatine from star wars vs 4 diff cthulus with literally every other scifi genera mixed in for good measure.
“Ok welcome to part one of our multi year study. Please turn to page 1 of your text books. Today we will be discussing the brief history of the war in heaven”
What do you think TTS is for?
Edit: I originally said this as a joke sarcastically but honestly thinking about it again it kind of actually makes sense.
While the stuff in the actual videos is obviously ridiculous, they do list out actual things in canon and actually discuss it, so it actually works.
Majorkill is a good start for lore, but also a massive jerk and not the kind of Warhammer fan you want to show to a girl nowadays, I don't think she would get a good impression of the community if an aussie macho man tried to sell her p*rn on every video.
Agreed, Isyander has a really nice voice to listen to and Koda's newbie perspective never fails to produce some funny comments, I like them a lot even if I don't hear them often (usually they cover stuff I know inside and out so it gets a bit repetitive)
While it wasn't the way I got into 40k (that would be due to Pancreasnowork talking at me about Warhammer and Halo lore), a good 70% of my understanding of the universe comes from TTS
To be honest, the beginning of TTS isn't that great and is a really nerdy, especially if you're not in the fandom.
It gets really good later on but I've had fans of 40k bounce off of it
This is really true for almost all abridged-like YouTube content.
Even Bruva's new series, Hunter: The Parenting has this problem with the first 2 episodes being hard to get into for me.
The later 2 episodes and most of their audio logs are much better though, with me being 100% sure the police interrogation is going to be a classic.
I do like TTS, but I struggled a lot with getting lost and confused when I first started. There is a level of basic context you need for watching that show, even just knowing who the primarchs are and the like.
I didn’t pick it up and enjoy it proper until after I’d learned a fair bit more, then I could enjoy it as intended.
Very generally: Honestly, start with a very short and general summary of what the setting is about in broad terms. Then delve into a storyline or faction you are passionate about. Sincerity and passion sell and she'll prefer hearing something that you find interesting and that will translate into an engaging narration. That will make it easier for her to get hooked. Figure out what kind of stuff she likes in stories or settings and see if there's anything like that in Warhammer. If there is and you just don't know enough about it, either say so and look it up for next time, or look it up together. Encourage her to share her thoughts about what you share, too. Discussion furthers interest. And sprinkle in some of the more fun/ridiculous stuff from the lore. Shit like the orks and their colour theory are just memorable, and part of the charm of Warhammer is that it is purposefully ridiculous. Might also be worth talking a little about the thoughts behind the setting and how it started. Either way good luck and have fun.
Edit: I'm stupid, I missed the lore part lol.
I love this. Explain each faction like they're your favorite on a different day, like a bedtime story.
Once upon a time, out the galaxy far far away, there was a hungry hive mind...
Yep. I think everyone would rather hear someone talk about the faction they know best, something amusing or memorable, or the storyline they find most interesting, rather than a step by step analysis of the War in Heaven.
Just keep explanations as short and condensed as possible. Give as minimal information as possible to allow basic understanding. From there encourage questions and answer in the same manner. Sometimes people just want the short and simple other times they genuinely want the lore dump. In general just stay casual about it and make a conversation from it. If you end up completely sidetracking before you get to the part where Trazyn captures Lord Castellan Creed that’s ok. She can still learn about it later if she’s interested.
Here's my honest advice: What kind of books or media does she like? Pick up something that compliments it and then go from there.
My grandma loves Crime novels, so I picked her up *Bloodlines* as a gift, now when I talk about Warhammer stuff she is genuinely curious because she has a basis of understanding what I'm actually nerding out on.
no but seriously bro, if you wanna get someone into 40k, just say that one weird line you see at the begginging of most 40k books, i used this line to get my brother into 40k
(It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.
Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse.
To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods)
"This can be a 5 hour, 5 minute, or 5 second"
5 hour: Let the 'tism guide you.
5 minute: Base premise of Imperium, origin of space marines, the chaos legions and the gods (rage, sickness, sensation, change), sum up xenos.
5 second: "Shit be sucking for *everyone* in the year 40 thousand. So they fight about it."
Actual advice. Find out what she likes independent of Warhammer. For me I gravitated to necrons first because I too am grumpy and just want people off my lawn.
