As the VA for Heinrix in Rogue Trader, occasional narrator for the Black Library and part-time War Boy, I support this message! Horus Rising a great shout too!
Holy shit, you're Heinrix? I watch your shorts just minutes ago! Also, curse you for abandoning my heretical RT in act 4. I was glad to have killed you alongside Lord Calcazar. /s
honestly, yes. This is why I actually started learning the game on Table Top Simulator, then when I found the first army(yup first...) that I got into I ended up building a 1000 point version for the real table top. THEN I ended up not liking the way I painted half of them and was able to get most of the pain off or had to replace those minis (because I'm insane). But before I did that I just practiced painting in general... then I had to replace or redo the whole army(because I'm REALLY insane). Then I found out I really liked Necrons... and yeah... currently building that... F you Games Workshop... you created literal plastic Crack. But we love it.
Sorry mate, our profits are only beating out *most* of the utility companies in the country so we're gonna have to raise prices for the fourth year in a row. Your box of 9 Boyz is now $75 instead of $35.
This kind of video is more of what the internet should be. "Hey, I like a thing. Here's what I like about it and what you might like about it. Here's a sample of what's so cool about it. Here are some good entry points if you're interested." There is no shortage of stuff about why someone hates this or that, what's wrong with it, why it disappoints, the scandals, etc. I'd love to see (and create!) more stuff that shares a passion in an accessible way and invites folks in to enjoy it. So thanks!
Early days of youtube were full of people sharing their passions and creativity man. Now just like newspapers or TV news channels, rage baiting is what gets the most engagement so that's what people generally try to make.
@ Indeed Corrie. Glad to see another of whom is not part of the heretical cult. I look forward to seeing you at Mondays sermon, before we go and obliterate the non-believers. The Adeptus Mechanicus will smash all who stand in our way. As for now it’s breakfast time.
One of my favorite 40k stories was actually entirely in the administratum. Really it's the B plot in one of the books where this low level scribe in a huge cubicle floor sorts through requests and uses the Emperor's Tarot cards to divine if they are important enough to move up the chain. She gets like a vision from the emperor that this one request in her stack is somehow highly important and has to basically go on a giant quest across her hive to go thorough all these red tape departments to escalate the paper to the right level of supervisor so that it can be heard. Like people she meets asking the way actually die in the process of traveling and getting this one damn basically telegram into the right hands. Warhammer 40K, the world so grim dark even the paperwork can kill you.
Disappointed by the Horus recc though, when both Eisenhorn and the Tanith First And Only are literally right there HH isn't even really the same setting, and Horus Rising is one of the worst choices because you'll have no idea who these people are so there's no impact in their downfall, and the books that follow are mediocre at best Like I'd take Ciaphas Cain over it, even, even though that series is mostly an elaborate Flashman parody and nobody these days has even heard of that series
My boyfriend was so excited when he heard me listening to this video. First because he was in the Administratum in Rogue Trader as you were talking about it, and second because he hoped I would have more questions for him after the video was over.
@@cherno8336 that's on purpose. How would you be able to balance a race that can just say "yeah we can breathe in space" without making them dumb as bricks?
I am one of those with over 10k points of minis and don't even want to play a table game of 40k. 2 fun facts about Orks: 1 - They have actually devolved and they used to be much smarter, larger and stronger. 2 - All orks are bald so if you see an ork with hair, it is not real hair but instead an hair squig :D. Now that you have heard of squigs have fun with the insanity Also a good series to start is the Ciaphas Cain series. It has it's flaws but it is funny and a good intro to the lore. Also, the audiobooks are great.
I second Ciaphas Cain. If only for the fact that it doesn't take itself and the setting too seriously. It's somewhat lighthearted, very funny, while still being proper Grimdark! :D
@@cristhianmlr I don't think he can reincarnate. He's supposedly a perpetual, like a super immortal, but he can be killed, and when if he is it's probably eye of chaos X100 time, especially since every human and Ork think he's a god.
@@cristhianmlr I'm sure during the 30K people just call him emperor and its only in 40k people start to call him a god emperor. I'm also very sure the man himself never saw that people would worship him as god. Based on how the story is been written, the emperor had or have a plan and only himself knows, we have to wait until more of his sons is back then we may know more. I hope I'm still alive then.
@@cristhianmlr Yeah no one knows for certain if he’ll actually reincarnate this time if he dies. Some inquisitors wanted to try it out, but it was deemed too risky. Trazyn the Infinite says he could heal the Emperor using his vast knowledge and ancient technology as a Necron. But this would only be to preserve the Emperor as a part of his personal collection of trophies and not to help humanity out. That said, even if the Emperor did come back now, his psyche is far too gone off into the deep end and he would not at all be the same person he once was during the times of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy way back in the 31st millennium.
Space Marine 2 was the first time I actually got into Warhammer outside of scrolling past random videos on insta, and I loved it so much I’m now collecting minis and building my first army!
Same here, brotha. Space Marine 2 was my first introduction to the Warhammer universe and I did not look back! I’m so in love with the lore of this universe
I mean, humanity exists totally by sheer luck. They woulda been significantly more advanced if the emperor didn't require blood sacrifices of hundreds of psykers every day.
@@Black_Knight767hundreds is light work. 10k psyker's get mulched by the golden throne every day to sustain the Emperor. And somehow, the universe is so fucked that that's the better option than not doing that and letting the astronomicon go out.
Special shoutout to Dawn of War; the game that brought me into the 40k universe. I didn't care for the sequels but the original and its expansions are still fantastic games.
Also got into 40k via Dawn of War and its expansions. They may be a bit dated, but I still love them. Gladius has been scratching a similar itch for me lately. Total War was pretty good too, though not quite my cup of tea.
Apparently, Boltgun has D-Rok’s Oblivion album in the soundtrack… An album which takes the concept of Space Marines and turned them into Noise Marines… The album cover was identical to the box of the Space Marine table top game. Fun fact - I was the guitarist on that album and Brian May (yes, him!) guested on one of the tracks.
Random Adeptus Administratum lore: On Terra (Earth) there are Paper gangs, who try to scrounge up paper to sell it back to the Administratum because they (basically) use up more paper than the whole Imperium can produce. These Gangs are in an eternal struggle with Burner crews, whose job it is to burn the used paper. It's wild. Also book recommendation: The Fall of Cadia. It's a good book on its own, but also important lore for other 40k books. I feel like Cadia is kinda the gateway to modern 40k.
Not imperium just more than is readily available imported in due to inefficiencies, one thing of note is they recycle the paper so priceless works or super imortant documents have been reused and wiped out dozens of times. The Imperium is roughly more or less 1 million worlds at any given time, its impossible they use more paper than the imperium can produce.
