WHAT IS WARHAMMER? A guide for newcomers.
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2024
- As an adult who plays Warhammer, I get a lot of questions when I mention my hobby. Is that a video game? Is it like D&D? If you've heard of Warhammer, or if someone you know is into it, but you're not totally sure what is actually is, then hopefully this will clear things up! What exactly do we DO with all those toy soldiers anyway?
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Some say the leggings are the most important part
Leggings shield your naked legs like the Emperor of Man shields the Imperium from the mutant, the heretic and the xenos.
In a world of confusing subjectivity this is the only objective truth.
@@beanns6632 you be wearing leggings?...
😂
Lmao
To be honest , I'm more interested in the lore and crafts aspects of Warhammer than the game itself.
Same. Love the lore and have read a ton of the novels but really not interested in playing the game.
I originally thought this too, but I play atleast 3-4 games of killteam every two weeks, so much better than full scale 40k
Don't worry, I'm working on my 12th army at this point and have never played a game.
I'm the same TBH I used to play when I was in High School in the library but that was OMG 15-ish years ago. :O
But I mostly just like the lore, the books, making stuff and watching stuff being made for the game.
me too painting conversions collecting
Buying Warhammer/40K miniatures, painting those miniatures and playing the tabletop game are 3 distinct but complimentary hobbies.
I play Dungeons and Dragons -- but Warhammer made me fall in love with model painting. Mixing them can be magical. Nothing compares to the moment a party reaches the ritual chamber and instead of some crumby Lich -- you put down the Nagash Supreme Lord of the Undead model. Jaws drop. Faces palm. Pants fill. Roll initiative. Your fear tastes like gummie bears to Nagash.
Great explanation dude, for anyone new to this amazing hobby, my only advice is to try it! Have a look at what YOU like, paint the models you think look cool, read the lore that interests you and try and learn some new things through UA-cam! Good luck! Just remember, warhammer can get expensive fast, so don’t jump in at the deep end. There are so many aspects to this hobby. Maybe buy one model or just a squad to begin with. Good luck :)
Just wanted to chime in as a member of this video’s target audience-someone who is (was!) vaguely aware of Warhammer but isn’t (wasn’t!) entirely sure what it entails-and tell you how much I appreciated this explanation.
I feel like it strikes a really satisfying balance between being approachable and succinct and (for an outsider hahah) thorough: a quick but wholistic overview of the breadth of the franchise, hobby, and community.
Thank you for making this!
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. 😆
I'm a regular and I'll still watch just for the well crafted presentation and editing
This
That was a great introduction to those whom may be curious. I've been in the hobby for 35 years and still enjoyed this. Going to refer anyone who asks me about the hobby to this video.
Ian, the best thing about your videos is how damn excited you are in the intro just before it fades to the music. You're practically shaking from joy, it's amazing. Never lose that passion!
Not gonna lie, your videos popped up on my feed a few weeks ago, and hooked me. I bought a few minis when I was a kid in the 90's but never played. But now I've got a source book for Age of Sigmar out for delivery today...
Never mind AoS, in the month since I posted this comment I’ve started building a Necron army. 40k it is! Thanks again for your channel!
I haven't done much with warhammer in around 18 years or so but I've just been addicted to listening to you discuss various aspects of the 40k history.
This video is what I have been searching for over the past six months. It is a great description with no jargon. Many, many thanks!
Got back into the hobby 2 years ago, best decision I've ever made. I've made new friends and made old friendships stronger. You can enjoy it quietly in your office, painting a model or reading rules. Or you can meet up with friends, grab some beers, and get hammered playing 'hammer. Best hobby ever.
After a long and grinding day, a new video from Ian was the best thing, that could happen with me at the moment.
Girlfriend said it did help. I showed it to her, she is the most awesome lady I could ever ask for, she got me, saint Celestine, for Valentines day, I painted up for her, being separated from her is hard.
"Is it like Warcraft?" Well more the other way around, several Blizzard veterans have been quite open about taking "inspiration" from Games Workshop back in the early days of the company.
I was told blizzard was originally hired to make a Warhammer game then backed out and made warcraft and StarCraft which were built from the work on Warhammer games they had been brewing for the deal with games workshop
@@TheEgoify that makes sense as it is easy to tell that fantasy warhammer ie age of sigmar is similar to warcraft and 40k to starcraft.