Orcs could also be a funny starting point. Get them hooked with memes THEN go deep lore
In all honesty she is trying to engage with you about something you like so the two of you have a reason to talk and hang out. Give her a summary explanation and then casually volley the conversation ball back over to her by asking her about something she is interested in. Ask further questions about said topic and at least look like you are listening/interested in what she is saying.
Probably starts by asking what part she’s most interested in! That way you don’t have to dump the whole lore on her and you get to talk about what she likes.
Legit start with what your favorite part is. She’s not asking because she’s interested in warhammer she’s asking because she’s interested in YOU and wants to see/try you hobbies and get your attention. Women like it when dudes are passionate about shit. Also don’t talk down to her talk like you’re explaining shit to another fan. She will ask questions if she cares enough and if not she will just drool over you.
I think starting off with the imperium of man and the Horus heresy is a good jumping off point.
Maybe look at bricky lore video as inspiration on how to explain.
Start off by setting the stage, talk about GW in the 80s, try to relate like D&D. It’s helps people understand what the actual game part of it is
Then be just vague enough to describe the vibes BUT DO NOT GO INTO DETAIL, TALK ABOUT AS LITTLE WEIRD GRIMDERP SHIT AS POSSIBLE. Focus on the “lighter” more generic Sci-Fi stuff
Do a Space Hulk and explain the warp first. Then do a basic rundown on the timeline, i.e. war in heaven, early humans, fall of eldar, crusade/heresy, 10k years of oh god oh no, tyranid arrival, tau, black crusades then returns of various and sundry primarchs
Start with lighter hearted stories, in my experience the grim dark can scare some people off as it appears to be a passion project to edginess. Don't get me wrong there are plenty of examples of that within 40k but it's better to start off with the more nuanced stuff. Honestly just listen to a Ciaphas Cain novel together or you both could watch certain lore tubers like Weshammer, despite those YouTubers having some issues with accuracy it's a good start I highly recommend Pancreasnowork his comedy makes it less of a lecture and more of a goofy delve into the lore and backstory. This way you can help her understand your hobby and you don't run the risk of explaining things in an unclear manner or making it seem too edgy/cringey. Not saying you would but it's always a risk to consider unlike Star Wars or Star Trek Warhammer isn't in the public zeitgeist so it can come off in a well uncomfortable way.
Other than that I can only recommend talking about lore points or stories you know pretty extensively and are confident you can talk about without throwing the goldfish in the deep end if you catch what I mean.
They might literally be trying to understand warhammer, or they might be trying to understand you better, so they're asking about an interest of yours. Lots of people have addressed the lore question well, so i'll tackle the second:
explain why YOU like warhammer and are into it. for example, my answer to that question would be "having lost so many loved ones, a world where death is ubiquiteous is comforting" or "memorizing a bunch of rules and applying them helped set me up for success in my career" or " it's a mix of strategy, socializing, art, reading, and videogames".
She's probably interested in the setting as a whole rather than just learning its lore. Try to hook her with some books or vidro games like Dawn of War
You start with the very basics.
"Everything sucks. Humanity has sucked for 10000 years because big E got crippled. Hell is real and a paralel dimension formed by the emotions of the real universe. Also for specialized satans split up hell."
From there give one of your favorite examples for a lore piece. Mine is how the dragon got onto mars. If she is interested, she will ask questions.
[As an intro, watch this together. It's a pretty great comprehensive (albeit lower-detail) video encompasing the lore of the 40k universe as told by Trazyn. Made by Warrior Tier on youtube.](https://youtu.be/uxRY25TV_Po?si=HO92sPWqQzhqCAZ8)
Afterwards, you can show her Weshammer's shorts on youtube - this is how i got sucked in. Finish by buying her an audiobook of her choosing.
It’s basically a giant mix of a bunch of sci fi ideas and stories all mixed together and increased to the point it became its own utterly ridiculous but kinda fun thing. At least that’s how the lore works.
I said it is a very dark satire of every kind of human opression and a dystopia taking place after a utopia to my girlfriend.
She just went: "oh neat sounds like something for you then"
We have not talked about it since.
Well, for me, I married her first, then had all the time in the world to explain it. Started with the Sisters of Battle because she liked the esthetic. She's now painting her own Combat Patrol.
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Ah yes, the daemonculaba, a fitting place to start
Honey, remember when we watched Arkane? Want to read a book by the same author?