Sure except it's one of those events where a new reader will have no clue what the big deal is, much like Alanna's weird recc of Horus Rising Eisenhorn is the best intro, IMO, or maybe the Gaunt books, because it's starts at a human scale that readers can understand and then widens out to reveal the full setting
@@CrispBaker It is and it isn't, you know about ewarehammer going into eisenhorn and it expands the details, stritcly going from eisenhorn to warhammer a lot is lost, I enjoyed the books but you have to remember its the so called 'abnettverse' which for good or ill IS different from main 40k Aslo dude sucks are at writing space marines.
@@regalgiant1597 ...Abnett is one of the main Warhammer writers and was also the writer of the actual book that Alannah recommended, what on earth are you on about Like yeah if your interest in 40K starts and ends with SPESS MAHREEN!! then Gaunt's Ghosts might not be for you, but Eisenhorn was my actual introduction to the setting and it worked well enough that I sat through this whole video just because 40K Edit: I mean I could have recommended Ciaphas Cain, but that's also on the exact same level as the Abnett books, the point is to not drop them directly into SPESS MAHREEN because if they aren't a preteen boy they likely won't vibe with that
So cool to hear how big of a warhammer fan you are. I've been playing the tabletop game on and off since my neighbor introduced it to me when I was 9. I love how wide reaching the IP has become and I'm glad that we've been feasting on good warhammer games lately.
Alanah: This is a video with the aimof telling more people about Warhammer The actual audience: I have an extreme case of Warhammer brainrot, I can't even tell where Alpharius ends and I begin.
I love to see warhammer growing so fast and I have a book series recomendation for fantasy and 40K if you havent dipped your toes and want to get into either for 40K i highly recommend Ciaphas Cain has alot of humour and gives a nice perspective of the world from a non supersoldier point of view and Gotrek and Felix for Fantasy (my favourite of all the warhammer novel series even including anything 40K has to offer)
The revelation that you are a Warhammer 40k geek is most acceptable to the Emperor. Also Tzeetch, because it's all according to his plan. Really. Just ask him.
This wasn't a rant. This was the opposite of a rant. And given all the things you talked about: figurines, books videogames, etc, I have decided... To wait for the movie. Appreciated. 😅
Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus is also great, can be a little difficult at first but absolutely worth it, and has one of the better trailers, with that great line “From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.”
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Thank you for this!! I fell in love with WH40k as an adult when I walked into a Warhammer store solely to buy miniatures to use in D&D with my children. and I was like WTF is this!! Untold thousands of dollars later and hundreds of rule and fiction books, thousands of miniatures, a giant collection of paints and fancy brushes (never painted before WH40k but its so relaxing!), 4 army carrier bags, and so many computer games, I still love it. . actually I had played Final Liberation before the store and was puzzled by what that game was about and the blotchy pixels were intriguing but not enough. The box is a work of art that i display in my office. I’ve run out of space for all my WH40k stuff. it’s so sad that the TV Series was canceled in the womb by (probably) politics. i’d love to see more 40K stuff on this channel.
You can find videos that give a pretty good telling of the warhammer timeline starting in with the emperor from ancient times, to the modern day, and many different events leading through the final events of the Horus Heresy. That’s where I started.
Here in Ann Arbor, Michigan we have a Warhammer store near The Sylvan Factory (a Tabletop/Cosplay/RPG store) that would financially ruin you as an adult.
so fucking real man LOL I've made it a point to not live there because that because of all the cons near by every summer and spring and fall and ALL the hobby shops near me
if you want another recommendation for a book to start your 40k journey, read Eisenhorn: Xenos. Its the start of the greatest 40k series written by the goat Dan Abnett
Well there’s equality for the 99.9% who are basically serfs or grunts - the nobles don’t fight and die, they have feasts and orgies. But the imperium has outgrown racism/sexism/homophobia etc, they’re really really bigoted based on religion and species instead 😅
My entry point / obsession began with the Eisenhorn Omnibus of books. Follows a single man through his life as an "Inquisitor" of the Imperium. I loved it to pieces. I then played Rogue Trader, which I put 116 hours into and I haven't even done the DLC yet. I also loved that to pieces. 40k is just so awesome.
My kids have spent absurd amounts of money on this hobby. My attention span isn’t long enough to finish a game, but we’ve been playing Space Marine 2 together and it’s fun. :)
My fellow gamer, you owe it to yourself to spend a Saturday or two selling space marine 2 as quality time with the kids to your partner. I say this as I had three whole missions thinking this can't get wilder.... And it did. It just keeps escalating in scale and destruction. It's fun.
I'm no good at painting and I dont have steady hands, so I'll probably never paint any Warhammer minis on my own. But, I really enjoy watching Luetin and WarriorTier videos, because the lore is fascinating to me. Played my fair share of Vermintide, which is a really solid game, and I plan on playing through the Space Marine games at some point in the future. WH40k scratches my Sci-fi itch in a whole different way to other franchises.
Believe me when I tell you, if I can paint miniatures, you can too. I have one arm and that arm has severe nerve damage. Don't exclude yourself from painting miniatures before you try. You can pop into a Games Workshop shop and they will provide a free miniature which they will guide you through assembling as well as let you use their paint brushes and paint, they give useful advice to get better at painting. This will save you spending money to try the hobby. They can also guide you through the learning process of playing the tabletop; the first 40k tabletop game I ever played was in the G.W. shop local to me, against the manager, during business hours. The game 'training' do require an appointment, but it is completely free. I would be very surprised if you don't get hooked. There is a lot of potential for relaxation. (I have no artistic ability, but I have become quite good at painting miniatures over time). I hope you give it a try. What have you got to lose? Except a few zeros from the end of your savings account😂
@ It’s mostly a fan theory, but they enter the warp trying to fold space for travel and come out damaged having seen some chaos gods work 😉 Remember in the lore man had to move past the warp but lost the technology and went back to travelling within it after the dark age of technology.
@inugami3529 not officially, but it has been somewhat quasi acknowledged as a 40k film by the script writer, who said in 2017: "I played the s*** out of 40K, so it was definitely an influence, conscious or otherwise." So, it's pretty safe to head cannon it in, as it doesn't actually contradict any of the cannon lore, but it's not GW approved.
I've got to admit I have a soft spot for Oculus Imperalis, and his drama persona as an in-universe historian keeping records of the big events of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. His series on the Betrayal at Calth is probably some of the finest Horus Heresy lore going.
Rogue trader's announcement got me into warhammer as I really liked Owlcat's previous games. Honestly the game is fantastic. It had a messy launch but a lot of the biggest issues have been patched now. If you like mostly unvoiced text heavy crpgs with complex rpg systems you'll love this.