@@udontseethetruth Blizzard weren't the ones to back out, from what I remember. GW actually pulled the plug. Its the reason that Zerg, Protoss and Terrans resemble Tyranids, Eldar and Space Marines so much.
I think it's almost uniformly accepted that Warcraft and Starcraft are basically unofficial Warhammer and 40k games respectively
wasn't starcraft meant to be a warhammer 40k game, but they lost the license?
Mark my words Ian, you're gonna get to 100k subscribers within a year
I really hope so! I've been a subscriber since the 2nd video because of the top quality content that interests me.
Should stop at 40k 😃
This has to be one of the best intros to Warhammer that I've ever seen!
As someone who only saw warhammer as that weird thing with many complex minis : this was exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
4:31 Aha! This helps me fill a gap in my understanding of WH. Thanks! 😃👍🏼
I played 40k and Epic back in the 80s and 90s but today I only keep up with the lore.
This is a good channel that i just discover, ive always been a warhammer fan, had a space wolfs army and a dwarfs army, loved space wolfs books and the gotrek and felix series.
Keep up the good work in the channel
Hi mate. Thanks for this awesome intro. I live in Amsterdam and near my house I always saw this Warhammer store and i wondered what was this all about. Now I get it... right now my hobby is Mechanical custom keyboards but once I buy a new house i will have space to start with the Warhammer models. I think painting will help me relax... Probably will not be the doing the playing time.
The mad lad actually put a D&D link in the description lol
Well done packing this much information into a 10-minute video! Definitely only the broadest overview, but then again, it’s a good intro to the “What is Warhammer?” question. Diving in deeper would certainly call for much longer videos.
Smart move to not answer how expensive the hobby is. Let them find that out when they are deeper in the hobby and will hesitate more about backing out. Jokes aside, love the video. Will probably use it if any of my friends gets interested in warhammer since i am terrible at explaining things.
Thanks, this was helpful! Our grandchildren are showing an interest, after their dad took them into a store for “a minute” …
Interesting, I finally understood! My son looooooOooooves war themed games, and building armies. It may be an interesting shared hobby
loved how this video is written, perfectly explained for someone who has just played boltgun
I wish I'd found this video first when I asked myself "What the hell is Warhammer 40K exactly?". That being said - if anyone ever asks me what it is or where to start - I'm sending them THIS video. SUPER HELPFUL. Thank you so much.
As a world of warcraft, witcher, star wars and lord of the rings fan, i've been wondering a lot about what is warhammer and it's universe setup.. this being a 2 years old video as it is, is incredible how well explained and detailed is.. im leaving this with a great feeling and also a huge hype about warhammer hahah maybe you created a new fan of this.. Thanks!
Great videos, thanks! I was a Rogue Trader in the late 80s and played up to Necromunda but then drifted away. I’m now at a point where my kids have taken an interest so I’m dusting off what models I have and getting back into 40K with them. Your videos have really got me hooked and I’m slowly piecing a couple of small armies back together. Naturally I have lots of questions and was wondering if you could recommend a/some forums. Perhaps as a short video? It would be great to know where best to ask dumb questions!
I had no clue what warhammer was really about. Your video explained very nicely. Thanks
My favourite fun fact is that Warcraft/Starcraft started out as a video game version of Fantasy/40k but Blizzard wanted more creativity and GW was like bruh we are telling a story you can't be messing it up so they decided to go different directions
The initial plan was that 'Warcraft' would be a series of games in disparate settings - medieval fantasy, modern, future, post apocalyptic, etc. (Think sorta like Total War? Except those are mostly historical, but general idea - same engine, different settings). They wanted, at least casually, to get a license for WHFB as one of their first in the series, but Games Workshop wasn't interested. In the end they made a bit of a copyright friendly version, though things diverged quite quickly from there.
Starcraft is really similar only in that it's a sci-fi game following a fantasy game. There aren't really shared factions between the two - even the humans have a rather different aesthetic. The Zerg and Tyranids are kinda similar *now*, but this was back in the day of 2nd edition tyranids, which... do not look like that, and it's more that they both have a lot of xenomorph in them.