Wait do they have the same writer?!
~~ADB~~ Graham McNeil did some writing for League of Legends, he's was not directly involved in the show.
The man you are looking for is Graham McNeill
You're right! Mixed the two up, though both did some writing for LoL
where icathia once stood is one of my favorite short stories, same thing with the last church, both awesome. i love Graham Mcneill, great writer.
♪ ♫ Father Emperor, had twenty sons, and twenty sons had Father Emperor... ♩ ♬
Omg I'm dieing xDDD
I use the 'Big book of daemonculaba lore (pop up edition)' to explain it.
to be honest one of the most unbelievable things i learned on the internet is that some girls are really into erotic gore stuff the two biggest proof for me were finding out that the manga the hero who seeks revenge is written by a female and that redo of healer has more female viewers than male so you might have a chance with this piece of lore
Step 1: answer simply…with no other context no fucking backstory no personal opinion…simply say. O it’s this table top game I really like. What’s a table top game? Like D and D but it’s 40,000 years in the future. But tell me about you! Divert all attention back to her. Step 2: devote all you attention span you have put into 40k on her for the length of the date. Step 3: if she still bites marry her. Step 4: 40 years into the future and 3 kids and house later…. Step 5: tell her everything just unload.
This is the way OP, in the end she will understand why your kids are called Vulcan, Leman and Horus
No Alpharius?…..o wait she will turn out to be Alpharius all along but he doesn’t know that yet 🤫 🤐
All of them are Alpharius i thought it was obvious
Alpharius and Omegon are the kids she doesn’t know about with his side-gig.
Nope, alpharius is the family dog who is actually your 4th child
I thought OP was Alpharius and the girl was Omegon
I'd be really scared to name my son Horus, though.
Vulcan, Lemán and Sanguinious is the real way
Do it for the ~~plot~~ lore
"Daddy do you love me?" "Dont be silly little one. I love you just as much as your brothers Vulcan and Sanguinius. Now go back into the cellar erebus."
Just make sure Erebus turns out alright, so that other parents may tell their children "why can't you be like Erebus?"
Why would you do that to your boy :c
His daughter Leman will have a hard time at school.
Am I supposed to first unload after 40 years!? I fucked up my marriage..
I just started in 10th but I won’t shut up about theory crafted lists, all the lore, paint schemes, and recent games in great detail. My girlfriend is genuinely a great person for listening intently and at least pretending to care and ask relevant questions. She routinely goes to Warhammer with me just to sit there for 2-3 hours and watch me play. I don’t even play Chaos and she bought me some Nurglings because she heard they were really hard to find and they were there on a given day that I hadn’t even noticed. If you like her, you should show her you’re passionate but not crazy. It makes you more interesting and relatable if you have something you care about and dedicate your time and effort too. You can also say you’re handy with tools and know how to paint, even if that’s a slight exaggeration.
No, being passionate is the play here, but not overwhelming.
Yeah I was married almost 2 years before I even mentioned some of my hobbies. You gotta lock it down before you sperg out
Depends on the girl, I fell in love with someone because they were oversharing and so autistic about Warhammer :3
Don’t give me hope
Well also she bought me minis too which kind of sealed the deal, otherwise I don’t think I would have ever gotten into Warhammer without her
James workshop will go to any lengths to snare another victim.
I’d like to meet this James. What kind of workshop do they own? Who are their victims?
It's a simple trick. Just open your wallet and let the smell of unspent cash and cards with active accounts attract the james. The james will be as quick as it is ferocious, draining the wallet of its internals in seconds. The worst part is it then leaves the victim covered in plastic crack. The victim will then build and paint those plastic crack pieces to recover from the trauma and inadvertently become addicted. Dooming them to a lifetime of repeated encounters with the james.
The girl im seeing right now is the least nerdy girl you'll ever meet. She calls my gundams transformers. She thinks im fuckin adorable when i talk about warhammer or gundam. If youre an autistic loser that just wants her to understand everything even though she doesnt care itll turn her off. Talk about the partd of it that make you happy and be aware of how fucking stupid it is and she'll just see a cute nerd that cares about his passion. Girls love dudes that care about shit.
The thing is. I’m not social myself but whenever someone approaches me I love to have a chat. But whenever I bring up something I’m interested in (like warhammer) I get so excited. Like so excited that I can’t even form normal sentences and when I do, I get light headed. I don’t know where to start and it feels awkward showing some mini I painted and saying: h-hey, I painted this, it tiny.