Luten09 is VERY VERY good, but some of the other youtube 40k Lore channels (that aren't just AI); Oculus Imperia, straight up this channel is the gold standard. KrakDuk, amazing drawings and fun, upbeat and colorful videos. Mr. Bones 40k, definitely good videos, lots of opinions and "takes" but they're interesting and thought provoking. Arbitor Ian is an honorable mention. I don't watch his videos like I do the others, but he touches on deeper lore, plus some of the book and some gameplay. I have been into 40k for about 10 years and just bought my first mini in the past few weeks, thats to say there is SO MUCH within the fandom, even as a lot of the tabletop guys think the tabletop is the "main" part.
Oh and there are a few okay to great AI channels like she mentioned. "Lore to Sleep to" and "Imperial Irator" are pretty good. Both use AI and it ranges from pretty engaging stuff, to mindless drivel, but thats the minefield you walk thru with AI content.
I've just started getting to warhammer this year. The Lore is so hectic and fun. I haven't played many of the games yet, but plan on getting into some and probably painting my first mini sooner or later. For the Emperor.
I attended E3 from 1998 to 2011 and the first Space Marine game was released in 2011. I was speaking to one of the Company Reps at their Booth and shared a joke as being an actual "Space Marine". He was like "Yeah Sure"! So I showed Him my ID's and He was impressed as I was formerly a member of VMAQ-2 Det-Y from 1978-1984 an Electronic Warfare Squadron of the USMC and had just retired from 22 years on the Space Shuttle & Ares Programs. As a Bonus I was a longtime member of the SCA(Medieval History Society) and was proficient in the use of archaic weapons. Just wished I had shown up an hour earlier as they had dumped all the swag so they didn't have to pack it back up for rollout and I was talking to Him about 15 minutes before the Hall was closing on Day 3(End of Show). ;-)
I gotta give a shoutout to Mechanicus for the X-Com homies. It manages activation resources in a very weird and Mechanicus-esque way, has great lore about the differing philosophies and ideological bents any given priest of Mars (or Ryza, or Metalican, or Stygies VIII...) might be party to, and, last but not least, has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. Not just for a 40k game, *of all time*. You're going to think I'm blowing this way out of proportion. I am not. They did not need to go that hard but they DID.
Great video. I'd say one of the best you've done. No disrespect to your other videos. But this was such a good and informative coverages of the vast universe of 40k. Great stuff.
Same, maintaining a galaxy spanning Imperium knowing that their means of communications are warp based, and with the Imperium's technological restrictions is quite a feat unto itself.
Rogue Trader is excellent, the DLC really adds a lot to the campaign (it adds 15 hours of new content to the main campaign). I finished it and all side content just recently, great CRPG.
I just bought and started Warhammer 40k Mechanicus because you said just jump in anywhere. I have no clue what im doing but I know I will sacrifice everything to serve the Omnissiah. The Adeptus Mechanicus is so fucking cool, I should have got into Warhammer years ago.
Got into 40k a few months ago and holy shit its so good. I love me some good lore, and 40k's lore is insane, in all the best ways. Luetin living rent free in my head
I got into Warhammer when Space Marine 2 came out. Now I’ve since spent like $500+ on the Joy Toy action figures. My algorithm is just nothing but lore videos. I love it
Same brother, never touched Warhammer prior to space marine 2 now I’ve spent like 500 hours on the game, and read two books, picking up two more tomorrow
Recommending Horus Rising as a first book? I love it, but it might explode a newcomer's head. The Horus Heresy is by the far the best and most epic novel series.
I’ve loved the 40k universe and lore for so long now. Unfortunately, I’ve seen a disturbing trend lately of people looking in from the outside and labeling the fans of the universe as “fascists” for liking the universe, especially if you like space marines or anything related to the Imperium. 40k always drew me in because of the fact the EVERYONE was the bad guy, and it was fun to roleplay and get sucked in to this world where everything and everyone is evil. And now that its gotten popular, and especially in this day and age, fans of the series seem to be getting vilified for participating in this lore and roleplay (though I will admit it’s a small minority that are actually trying to do this). It reminds me of when Helldivers 2 came out, and everyone on Twitter was roleplaying with quotes like “for democracy!” and “we must liberate this planet!”, and then getting blasted for “not having media literacy” and “not realizing you’re the bad guy”. I remember a viral thread where some girl posted about how she thought the gameplay was fun, but would not continue to play the game because it was a colonizer simulator. I don’t know, I guess I just think people should be allowed to like dark lore like 40k without being labeled as fascist. Liking a property and its lore is not an endorsement of the politics of the universe. Sometimes it’s just fun to pretend to be the bad guy 🤷♂️
I like dark angels because I want homo-erotic camelot in space to be a thing. I like World Eaters because the blood god believes in equality of all as long as they bleed. There is a point to be made that far-right players are a thing within the community, but they are exterminatused so fast you'd have thought they were an inquisitor in ASTARTES.
Problem is that a lot of the lore is a scathing satire, or at least shouldn't be taken at face value. Some fans buy in at face value and don't think much about it, and thats really too bad because there are a ton of layers to the lore and when you dig deeper you often find hilarious bits of irony and such. And of course like you mentioned there are tourists who see things that gives the grimdark future a fascist-lite facade... but like it is merely a veneer.
@@kdog3908 from both sides. Like Arch who thinks that Warhammer is an inherently right wing game and that the imperium are the good guys. Uh no its a satire, and the Imperium are not good. The inquisitions credo is "Innocence Proves Nothing" just being suspected of heresy is enough justification for them to murder you. But hey if you think space fascism makes you the good guy, maybe you also think the man with the tiny mustache was a good guy to.
Shoutout to Dawn of War (the original, especially the Dark Crusade and Soulstorm expansions), which, to this day, is my favorite RTS and a game I keep going back to.
I am here for the tea. Love the glasses, they are really pretty. Warhammer is hecking cool. The background is so fantastic. But Alanah? Where is the last 10 minutes? We were teased 30 minutes. I have summoned the Inquisition. My favorite Administratum tidbit, is that a system can broadcast a plea for help. The request lands on some administrators office, and the paper work to assemble a response starts. But it can take such a long time to get done, that by the time the fleet breaks warp, the system they have come to help, has been dead for a hundred years. If you haven’t, the Ciaphas Cain books are excellent. A more light hearted series of stories
Pre-Disney Star Wars was my jam in terms of a big tapestry of fiction sharing an expansive sci-fi setting. There actually was a guy making sure things were consistent, actually shockingly so, but without making it constrictive and somehow simultaneously contrived the way Disney does. There was a lot of room for creativity and there were, of course, both good things and bad things. But the stuff that came from the best authors and artists was so wonderful. The Plagueis novel, KotoR II, any comic by Jan Duursema and John Ostrander. Such good times :(
12:20 Disney's not even doing a good job of maintaining consistency within its canon; Star Wars/Marvel shows and comics and video games and movies and novels all contradict each other or retcon things. 😢 I'd honestly be happier if Disney just gave up on pretending that they had a plan.
