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I've been a fan of the 40k universe for a while now, and I finally broke down and bought in to the game.

Reading the rule book only does so much, and I feel like it's time to play my first game. I have a shop less than a 10 minute walk from my home, but I am very hesitant to just show up for a pick up game.

Should I just go in and hope for the best? Try to arrange a game on a forum or social group?

Help a nerd out!!

Probably the best thing to do is go into the shop, yeah. Most WH40K players would be thrilled to help a new player build their first army. I would ask whoever is working there whether they have people that come in and play, a lot of shops like that will have a table or two that people can use to meet and play a match or two.

Out of curiosity, what kind of army are you thinking of building? Chaos, Tau, Necron?

I know the place near me has open games on Thursdays (which is why I scheduled myself off on Thursdays months ago!! lol), I'm just going to bite the bullet and go in and see if I can avoid a panic attack and not come across as an complete ass hole.

I'm starting out with Space Marines (Dark Angels, because I like the fluff). I've got the Dark Vengeance DA models (along with the Chaos, which I want to trade for another set of DV DA models) plus two more 10 man tactical squads, a vanilla Dreadnought, Venerable Dreadnought, two veteran squads, Interrogator Chaplin and an Imperial Knight (and a Yarrick, because Yarrick).

I want to flesh it out with more Terminators, Drop Pods and two more three man bike squads. I think this will let me have the most flexibility in making new armies.

That sounds pretty cool, I hope you have fun!

If you're planning on putting the army together from scratch yourself rather than buying them pre-painted, you may want to practice on a few smaller, cheap models first before you dive into the main force. Models can be unbearably expensive, and it's easy to screw up painting your first time around.