Your content is top notch Ian, very well crafted and that intro music was a superb choice - so catchy and atmospheric. Can't wait for the next one.
I really enjoy your videos, everything is worded and explained well and there is a great flow. Thank you!
Played a few times over the years. Loved painting. Would love to just buy them already done. Couldn't be bothered painting again.
Thats the whole point of it
really helpful video for a total newcomer. Thanks!
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.
Great explanation. Not condescending and has respect for each game. This is all very new for me ! I have missed allot
What is Warhammer?
A way of separating a man from his money.
A lot of his money.
I’d play warhammer, but imported caviar is cheaper.
@@montithered4741 And I can afford to buy minis every once in a while. It's the time investment that kills me.
Thank You! A great intro for someone like me who's been curious about Warhammer but has been a bit intimidated by it.
My boyfriend convinced me to join their warhammer 40k group. Though I know nothing. At all. So thank you for this 😅
Came across Warhammer 40K via the Spacemarines Game on PS3 and after reading about, I think I have become more interested in the lore via books and videogames.
Cool! Have u read many W40k books recently? I've mainly been reading Eisenhorn trilogy, Lexicanum lore, and listening to a W40k lore podcast (Adeptus Ridiculous).
I first discovered Warhammer at my friend's through PC games back in the mid-'90s.
Neither of us was aware of the existence of any miniatures nor tabletop wargaming aspects thereof at the time.
I first learnt of this side of the franchise just like 15 years ago by a lucky accident when I stumbled upon one documentary about this craft-hobby while randomly switching TV channels. I didn't catch the beginning and for a few more years thereafter I was still not aware of the fact that the wargame came first. :-)
Also, my then-reaction was, "Why do the miniatures NOT come already finished (assembled and painted) from the factory? This therefore must be a very niche hobby since the company likely misses out on many potential customers who would otherwise be interested in the collecting and the wargame".
:-D :-D
Please don't kill me!! :-)
Came here because I heard about Rogue Trader (the videogame), and since I'm a huge fan of CRPGs, I felt like playing it, but it didn't feel right not having any previous knowledge on the universe. I don't really have any interest in the actual tabletop game or the crafts part of it, but the lore sounds super interesting (and I've always wanted to try a bunch of the videogames). Just picked up the Horus Rising e-book, heard its a good place to start!
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🤔
That was awsome - thanks for sharing; looking at crafts and hobbies outside of screens for my 8 & 11 year old boys
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
Thanks for the video! My 8yr old nephew is interested and this was a great intro
All star explanation, perfect 10 video and great nuance!
This video didn't add any info I didn't know, but I wanted to comment to help the video in the algorithm, great job Ian!!! :)
I know which vid to show to friends of mine who know nothing about Warhammer! Thanks, Ian!
The subtitles are absolutely awesome
This was a very clear explanation! Thanks!
Great video, I'd say I'm firmly involved in all aspects of the Warhammer hobby, much to the dismay of my wallet and time allocation!
awesome!
Personally, I'm more interested and intrigued by the books/novels aspect more than the other stuff (maybe also add the leggings lol), and that's how I stumbled upon your channel. Quality content, and a voice to match the excitement of it all. Subscribed!
So glad a channel like this exists. The Arch's and Majorkills of UA-cam make me want to vomit.
I am the lore/craft/painting side of the hobby. I got back into 40k because some friends did, and we haven't played a game yet. It's been over 6 months, i have like 1000 points of Necrons and AdMech each.
5:30 In addition to the LOTR miniatures Games Workshop has made a surprising amount of games of all varieties (they made a Doctor Who board game!)... though they're niche enough that most people's reaction to their existence is 'hey I didn't know GW made that', and then forgetting about them again.
Like the most notable is probably Dark Future (a post apocalyptic car-combat game), because it had a video game come out on Steam within the past decade.
Great video for newcomers, I still remember when I got started ~20 years ago. There certainly were no leggings back then though!
Perfect vid. I was just kinda looking how to get started. Subbed.
Yea open my eyes to something new. Might give it a look see. Thank you.