"There's no canon in 40k", i disagree partially. Take in consideration that even with all the chaos in the 40k universe, there are indeed some rules that have survived throughout the decades. Those rules or estabilished lore is in fact a sort of canon. You can't for example make a new story about the Horus Heresy. It happened the way it did, period. You can't suddenly make the Drukhari a misunderstood faction who are actually good. There's a specific way to breed and grow Space Marines, it has already been told. If by "there's no canon in 40k", it means it's a free for all buffet, then eventually making Chaos Marines a faction that flies using will power would be a thing. There are also explanations to why there's no female Space Marines (genetics, basically). AND THAT IS OK. Even in a vast chaotic universe such as 40k, there needs to be some sort of guidelines and rules. However, within these rules people can and are incentivized to become as creative as they can with their own stories.
I feel the that whole nothing/everything is canon is bit too of complex and paradoxical at times I firmly believe there is a solid base line of lore and say that is still highly reconble due to unreliable narratives when it’s *written like that* in like books that are written from second/first person view or recorded in world by the scribes or other races
You should wear red glasses, you would read faster, just saying
Purple makeup on blemishes
Needs to add flames or lighting too. Not both she'd lose her eye balls.
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As the VA for Heinrix in Rogue Trader, occasional narrator for the Black Library and part-time War Boy, I support this message! Horus Rising a great shout too!
You did a great job with Heinrix. Thanks!
Wait? Really? Thats fantastic! Got 400+ hours on that game!
Thank your for an awesomly voiced character!
Holy shit, you're Heinrix? I watch your shorts just minutes ago!
Also, curse you for abandoning my heretical RT in act 4. I was glad to have killed you alongside Lord Calcazar. /s
@@WolfoxBR Thank you!
@@YanM1346 Much appreciated.
The only thing that makes the 40k universe inaccessible would be Games Workshop's prices.
Lmao yes
Especially in Australia 😢 sorry for my bros down under
honestly, yes. This is why I actually started learning the game on Table Top Simulator, then when I found the first army(yup first...) that I got into I ended up building a 1000 point version for the real table top. THEN I ended up not liking the way I painted half of them and was able to get most of the pain off or had to replace those minis (because I'm insane). But before I did that I just practiced painting in general... then I had to replace or redo the whole army(because I'm REALLY insane). Then I found out I really liked Necrons... and yeah... currently building that...
F you Games Workshop... you created literal plastic Crack. But we love it.
Sorry mate, our profits are only beating out *most* of the utility companies in the country so we're gonna have to raise prices for the fourth year in a row.
Your box of 9 Boyz is now $75 instead of $35.
Also to know more about the GW artists.
Thanks for the shoutout, Alanah! May the Emperor protect the holy bureaucracy.
You guys are great! Love your games.
You made cool games, thanks for your effort.
Orks are the epitome of "if you try real hard and believe in yourself"
It not about the destination, it is the journey that matters.
Gutsy gitz
Clap your hands if you believe!
RED WUNZ GO FASTER!
Don't stop in believing in yourself (song)
This kind of video is more of what the internet should be. "Hey, I like a thing. Here's what I like about it and what you might like about it. Here's a sample of what's so cool about it. Here are some good entry points if you're interested." There is no shortage of stuff about why someone hates this or that, what's wrong with it, why it disappoints, the scandals, etc. I'd love to see (and create!) more stuff that shares a passion in an accessible way and invites folks in to enjoy it. So thanks!
100% !!
It shouldn't feel that refreshing. o.,o'
Great video!
40k is my fav sci-fi universe too! Endless possibilities!
Early days of youtube were full of people sharing their passions and creativity man. Now just like newspapers or TV news channels, rage baiting is what gets the most engagement so that's what people generally try to make.
D'accord!
There are plenty of videos like this one that go infinitely more in depth.
I thought this was going to be heresy against the machine spirit. Preach the good word sister.
Praise The Omnissiah
@ Indeed Corrie. Glad to see another of whom is not part of the heretical cult. I look forward to seeing you at Mondays sermon, before we go and obliterate the non-believers. The Adeptus Mechanicus will smash all who stand in our way. As for now it’s breakfast time.
A true adapt of the sisters of battle
Alanah is one of the increasingly small amount of reasonable/intelligent people making videos.
@@scorcher117 yeah for a longtime she’s been on point. I hadn’t seen one of her videos for a longtime. It was a good one.
One of my favorite 40k stories was actually entirely in the administratum. Really it's the B plot in one of the books where this low level scribe in a huge cubicle floor sorts through requests and uses the Emperor's Tarot cards to divine if they are important enough to move up the chain. She gets like a vision from the emperor that this one request in her stack is somehow highly important and has to basically go on a giant quest across her hive to go thorough all these red tape departments to escalate the paper to the right level of supervisor so that it can be heard. Like people she meets asking the way actually die in the process of traveling and getting this one damn basically telegram into the right hands. Warhammer 40K, the world so grim dark even the paperwork can kill you.
"I've been reading Warhammer books since I was about 13 years old"
damn, save some ass for the rest of us Battle-Sister
Hahahahahahahahaa
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@@putthebunnybackinthebox4790 share the OATS, sister!!😢
Disappointed by the Horus recc though, when both Eisenhorn and the Tanith First And Only are literally right there
HH isn't even really the same setting, and Horus Rising is one of the worst choices because you'll have no idea who these people are so there's no impact in their downfall, and the books that follow are mediocre at best
Like I'd take Ciaphas Cain over it, even, even though that series is mostly an elaborate Flashman parody and nobody these days has even heard of that series
My boyfriend was so excited when he heard me listening to this video. First because he was in the Administratum in Rogue Trader as you were talking about it, and second because he hoped I would have more questions for him after the video was over.
Orcs having reality bending psychic powers but being so dumb that they manifest in really stupid ways is one of the best pieces of lore ever written.
Not as good as the lore where a king has a khajit mistress
I just love how the old ones made eldars and orkz (cannot remember what they called them) as each their specialist for their warfare.
my problem with that is that it is funny for the first 5 minutes but it becomes quite limiting for them
@@cherno8336I find Warhammer Orks entertaining for over 20 years maybe I’m just simple to please but I enjoy their shenanigans.
@@cherno8336 that's on purpose. How would you be able to balance a race that can just say "yeah we can breathe in space" without making them dumb as bricks?
I am one of those with over 10k points of minis and don't even want to play a table game of 40k.
2 fun facts about Orks:
1 - They have actually devolved and they used to be much smarter, larger and stronger.
2 - All orks are bald so if you see an ork with hair, it is not real hair but instead an hair squig :D. Now that you have heard of squigs have fun with the insanity
Also a good series to start is the Ciaphas Cain series. It has it's flaws but it is funny and a good intro to the lore. Also, the audiobooks are great.