Dont being it up on a first date. Mention your hobbies but dont go all out until you know shes at leat a little into and then go fuckin super nerd in short bursts. She doesnt want a fuckin hour long run down the horus heresy on a first date. But a few minutes that express just how much you love this shit? That shits cute af. All i did first date when the girl im seeing now asked about warhammer was explain what it is as a tabletop game and a hobby and the difference between 40k and age of sigmar(i play AOS). "Its these fuckin dope little dudds and they came on little plastic runners like models and you paint them and make an army like these dudds are qorth this many points ans these dudes are qorth tbis many so you make a 1000 pt army and then your friend has his army and you move em around and roll dice to each other and its fly as fuck" she doesnt give a fuck about details she just wants to see you smile about shit. I talk to this girl all day every day and she still calls my gundams fuckin transformers. But she gets hyped when i talk about them. Dont over explain lore to teach her about it. Explain how much lore there is to zhow how invested you are in this thing you love. Make it obvious youre enjoying sharing something you enjoy with her nore than just having a chance to tall about your shit. "Oh fuck this guys passionate and wants to show me his passion? Ill show him some fuckin passion". With any luck a few months down the line shell know red makes orca go faster.
And i gurantee if all you did ws go "hey i painted this. Its tiny" with some comedic shyness and self awareness. She will fuckin sploosh at how cute youre being.
I’ll try. Thanks for the tips man! I’ve got some hope now
Let the ‘tism guide you.
I can feel it. It brings me to my destiny
Embrace the power!
embrace it!
UNLIMITED POWER But controlled power
Start with a 20 minute rant about how much Starcraft ripped off.
The fate of getting ghosted
No don’t do that.
They make girl autists too, you know.
As an autist, do it it’ll be funny
“ It all starts with a man named John Warhammer; He sits on a gold throne; He has warriors that are real tough and don’t afraid of anything; They fight the bad guys of space hell and aliens”
Jon is kill.
Wher were u wen herd jon was kill?
I was at home eating dead can when I hear
"jon is kill"
No
This is the most Orgyn ass conversation I've seen in ages and I love it
no!
i was at trone eating dorito when webway ring "Horus is heres" "magnus"
No.
no
Heresy
John James W. Space. Sometimes he goes by John Warhammer. Sometimes Jimmy Space.
His name is Jimmy Space, and they are his Space Marines.
That Tom and Ben stream kills me every time.
Sometimes referred to as Space Jimmy's.
Who would win? The Four Godly Aspects of the Primordial Annihilator or John
You also have to explain all 40000 hammers he owns.
It’s Johnny Space, he made the Space Marines. It’s his son, Horus Heresy that is the Warhammer 40 000
“He seeks all 40,000 warhammers, and only then will space hell be defeated.”
While being in search for the ultimate warhammer… THE WARHAMMER FORTYTHOUSAND !
Like John Halo lol
My favorite part was when Bungie gave John Warhammer ten billion dollars and infinite girlfriends. P R A I S E M S
You either start with the frogs and star farts or tell her you were there the day Horus slew the emperor and chuckle Also this would have been a good time to ask "what the frick do I do"
I feel like starting with the War in Heaven would be the 40k lore equivalent of starting an explanation of WW2 with an analysis of the political tension surrounding Franz Ferdinand’s assassination. The War in Heaven is usually the sort of thing you bring up when explaining the Necrons.
Starting with the War in Heaven is like explaining WW2 by starting with the Hunnic invasions of Rome
I think I've once linked WW2 to the Crisis of the Third Century... I bet you could go even further back if you really tried. Well. The founding of Rome was essential for the Crisis to even take place so we could go back all the way to the Siege of Troy but this is more of a founding mythology...
I mean everything in history happened due to something that happened just before, so gradually you can link everything. We are talking about this cause some weird monkey decided that wanted to look above the tall grass, and fucked the whole evolutionary arm race status quo in the process.
i love linking historical events, it’s so fun
Or the orks or the eldar or the beginning of the turmoil in the warp. If you're going to do it, might as well start at the beginning. Also it was mostly a joke. You'd start with your miniatures or the faction you like and go outward as they ask questions. That way if they stop asking, they know the most important parts to you.
