1 Don't do it!!! With WH40k, you'll find lots of opponents, and will spend lots of cash. But 3 months later, they put out a better, more effective, and cheaper (points-wise) set of models that costs only 50% more than the ones you paid for. If you don't upgrade, you'll start consistently losing. Unless you get the new Ubertroops 3 months after that... Then every few years, they completely re-write the rules, and about half your army doesn't exist any more. And so it goes... GW are the Microsoft of Games. I mean that in its most perjorative sense. If you want real fun, look at all the orphan GW games that exist, "Battlefleet Gothic" and "Epic", both of which have existed in various incarnations, and have some excellent games mechanics. Did I mention that with every edition, they re-write the history too? Whole Alien races no longer exist, and new ones are constantly being added. Just Google "Zoat Slann Squats" See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000 And if you really must... try to get a copy of Rogue Trader, WH40k First Edition. That was the one where it was free-form, and there was room in the Universe for some diversity. In the meantime, have a look at http://www.geo cities.com/roguetraderheresy/quotes.htm