I second Ciaphas Cain. If only for the fact that it doesn't take itself and the setting too seriously. It's somewhat lighthearted, very funny, while still being proper Grimdark! :D
"now back to the video 😃"
"you can also decapitate an orc and put it's head on another orc's body"
This was 100% intentional, for the record 😌
the most metal and thus most 40k transition possible
*ork, also that's not how you use apostrophes
That is how orks do fusion.
Removing the body's original head is optional.
Don’t forget that Boltgun is actually part of the story of the Space Marine games! It takes place between 1 and 2 and involves the same Mcguffin
Alanah's boyfriend voices the MC of Boltgun
I love the theory that the only reason why the god emperor is still alive is because the Orks believe he’s an immortal god
He IS an immortal God, he needs to reincarnate first
@@cristhianmlr I don't think he can reincarnate. He's supposedly a perpetual, like a super immortal, but he can be killed, and when if he is it's probably eye of chaos X100 time, especially since every human and Ork think he's a god.
@@cristhianmlr I'm sure during the 30K people just call him emperor and its only in 40k people start to call him a god emperor. I'm also very sure the man himself never saw that people would worship him as god. Based on how the story is been written, the emperor had or have a plan and only himself knows, we have to wait until more of his sons is back then we may know more. I hope I'm still alive then.
@@cristhianmlr Yeah no one knows for certain if he’ll actually reincarnate this time if he dies. Some inquisitors wanted to try it out, but it was deemed too risky. Trazyn the Infinite says he could heal the Emperor using his vast knowledge and ancient technology as a Necron. But this would only be to preserve the Emperor as a part of his personal collection of trophies and not to help humanity out. That said, even if the Emperor did come back now, his psyche is far too gone off into the deep end and he would not at all be the same person he once was during the times of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy way back in the 31st millennium.
One of the reasons
Space Marine 2 was the first time I actually got into Warhammer outside of scrolling past random videos on insta, and I loved it so much I’m now collecting minis and building my first army!
Nice! Which army did you choose?
@ Space Wolves! For the Allfather!
@@undeadwolfman there’s a good omnibus for them, and Prospero Burns is a great heresy novel focussed on them :)
@@HistoritorJimaldus Cool, I’ll check those out, thank you!
Same here, brotha. Space Marine 2 was my first introduction to the Warhammer universe and I did not look back! I’m so in love with the lore of this universe
Before Space Marine 2: "Warhammer is pretty cool"
After Space Marine 2: "COME FORTH AND BE SLAIN!"
MY CRAFT .... IS D E A T H
*"COME AND SHOW ME WHAT COUNTS AS COURAGE FROM YOUR MISBEGOTTEN KIND!!"*
The fact the humans still exist 40K years in the future is inherently the most optimistic thing I’ve ever heard.
I mean, humanity exists totally by sheer luck. They woulda been significantly more advanced if the emperor didn't require blood sacrifices of hundreds of psykers every day.
@@Black_Knight767hundreds is light work. 10k psyker's get mulched by the golden throne every day to sustain the Emperor. And somehow, the universe is so fucked that that's the better option than not doing that and letting the astronomicon go out.
Special shoutout to Dawn of War; the game that brought me into the 40k universe. I didn't care for the sequels but the original and its expansions are still fantastic games.
Same for me, I can never not love turtling for the Baneblade, and going after it on even the simplest missions.
Mine was space hulk Deathwing but DoW is goated
Yes DoW and it's infinitely quotable lines are what got me into Warhammer 40k as well.
Dawn of War still has the best intro cinematic to date
Also got into 40k via Dawn of War and its expansions. They may be a bit dated, but I still love them. Gladius has been scratching a similar itch for me lately. Total War was pretty good too, though not quite my cup of tea.
Apparently, Boltgun has D-Rok’s Oblivion album in the soundtrack… An album which takes the concept of Space Marines and turned them into Noise Marines… The album cover was identical to the box of the Space Marine table top game. Fun fact - I was the guitarist on that album and Brian May (yes, him!) guested on one of the tracks.
Luetin09's channel, I can lose a day binging the videos.
A day!?!?! Yeah mean the rest of my life!!?!!
ArbitorIan’s channel is my fave, the book club vids especially 😊
Also Arbitor Ian.
Janovich's content to have that effect too, as well as Isyander and Koda podcasts.
Heresies forwarded to the Inquisition: Besmirching the Emperor’s Holy Administratum - Greenskin idolatry- minimal praise to the Master of Mankind.
Of course you are in here. Get back to the Lore Mines.
Thanks for your comment!
Does anyone else want a series of the adeptus Administratus in the theme of the office?
OH MY GOD
This would be the *best* incarnation of the whole "The Office" theme, by far 😂👌
Holy shit… I do now!
Absolutely I do (In Jim's voice)
Thanks now I need it, along with the adeptus ridiculous idea of a buddy cop show starring inquisitors
I'd really like Henry Cavill to get his Warhammer series made.
Wouldn't we all...
Ya, no woke stuff in it pls.
@@Greaseball_gamer define woke stuff please?
@@grandtheftaudio6386He's gonna see a female looking space marine and fucking cry.
@@Greaseball_gamer I don't care as long as it's good, and it's representative of the actual lore.
Random Adeptus Administratum lore:
On Terra (Earth) there are Paper gangs, who try to scrounge up paper to sell it back to the Administratum because they (basically) use up more paper than the whole Imperium can produce.
These Gangs are in an eternal struggle with Burner crews, whose job it is to burn the used paper. It's wild.
Also book recommendation: The Fall of Cadia. It's a good book on its own, but also important lore for other 40k books. I feel like Cadia is kinda the gateway to modern 40k.
Not imperium just more than is readily available imported in due to inefficiencies, one thing of note is they recycle the paper so priceless works or super imortant documents have been reused and wiped out dozens of times.
The Imperium is roughly more or less 1 million worlds at any given time, its impossible they use more paper than the imperium can produce.
@@regalgiant1597 I was exaggerating, because that's the way of the Imperium 😁
Sure except it's one of those events where a new reader will have no clue what the big deal is, much like Alanna's weird recc of Horus Rising
Eisenhorn is the best intro, IMO, or maybe the Gaunt books, because it's starts at a human scale that readers can understand and then widens out to reveal the full setting
@@CrispBaker It is and it isn't, you know about ewarehammer going into eisenhorn and it expands the details, stritcly going from eisenhorn to warhammer a lot is lost, I enjoyed the books but you have to remember its the so called 'abnettverse' which for good or ill IS different from main 40k
Aslo dude sucks are at writing space marines.