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
I was always mostly interested into Warhammer RPG. When other RPG people asked me what it is my summary answer was/is:
"Imagine a world so overrun by dark and evil factions, if they would unite, they would wipe out the remaining 'good' guys in a very short time. Such a dark, grim world makes a wonderful world for adventure and RPG with the threatening atmosphere as there is always something going on at every corner. And all the fighting and darkness left its mark on the 'good' guys which are just a bit less dark and evil then the monsters they fight.
Not a world you want to live in but GREAT for adventure. Not those tidy, neat and clean US fantasy worlds of D&D&Co which remind me more of a Disneyland with good areas and the bad ones, petty much like modern US in a fantasy environment. ;p"
Or the VERY short reply: "Imagine LOTR on steroids and crack."
My sons sent me. I’m here for the quick introduction. 😂👍
Most difficult part of warhammer truly is picking a faction! I struggled so much from jumping between armies and spending so much money. The rule of cool doesn't work for people like me that think EVERY FACTION LOOKS COOL LOL. However, I found my heart in THOUSAND SONS I love the space wizards
About the D&D part - there are actually quite a few Warhammer tabletop RPGs, both fantasy, Age of Sigmar and 40k. To be honest, I know plenty of people that have been introduced to the roleplaying hobby via one of them...
I clicked on this video to understand more about Warhammer games, because there is a shit ton of them, but now I feel I entered a rabbit hole...
Me having been in the hobby for 3 years listening to the intro: gonna watch this anyways
Just the video im looking for!
Those aren’t leggings. Those are the legs of a now tracked servitor carelessly discarded
Ian, I just love your content, you do fantastic videos, always interesting, no bullshit and all kept short - 5 stars ⭐️
Great intro for my girlfriend that isn't familiar with this type of hobby beyond the models and boxes she's seen of mine.
Id love a vid doing a basic faction rundown to show people, the ones I've online are usually too long
I can do that!
needed this. thank you.
Oh wow! Now I know what I’ve been up to for the past 30 years. Quite silly really. Probably should take up golf like a proper adult. Do I have to paint the clubs? Does the golf course provide the terrain, or do I have to bring my own?
Thanks, best tutorial I've seen for this sort of thing! :)
Hi Ian, I found your channel this morning - I've now run out of videos, please make more. Ta!
I love your production quality.
Great video! Thanks for the introduction.
Video Suggestion:
Can you also do the Lore about the Siege of Vraks?
Thanks I'm New to the Warhammer world i watched some videos about lore and i love it, it's a bit difficult to find people because at my school and generally in Italy i don't think they know the game of war hammer. Because many of my friends thinks board games are slow and old.
But luckily I find some videos like your that helps a lot thanks man ❤
As a non-crafter/painter I've only really perked up at the thought of the really fun seeming, epicly scaled, tabletop fights. This is not to knock anyone who loves the crafting and painting, but like, is there a way to get into this hobby that doesn't require that? Maybe I just need to find someone offloading old minis and run at it that way, lol.
I was interested in WH because of the figures and artwork back about 30+ years ago. I still haven't played it.
Im here thanks to henry cavill
🤝
Same here mate
I saw it today at the hobby store, and they had so much stuff. They had this one thing with 30 blue guys, and a blue tank. I thought it was cool, so I wanted to see what it was.
here after cavill
Very helpful. Thank you!
Super helpful to someone who plays only plays space marine thz
I always just tell people it's like D&D and if that intrigues them enough to ask I give more details
Fantastic breakdown! great video!
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
You've got to do what you love
I'm Brazilian and I didn't now much about Warhammer, I knew that it heavily influenced Warcraft games, I knew that Henry Cavill digs it, and I played Dawn of War II a bit, but it wasn't my time of RTS. But damn there's a whole subculture revolving Warhammer
@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.
ua-cam.com/video/gARwMNxcbCc/v-deo.html
Thanks for the video.
But did you forget to mention all the RPG stuff related to Warhammer intentionally? I know most of it is "out of print" nowadays, but I have a lot of fun playing my Explorator in a Rogue Trader campaign. ;)
i don't have a very big budget, so buying the models can be very complicated. So, i 3d print them. But i would like to play games with them, but since they don't come with their little information paper i don't know how good they are. So i was wondering if there was some sort of website where i could find what their stats are, and also if i could play with them at events or competitions with other people?