To quote a famous video on the topic "The first 4 are chronological, so that's easy. But things start getting interesting when you get to book 5!" If you don't know what I'm talking about look up Tom and Ben chart.
I probably read 50 40k books before even starting the Horus Heresy. Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Bequin. Gaunt's Ghosts, Ciaphas Cain, and more. I knew the basic story of Horus Heresy, but reading all of the other stuff made we crave the insane depth that the HH books have.
I once came across a guide about 20 basic books required to read to understand the Horus Heresy. But I'd rather read 20 good books than torture myself with the "required ones", especially since you can enjoy a hobby without any knowledge of the universe.
50+ books as required reading? Hell no! The first 4 would've sufficed to intice you to 40k! Other than Dawn of War, that's what got me into it. That being said... I own more than enough to have a tall shelf filled with nothing but 40k books...
no it isnt the best days of the hobby, when the lore was at its peak, 3d edition the horus heresy wasnt even written out yet they are decent books until the halfway point, so its a good read but not necessary the only people that know about anything that happened back then are chaos marines anyway and modern gw wants to write only about loyalist marines and imperial people anyway, so anyone who would know and care isnt allowed to have a story anymore but in the end it doesnt matter the setting is dead, there is nothing grim or dark left in the far future of marvel40k so who cares read storm of iron, read desert raiders, read lord of night, read dead man walking thats it
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Very fun rant
And yeah i see the Heresy as something you can get into down the line instead of to start with it
To quote a famous video on the topic "The first 4 are chronological, so that's easy. But things start getting interesting when you get to book 5!" If you don't know what I'm talking about look up Tom and Ben chart.
I'll have to check that out! 😃✨
I probably read 50 40k books before even starting the Horus Heresy. Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Bequin. Gaunt's Ghosts, Ciaphas Cain, and more. I knew the basic story of Horus Heresy, but reading all of the other stuff made we crave the insane depth that the HH books have.
I once came across a guide about 20 basic books required to read to understand the Horus Heresy.
But I'd rather read 20 good books than torture myself with the "required ones", especially since you can enjoy a hobby without any knowledge of the universe.
cute servo skull
Thank you! 😊
50+ books as required reading? Hell no! The first 4 would've sufficed to intice you to 40k! Other than Dawn of War, that's what got me into it.
That being said... I own more than enough to have a tall shelf filled with nothing but 40k books...
Just watch Majorkill for lore. If you like a character enough, buy the book.
I'm a big fan of his! 😁
no it isnt
the best days of the hobby, when the lore was at its peak, 3d edition
the horus heresy wasnt even written out yet
they are decent books until the halfway point, so its a good read
but not necessary
the only people that know about anything that happened back then are chaos marines anyway
and modern gw wants to write only about loyalist marines and imperial people anyway, so anyone who would know and care isnt allowed to have a story anymore
but in the end it doesnt matter
the setting is dead, there is nothing grim or dark left in the far future of marvel40k so who cares
read storm of iron, read desert raiders, read lord of night, read dead man walking
thats it