@@regalgiant1597 ...Abnett is one of the main Warhammer writers and was also the writer of the actual book that Alannah recommended, what on earth are you on about
Like yeah if your interest in 40K starts and ends with SPESS MAHREEN!! then Gaunt's Ghosts might not be for you, but Eisenhorn was my actual introduction to the setting and it worked well enough that I sat through this whole video just because 40K
Edit: I mean I could have recommended Ciaphas Cain, but that's also on the exact same level as the Abnett books, the point is to not drop them directly into SPESS MAHREEN because if they aren't a preteen boy they likely won't vibe with that
So cool to hear how big of a warhammer fan you are. I've been playing the tabletop game on and off since my neighbor introduced it to me when I was 9. I love how wide reaching the IP has become and I'm glad that we've been feasting on good warhammer games lately.
Alanah: This is a video with the aimof telling more people about Warhammer
The actual audience: I have an extreme case of Warhammer brainrot, I can't even tell where Alpharius ends and I begin.
We are all Alpharius, this is canon.
@@sarigan6365 This is, of course, a lie. I am Alpharius. Hydra Dominatus.
This is also a lie. I am Omegon.
The 'welcome home, Brother' at the end gave me the same goosebumps that SM2 did, thank you, brother
+1 Informative
+1 entertaining
+2 Alanah
+5 Power Wash Simulator WH40
+10 FOR THE EMPEROR !!
I love to see warhammer growing so fast and I have a book series recomendation for fantasy and 40K if you havent dipped your toes and want to get into either for 40K i highly recommend Ciaphas Cain has alot of humour and gives a nice perspective of the world from a non supersoldier point of view and Gotrek and Felix for Fantasy (my favourite of all the warhammer novel series even including anything 40K has to offer)
I cannot overstate how much I enjoy the tone of this video, which I would describe as "earnest silliness"
That's a wonderful compliment, I will steal that. Also, I wish you all the best!
most streamers have a comment bait, she turned that into a joke . hahahah
Similar to Louise from the Rogue Hobbies channel.
This was a great take and recommendations!
Horus rising is a cornerstone book in the Warhammer 40k fiction experience.
The revelation that you are a Warhammer 40k geek is most acceptable to the Emperor.
Also Tzeetch, because it's all according to his plan. Really. Just ask him.
Even when he lost, er ESPECIALLY when he lost.
@@andrwarrior Send in Wind-up Kitten!
This wasn't a rant.
This was the opposite of a rant.
And given all the things you talked about: figurines, books videogames, etc, I have decided... To wait for the movie.
Appreciated. 😅
Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus is also great, can be a little difficult at first but absolutely worth it, and has one of the better trailers, with that great line “From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.”
Also Chaosgate: Daemonhunters.
rant /rănt/
intransitive verb
To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave.
To express at length a complaint or negative opinion.
To utter or express by ranting.
Where was the rant? Seriously
Thank you for this!! I fell in love with WH40k as an adult when I walked into a Warhammer store solely to buy miniatures to use in D&D with my children. and I was like WTF is this!! Untold thousands of dollars later and hundreds of rule and fiction books, thousands of miniatures, a giant collection of paints and fancy brushes (never painted before WH40k but its so relaxing!), 4 army carrier bags, and so many computer games, I still love it. . actually I had played Final Liberation before the store and was puzzled by what that game was about and the blotchy pixels were intriguing but not enough. The box is a work of art that i display in my office. I’ve run out of space for all my WH40k stuff. it’s so sad that the TV Series was canceled in the womb by (probably) politics. i’d love to see more 40K stuff on this channel.
...had to take a beat, was playing Powerwash Simulator when I started this video. So pumped there's DLC for Warhammer!
PWS is a form of meditation....
You can find videos that give a pretty good telling of the warhammer timeline starting in with the emperor from ancient times, to the modern day, and many different events leading through the final events of the Horus Heresy. That’s where I started.
Here in Ann Arbor, Michigan we have a Warhammer store near The Sylvan Factory (a Tabletop/Cosplay/RPG store) that would financially ruin you as an adult.
We just had a dedicated Warhammer store open up. I am so proud of my nerdy brethren
I know that place! 10/10 store
so fucking real man LOL I've made it a point to not live there because that because of all the cons near by every summer and spring and fall and ALL the hobby shops near me
Mechanicus was a FANTASTIC game with one of the best OST I’ve heard. The intro video to the game will give you chills - Guaranteed. For the Emperor!
Guillaume David is a great composer.
if you want another recommendation for a book to start your 40k journey, read Eisenhorn: Xenos. Its the start of the greatest 40k series written by the goat Dan Abnett
Second this. The Eisenhorn omnibus is what got me into 40K
So much this!!
The Infinite and Divine was my first real big read; I highly recommend that as well.
Second this
I recommend Rogue Trader, turn based CRPG that explores the universe more than SM 2.
After playing Space Marine 2, I have started listening to the Space Wolves Series and love them. I will try out some of your recommendations after.
i also love the equality in 40k
everyone lives, everyone fights, everyone dies
Everyone gets a flakvest, a lasgun, and gets to die for the Emperor - can't get more equal than that.
@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 Or works their entire lives and die: either in farms, factories, or if they're lucky as a clerk or serf of an Adeptus.
Well there’s equality for the 99.9% who are basically serfs or grunts - the nobles don’t fight and die, they have feasts and orgies. But the imperium has outgrown racism/sexism/homophobia etc, they’re really really bigoted based on religion and species instead 😅
These fiesta are rated E for everyone!
I don’t know the Warhammer lore very well, but I loved this video. You sold me on it.
Views for the View Goddess, Likes for her Like Throne!
yew. damn simp
Blink twice if Rahul holds you at gunpoint.
Awesome video.
My entry point / obsession began with the Eisenhorn Omnibus of books. Follows a single man through his life as an "Inquisitor" of the Imperium. I loved it to pieces. I then played Rogue Trader, which I put 116 hours into and I haven't even done the DLC yet. I also loved that to pieces. 40k is just so awesome.
there is nothing more appealing or attractive that a world nerding out about what they love.
My kids have spent absurd amounts of money on this hobby. My attention span isn’t long enough to finish a game, but we’ve been playing Space Marine 2 together and it’s fun. :)
My fellow gamer, you owe it to yourself to spend a Saturday or two selling space marine 2 as quality time with the kids to your partner. I say this as I had three whole missions thinking this can't get wilder.... And it did. It just keeps escalating in scale and destruction. It's fun.
@ we’ve been enjoying it. Myself and two boys will usually play an operation or two every night.
I'm no good at painting and I dont have steady hands, so I'll probably never paint any Warhammer minis on my own. But, I really enjoy watching Luetin and WarriorTier videos, because the lore is fascinating to me. Played my fair share of Vermintide, which is a really solid game, and I plan on playing through the Space Marine games at some point in the future. WH40k scratches my Sci-fi itch in a whole different way to other franchises.
Believe me when I tell you, if I can paint miniatures, you can too. I have one arm and that arm has severe nerve damage. Don't exclude yourself from painting miniatures before you try. You can pop into a Games Workshop shop and they will provide a free miniature which they will guide you through assembling as well as let you use their paint brushes and paint, they give useful advice to get better at painting. This will save you spending money to try the hobby.
