STEP 6: PLAY WARHAMMER 40,000!
You have your army assembled and perhaps partially painted. You have Codex: Dark Angels and the Warhammer 40,000 rules. Now it's time to play some games of tabletop battles in the far future! You can start playing right now while you continue painting up your army and adding to it. Wondering where to play?
The first place to go is your local Games Workshop Hobby Center
or independent retail store. There, you can talk about your army's progression
with other commanders, set up games, test your mettle, and grab that extra blister
pack you've been eyeing. Stores often have leagues and events that will get
you involved with the hobby and introduce you to a host of other people eager
to play Warhammer 40,000. To help find the store nearest you, you need look
no further than our store locator. This free online tool has but one purpose:
to provide a list of local stores that stock Games Workshop products and get
you directions to the store. There is often contact info in the store locator
as well, so you can call ahead and see if an event is being held that afternoon.
In
addition to going out and playing games, be sure to feed your brain everything
you can about the hobby to keep up with potential opponents. Visit the Games
Workshop web site at the end of a hard days work and pick up White Dwarf magazine
as it comes out each month (or better yet, get a subscription). There's always
something new for you to read about, like painting tips, scenarios, modeling
techniques, new releases, sneak peeks, game-winning tactics, and scenery projects...to
name but a few. As you can see, there is much more to the Game Workshop hobby
than we can fit in this getting started section. Good luck with your new army,
and may your dice roll in your favor more often than not. Now, get out there
and play some Warhammer 40, 000!