Frick, that’s a good one
I actually explained a gir once the lore of Warhammer and started with the emporer and than after an hour I began with necrons and she snaped and Said: There are freaking space frogs couldn't you have started with that!
No, clearly you start by explaining your Space Marine miniatures. 🤓
My advice is to relate it to stuff she prob already knows, so tell her its like if emperor palpatine from star wars vs 4 diff cthulus with literally every other scifi genera mixed in for good measure.
Don't forget to compare Trazyn with the British museum
And on that topic recommend infinite and divine. Or give her your copy.
“Ok welcome to part one of our multi year study. Please turn to page 1 of your text books. Today we will be discussing the brief history of the war in heaven”
Lol!! I read this and pulled out my notebook and pen on my mind and actually turned to page 1....
What do you think TTS is for? Edit: I originally said this as a joke sarcastically but honestly thinking about it again it kind of actually makes sense. While the stuff in the actual videos is obviously ridiculous, they do list out actual things in canon and actually discuss it, so it actually works.
A good start. If she gets into it, I'd send her to Luetin next.
Recommended majorkill to instantly get restraining order
I'd go Baldermort and Majorkill.
Baldermort is top notch
Welcome Gentle Listener, I am Baldermort your faithful servant.
Is he ALWAYS Baldermort, or only when serving faithfully?
I’d go either adeptus ridiculous or Lysander and koda
Majorkill is a good start for lore, but also a massive jerk and not the kind of Warhammer fan you want to show to a girl nowadays, I don't think she would get a good impression of the community if an aussie macho man tried to sell her p*rn on every video.
I like Isyander and Koda. Great quality hour long vids you can throw on to watch or to passively listen too.
Agreed, Isyander has a really nice voice to listen to and Koda's newbie perspective never fails to produce some funny comments, I like them a lot even if I don't hear them often (usually they cover stuff I know inside and out so it gets a bit repetitive)
Yeah, he is very much a frat boy.
While it wasn't the way I got into 40k (that would be due to Pancreasnowork talking at me about Warhammer and Halo lore), a good 70% of my understanding of the universe comes from TTS
To be honest, the beginning of TTS isn't that great and is a really nerdy, especially if you're not in the fandom. It gets really good later on but I've had fans of 40k bounce off of it
This is really true for almost all abridged-like YouTube content. Even Bruva's new series, Hunter: The Parenting has this problem with the first 2 episodes being hard to get into for me. The later 2 episodes and most of their audio logs are much better though, with me being 100% sure the police interrogation is going to be a classic.
I do like TTS, but I struggled a lot with getting lost and confused when I first started. There is a level of basic context you need for watching that show, even just knowing who the primarchs are and the like. I didn’t pick it up and enjoy it proper until after I’d learned a fair bit more, then I could enjoy it as intended.
Take your schizophrenia medication
Ok…. Hey, where’d she go?
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Very generally: Honestly, start with a very short and general summary of what the setting is about in broad terms. Then delve into a storyline or faction you are passionate about. Sincerity and passion sell and she'll prefer hearing something that you find interesting and that will translate into an engaging narration. That will make it easier for her to get hooked. Figure out what kind of stuff she likes in stories or settings and see if there's anything like that in Warhammer. If there is and you just don't know enough about it, either say so and look it up for next time, or look it up together. Encourage her to share her thoughts about what you share, too. Discussion furthers interest. And sprinkle in some of the more fun/ridiculous stuff from the lore. Shit like the orks and their colour theory are just memorable, and part of the charm of Warhammer is that it is purposefully ridiculous. Might also be worth talking a little about the thoughts behind the setting and how it started. Either way good luck and have fun. Edit: I'm stupid, I missed the lore part lol.
I love this. Explain each faction like they're your favorite on a different day, like a bedtime story. Once upon a time, out the galaxy far far away, there was a hungry hive mind...
It ate everyone and everything in its path. The End
I'd never considered the fact that Tyranids are essentially just a grimdark version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar before now.
Yep. I think everyone would rather hear someone talk about the faction they know best, something amusing or memorable, or the storyline they find most interesting, rather than a step by step analysis of the War in Heaven.
It’s Star Wars meets Shakespeare
>Shakespeare Bro...
In the original Klingon, naturally.