They can also guide you through the learning process of playing the tabletop; the first 40k tabletop game I ever played was in the G.W. shop local to me, against the manager, during business hours. The game 'training' do require an appointment, but it is completely free.
I would be very surprised if you don't get hooked. There is a lot of potential for relaxation. (I have no artistic ability, but I have become quite good at painting miniatures over time).
I hope you give it a try. What have you got to lose? Except a few zeros from the end of your savings account😂
It just dawned on me, that you would do a pretty good sister of battle.
Oh, emperor, yes. She'd rock sister so hard! And the video starts with a solid understanding of heresy.
First warhammer computer game I played was tyranid attack (back in the 90s). It was good fun. I have the board game, too.
You know what’s mind blowing, Event Horizon exists in the Warhammer Universe.
Lol I feel called out around sleeping to Leutin lol
Wait does it really? I've always compared it to Warhammer to my friends but i didn't know it was a part of the lore lol
@ It’s mostly a fan theory, but they enter the warp trying to fold space for travel and come out damaged having seen some chaos gods work 😉 Remember in the lore man had to move past the warp but lost the technology and went back to travelling within it after the dark age of technology.
@inugami3529 not officially, but it has been somewhat quasi acknowledged as a 40k film by the script writer, who said in 2017: "I played the s*** out of 40K, so it was definitely an influence, conscious or otherwise."
So, it's pretty safe to head cannon it in, as it doesn't actually contradict any of the cannon lore, but it's not GW approved.
It doesn't really. It's just Paul W.S. Anderson's "want to, but did this instead" movie. That's it. Borrowed ideas for a Similar tone, nothing else.
Excellent callout of @Leutin09 channel 👍🏻
I've got to admit I have a soft spot for Oculus Imperalis, and his drama persona as an in-universe historian keeping records of the big events of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. His series on the Betrayal at Calth is probably some of the finest Horus Heresy lore going.
GW themselves are very Warhammer coded. Back when I got hired as a retail redshirt, the employee handbook was titled "Codex Games Workshop".
Alanah i knew you were a bad ass, but also into 40K?! Let’s fucking go girl!!
New Aeldari units announced today too 👀
The new Krieg and Eldar models are 🎉
Rogue trader's announcement got me into warhammer as I really liked Owlcat's previous games. Honestly the game is fantastic. It had a messy launch but a lot of the biggest issues have been patched now. If you like mostly unvoiced text heavy crpgs with complex rpg systems you'll love this.
Luten09 is VERY VERY good, but some of the other youtube 40k Lore channels (that aren't just AI); Oculus Imperia, straight up this channel is the gold standard. KrakDuk, amazing drawings and fun, upbeat and colorful videos. Mr. Bones 40k, definitely good videos, lots of opinions and "takes" but they're interesting and thought provoking. Arbitor Ian is an honorable mention. I don't watch his videos like I do the others, but he touches on deeper lore, plus some of the book and some gameplay. I have been into 40k for about 10 years and just bought my first mini in the past few weeks, thats to say there is SO MUCH within the fandom, even as a lot of the tabletop guys think the tabletop is the "main" part.
Oh and there are a few okay to great AI channels like she mentioned. "Lore to Sleep to" and "Imperial Irator" are pretty good. Both use AI and it ranges from pretty engaging stuff, to mindless drivel, but thats the minefield you walk thru with AI content.
@@badm0t0rf1ng3r I love ArbitorIan’s book club vids with Mira! She has her own channel too, and does Black Library author interviews!
I've just started getting to warhammer this year. The Lore is so hectic and fun. I haven't played many of the games yet, but plan on getting into some and probably painting my first mini sooner or later. For the Emperor.
I attended E3 from 1998 to 2011 and the first Space Marine game was released in 2011. I was speaking to one of the Company Reps at their Booth and shared a joke as being an actual "Space Marine". He was like "Yeah Sure"! So I showed Him my ID's and He was impressed as I was formerly a member of VMAQ-2 Det-Y from 1978-1984 an Electronic Warfare Squadron of the USMC and had just retired from 22 years on the Space Shuttle & Ares Programs. As a Bonus I was a longtime member of the SCA(Medieval History Society) and was proficient in the use of archaic weapons. Just wished I had shown up an hour earlier as they had dumped all the swag so they didn't have to pack it back up for rollout and I was talking to Him about 15 minutes before the Hall was closing on Day 3(End of Show). ;-)
We appreciate your efforts for the Emperor Battle Sister!
I gotta give a shoutout to Mechanicus for the X-Com homies. It manages activation resources in a very weird and Mechanicus-esque way, has great lore about the differing philosophies and ideological bents any given priest of Mars (or Ryza, or Metalican, or Stygies VIII...) might be party to, and, last but not least, has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. Not just for a 40k game, *of all time*. You're going to think I'm blowing this way out of proportion. I am not. They did not need to go that hard but they DID.
A coworker just got me the Eisenhorn omnibus and I am absolutely loving it so far.
Great video. I'd say one of the best you've done. No disrespect to your other videos. But this was such a good and informative coverages of the vast universe of 40k. Great stuff.
Thank you!
alanah wasn't even on my list of probably releasing a rage teasing video but here we are
Never thought someone else than me could find the Administratum fascinating. Feels less lonely
Same, maintaining a galaxy spanning Imperium knowing that their means of communications are warp based, and with the Imperium's technological restrictions is quite a feat unto itself.
Find a unit you identify with is my advice. Salamanders and Soul Drinkers brought me in, and most of my friends are Ultramarines.
My four armed emperor cares, (puts 2 arms on back to consul, puts other 2 arms on arse) join us.
Yes Inquisitor, this commenter, right there. ☝️
Aw... what about Dawn of War 1? "HE WHO STANDS BY ME SHALL BE MY BROTHER."
Orks are basically Americans magnified.
pulling down the glasses so you could push them back up again really cracked me up, lmao
Rogue Trader is excellent, the DLC really adds a lot to the campaign (it adds 15 hours of new content to the main campaign). I finished it and all side content just recently, great CRPG.
I got back into Inquisitor Martyr with the Release of the new Hierophant Class!
haven't even watched it, but already disappointed that this is only 19 minutes.
I just bought and started Warhammer 40k Mechanicus because you said just jump in anywhere. I have no clue what im doing but I know I will sacrifice everything to serve the Omnissiah. The Adeptus Mechanicus is so fucking cool, I should have got into Warhammer years ago.
Got into 40k a few months ago and holy shit its so good. I love me some good lore, and 40k's lore is insane, in all the best ways. Luetin living rent free in my head
Picked up any books yet? 😊
Came from the Hobby Nights coverage of this video. Happy to meet another enjoyer!
