Looking To Get Into Warhammer 40k? These Are the Best Games, Books, and Animations for Beginners, Recommended by Warhammer Expert Arbitor Ian

Warhammer 40,000 has never been more popular, with thousands of new people getting involved with the epic, grimdark universe every year. But it’s a dense, complicated thing to tackle, especially if you’re a beginner. If you’ve seen the images of Space Marines with their massive guns and even bigger shoulder pads and wanted to get involved, it’s a daunting task to even just work out where to begin… or even what Warhammer 40,000 is. Is Warhammer 40k a series of books? A video game franchise? A tabletop game? An animated show? Well, it’s all of them – and you can be part of the hobby by doing any or all of them. To help you find the best way into the hobby, we’ve recruited beloved Warhammer expert Arbitor Ian – famous across YouTube for his brilliant 40k videos – to offer some advice on the many different forms of Warhammer available, and what the best entry points for beginners are. If you’re visiting IGN, chances are that video games are one of your main hobbies. There are a lot of Warhammer 40,000 video games, but the franchise has historically struggled to translate to our favourite interactive medium - for every winner there's five duds. However, recent years have seen that trend