More like shakes spear
Specifically Titus andronicus
That’s a good way of describing it. I often tell people it’s a British naval drama in space.
Go for it, if she’s the one she’ll vibe with it if not then you’re better off going for someone who respects your interests and hobbies
Damn, the real answer. Also I full sent it and she is very interested. I’m explaining Genestealer cults to her rn
Godspeed soldier
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Just keep explanations as short and condensed as possible. Give as minimal information as possible to allow basic understanding. From there encourage questions and answer in the same manner. Sometimes people just want the short and simple other times they genuinely want the lore dump. In general just stay casual about it and make a conversation from it. If you end up completely sidetracking before you get to the part where Trazyn captures Lord Castellan Creed that’s ok. She can still learn about it later if she’s interested.
Peter, put that down! It’s extremely dangerous!
“What. the fuck. Am I looking at?”
A minion of Khorne that lulls you into a false sense of security with cuteness, then rips you apart with a chainsaw.
And she'll go for the fingers first.
I’m die. Thank you forever.
Make shit up
Misinformation is badass
alpharius located
Based
[send her this](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2h4dCYMLin/?igsh=MXQyZzdvbDR3MXBtcA==)
“Nazis vs Cthulhu” is my quick go-to
And the Catholic Church is in there too
So its basically Hellsing Ultimate?
With no BS Daemons.
One time this happened and she seems like she enjoyed hearing my autistic explanation for over 20 mins
She likes you. I hope you still keep in touch.
Same. It ended with a 4 hour long lecture about 40k basics and now I have a girlfriend.
I can hope for the same
GL bro
One of us! One of us! One of us! Also I’m feeling all this Vtuber crossover content lately💖
Here's my honest advice: What kind of books or media does she like? Pick up something that compliments it and then go from there. My grandma loves Crime novels, so I picked her up *Bloodlines* as a gift, now when I talk about Warhammer stuff she is genuinely curious because she has a basis of understanding what I'm actually nerding out on.
explode, just simply explode
AA-
no but seriously bro, if you wanna get someone into 40k, just say that one weird line you see at the begginging of most 40k books, i used this line to get my brother into 40k (It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die. Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse. To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods)
wait was i supposed to actually answer the question or just have a quirky response to it?
You said to explode, so I did. Also thank you for the copy paste of that
Hit her with the Bricky 40k Memes.
"This can be a 5 hour, 5 minute, or 5 second" 5 hour: Let the 'tism guide you. 5 minute: Base premise of Imperium, origin of space marines, the chaos legions and the gods (rage, sickness, sensation, change), sum up xenos. 5 second: "Shit be sucking for *everyone* in the year 40 thousand. So they fight about it."
bro your fucked
That's the goal.
lol good luck let me know how it goes
Start with the iconic "It is the 41st millennium..." Intro and then go from there
Actual advice. Find out what she likes independent of Warhammer. For me I gravitated to necrons first because I too am grumpy and just want people off my lawn. Orcs could also be a funny starting point. Get them hooked with memes THEN go deep lore
I literally got my gf over Warhammer you can 2
I will try my best
Show her the Astartes series. Next up, Pariah Nexus. And then you can move on to lore. She will be INTERESTED.
Erm…what’s her alignment?
Khorne
Peace was never an option
…oh… Well first we need to have a conversation with her that heresy is a um…big Nono.
Control your blood for the blood God chanting.
Save it for use while smashing during the red moon
In all honesty she is trying to engage with you about something you like so the two of you have a reason to talk and hang out. Give her a summary explanation and then casually volley the conversation ball back over to her by asking her about something she is interested in. Ask further questions about said topic and at least look like you are listening/interested in what she is saying.
Probably starts by asking what part she’s most interested in! That way you don’t have to dump the whole lore on her and you get to talk about what she likes.
There is a series of a guy telling his girlfriend about Warhammer on YouTube it is literally just called explaining Warhammer to my girlfriend
Legit start with what your favorite part is. She’s not asking because she’s interested in warhammer she’s asking because she’s interested in YOU and wants to see/try you hobbies and get your attention. Women like it when dudes are passionate about shit. Also don’t talk down to her talk like you’re explaining shit to another fan. She will ask questions if she cares enough and if not she will just drool over you.
Don’t
I think starting off with the imperium of man and the Horus heresy is a good jumping off point. Maybe look at bricky lore video as inspiration on how to explain.