Me too!
I had no idea Alanah is also a Battle Lady-Brother! For the emperah!
My only complaint about Space Marine 2 was the single player campaign was wayyyy to short and not very complex.
18:40 you did great job
I don't know much about the Warhammer universe but I will say space marine 2 was pretty cool and good. Definite recommend 👍
THE EMPEROR IS MY SHIELD I AM HIS SWORD. THERE IS NO DEATH ONLY VICTORY
i love luetin09, got to be favourite 40k channel to sleep and relax too
I got into Warhammer when Space Marine 2 came out. Now I’ve since spent like $500+ on the Joy Toy action figures. My algorithm is just nothing but lore videos. I love it
Same brother, never touched Warhammer prior to space marine 2 now I’ve spent like 500 hours on the game, and read two books, picking up two more tomorrow
Welcome to the front!
Building a 2000point army by joytoy action figure is probably cheaper than the actual table top pieces.
Recommending Horus Rising as a first book? I love it, but it might explode a newcomer's head. The Horus Heresy is by the far the best and most epic novel series.
I’ve loved the 40k universe and lore for so long now. Unfortunately, I’ve seen a disturbing trend lately of people looking in from the outside and labeling the fans of the universe as “fascists” for liking the universe, especially if you like space marines or anything related to the Imperium. 40k always drew me in because of the fact the EVERYONE was the bad guy, and it was fun to roleplay and get sucked in to this world where everything and everyone is evil. And now that its gotten popular, and especially in this day and age, fans of the series seem to be getting vilified for participating in this lore and roleplay (though I will admit it’s a small minority that are actually trying to do this).
It reminds me of when Helldivers 2 came out, and everyone on Twitter was roleplaying with quotes like “for democracy!” and “we must liberate this planet!”, and then getting blasted for “not having media literacy” and “not realizing you’re the bad guy”. I remember a viral thread where some girl posted about how she thought the gameplay was fun, but would not continue to play the game because it was a colonizer simulator. I don’t know, I guess I just think people should be allowed to like dark lore like 40k without being labeled as fascist. Liking a property and its lore is not an endorsement of the politics of the universe. Sometimes it’s just fun to pretend to be the bad guy 🤷♂️
Sadly, Warhammer has not been immune from the 'tourist' effect.
I like dark angels because I want homo-erotic camelot in space to be a thing. I like World Eaters because the blood god believes in equality of all as long as they bleed.
There is a point to be made that far-right players are a thing within the community, but they are exterminatused so fast you'd have thought they were an inquisitor in ASTARTES.
Problem is that a lot of the lore is a scathing satire, or at least shouldn't be taken at face value. Some fans buy in at face value and don't think much about it, and thats really too bad because there are a ton of layers to the lore and when you dig deeper you often find hilarious bits of irony and such. And of course like you mentioned there are tourists who see things that gives the grimdark future a fascist-lite facade... but like it is merely a veneer.
@@kdog3908 from both sides. Like Arch who thinks that Warhammer is an inherently right wing game and that the imperium are the good guys. Uh no its a satire, and the Imperium are not good. The inquisitions credo is "Innocence Proves Nothing" just being suspected of heresy is enough justification for them to murder you. But hey if you think space fascism makes you the good guy, maybe you also think the man with the tiny mustache was a good guy to.
@@badm0t0rf1ng3rit hasn't been satire for decades at this point.
Shoutout to Dawn of War (the original, especially the Dark Crusade and Soulstorm expansions), which, to this day, is my favorite RTS and a game I keep going back to.
9:03 - stop describing economists to me...😂
I enjoyed the relationship between Titus and Chadriel
I am here for the tea.
Love the glasses, they are really pretty.
Warhammer is hecking cool. The background is so fantastic.
But Alanah? Where is the last 10 minutes? We were teased 30 minutes.
I have summoned the Inquisition.
My favorite Administratum tidbit, is that a system can broadcast a plea for help. The request lands on some administrators office, and the paper work to assemble a response starts. But it can take such a long time to get done, that by the time the fleet breaks warp, the system they have come to help, has been dead for a hundred years.
If you haven’t, the Ciaphas Cain books are excellent. A more light hearted series of stories
Pre-Disney Star Wars was my jam in terms of a big tapestry of fiction sharing an expansive sci-fi setting. There actually was a guy making sure things were consistent, actually shockingly so, but without making it constrictive and somehow simultaneously contrived the way Disney does. There was a lot of room for creativity and there were, of course, both good things and bad things. But the stuff that came from the best authors and artists was so wonderful. The Plagueis novel, KotoR II, any comic by Jan Duursema and John Ostrander. Such good times :(
Honestly anything Dan Abnett or Graham McNeil. Theres so many great authors in the black library, but those are my favorites.
Adb's books are great. Ave dominus nox!
It's not 40k but the gotrek and Felix books are also some of the best Warhammer has to offer
I could listen to you talk about Warhammer for 40,000 years
You wouldn't have Warhammer 40k without DUNE!!!!
you wouldnt have Dune without Lawrence of Arabia
I heard one of the Black Library writers describe 40K as a three way marriage between Michael Moorcock, Dune and Judge Dredd.
40K openly wears the influence from Dune on the setting on its sleave.
@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 Dune wears Lawrence of Arabia openly on its sleeve
@@greendalf123 True.
I dont usually comment just to say nice vid but... hey girl, nice vid!. awesome recommendations, chill vibe, deep knowledge. You got a new subscriber.
12:20 Disney's not even doing a good job of maintaining consistency within its canon; Star Wars/Marvel shows and comics and video games and movies and novels all contradict each other or retcon things. 😢 I'd honestly be happier if Disney just gave up on pretending that they had a plan.
Just finished Sanctus Reach DLC this week. When you get old, you tend to lean on the turn-based.
"There's no canon in 40k", i disagree partially. Take in consideration that even with all the chaos in the 40k universe, there are indeed some rules that have survived throughout the decades. Those rules or estabilished lore is in fact a sort of canon. You can't for example make a new story about the Horus Heresy. It happened the way it did, period. You can't suddenly make the Drukhari a misunderstood faction who are actually good. There's a specific way to breed and grow Space Marines, it has already been told. If by "there's no canon in 40k", it means it's a free for all buffet, then eventually making Chaos Marines a faction that flies using will power would be a thing. There are also explanations to why there's no female Space Marines (genetics, basically). AND THAT IS OK. Even in a vast chaotic universe such as 40k, there needs to be some sort of guidelines and rules. However, within these rules people can and are incentivized to become as creative as they can with their own stories.
I feel the that whole nothing/everything is canon is bit too of complex and paradoxical at times I firmly believe there is a solid base line of lore and say that is still highly reconble due to unreliable narratives when it’s *written like that* in like books that are written from second/first person view or recorded in world by the scribes or other races