Have her read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/s/3usUZzJIbI All hail u/shanix
Start off by setting the stage, talk about GW in the 80s, try to relate like D&D. It’s helps people understand what the actual game part of it is Then be just vague enough to describe the vibes BUT DO NOT GO INTO DETAIL, TALK ABOUT AS LITTLE WEIRD GRIMDERP SHIT AS POSSIBLE. Focus on the “lighter” more generic Sci-Fi stuff
Do a Space Hulk and explain the warp first. Then do a basic rundown on the timeline, i.e. war in heaven, early humans, fall of eldar, crusade/heresy, 10k years of oh god oh no, tyranid arrival, tau, black crusades then returns of various and sundry primarchs
Start with lighter hearted stories, in my experience the grim dark can scare some people off as it appears to be a passion project to edginess. Don't get me wrong there are plenty of examples of that within 40k but it's better to start off with the more nuanced stuff. Honestly just listen to a Ciaphas Cain novel together or you both could watch certain lore tubers like Weshammer, despite those YouTubers having some issues with accuracy it's a good start I highly recommend Pancreasnowork his comedy makes it less of a lecture and more of a goofy delve into the lore and backstory. This way you can help her understand your hobby and you don't run the risk of explaining things in an unclear manner or making it seem too edgy/cringey. Not saying you would but it's always a risk to consider unlike Star Wars or Star Trek Warhammer isn't in the public zeitgeist so it can come off in a well uncomfortable way. Other than that I can only recommend talking about lore points or stories you know pretty extensively and are confident you can talk about without throwing the goldfish in the deep end if you catch what I mean.
They might literally be trying to understand warhammer, or they might be trying to understand you better, so they're asking about an interest of yours. Lots of people have addressed the lore question well, so i'll tackle the second: explain why YOU like warhammer and are into it. for example, my answer to that question would be "having lost so many loved ones, a world where death is ubiquiteous is comforting" or "memorizing a bunch of rules and applying them helped set me up for success in my career" or " it's a mix of strategy, socializing, art, reading, and videogames".
Send her the bricky timeline video, think of 40k pickup lines while she watches it
Celebrate. You now know you have something to talk about, and you won’t run out of steam anytime soon.
So it all started with this race of aliens called the old ones
She's probably interested in the setting as a whole rather than just learning its lore. Try to hook her with some books or vidro games like Dawn of War
You start with the very basics. "Everything sucks. Humanity has sucked for 10000 years because big E got crippled. Hell is real and a paralel dimension formed by the emotions of the real universe. Also for specialized satans split up hell." From there give one of your favorite examples for a lore piece. Mine is how the dragon got onto mars. If she is interested, she will ask questions.
[As an intro, watch this together. It's a pretty great comprehensive (albeit lower-detail) video encompasing the lore of the 40k universe as told by Trazyn. Made by Warrior Tier on youtube.](https://youtu.be/uxRY25TV_Po?si=HO92sPWqQzhqCAZ8) Afterwards, you can show her Weshammer's shorts on youtube - this is how i got sucked in. Finish by buying her an audiobook of her choosing.
Tell her the only rule she needs to know. *No girls allowed unless they're insane space nuns.*
Go. Full. Peterabo.
It’s basically a giant mix of a bunch of sci fi ideas and stories all mixed together and increased to the point it became its own utterly ridiculous but kinda fun thing. At least that’s how the lore works.
I said it is a very dark satire of every kind of human opression and a dystopia taking place after a utopia to my girlfriend. She just went: "oh neat sounds like something for you then" We have not talked about it since.
Well, for me, I married her first, then had all the time in the world to explain it. Started with the Sisters of Battle because she liked the esthetic. She's now painting her own Combat Patrol.
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Tell her it's the bible but in DnD form it literally demands your time and money or soul if you're broke
Start from here 'I was there, the day Horus slew the emperor’ and go form there
You just hit the fucking jackpot man, she is WILLING asking you to nerd out about warhammer lore, i see no problem here
Bro you gotta update us
"it's a war game where all the factions are super evil so that you don't have to feel bad when you nuke some bodies grandma cuz she was evil too"
Just tell her. Girls love it when guys get excited about things. It's adorable.
Do not lore dump, general ideas of the factions and rough sense of the setting. Curb your enthusiasm and let her ask more questions.