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Sep 2, 2026 15 min

I Played 40K WITHOUT Knowing Half The Rules

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This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift cards & subs💸 SNAKZY 📱 Play games. Earn rewards. Cash out → https://snakzy.me/ajmnerdcore I played my first ever game of Warhammer 40k 11th Edition without knowing half the rules and here's the unfiltered result. No competitive battle report, no expert tactics - just what actually happens when you turn up to your first proper game of Warhammer 40k without fully knowing what you're doing. In this video I walk through the nerves before the game, the Blood Angels army I brought (Dante and Lemartes included), and the one mistake I made over and over again in exactly the same way: completely screwing up line of sight. I also get into the final score - 98–73 to the T'au - why it was a genuinely respectable result rather than a battering, and the Dante and Sanguinary Guard highlight that made the whole game worth it. If you've got a first game of Warhammer 40k booked and you're nervous about not knowing the rules well enough, or you've had an army sitting there for months without ever playing a game with it, this one's for you. Spoiler: nobody cared that I was new, and you'll learn more from one real game than from another three weeks of YouTube videos. CHAPTERS0:00 - Intro: My First Ever Game of Warhammer 40k1:02 - Catching Up: Why I Hadn't Played In Months1:43 - Before The Game: The Nerves (and My Blood Angels Army)3:33 - The Mistake I Kept Making: Line of Sight Explained5:54 - The Result: Final Score vs the T'au (98–73)8:15 - Was It Actually As Scary As I Thought?10:12 - Final Thoughts + Advice For Your First Game WHERE I PLAYED THIS GAMEThis one was filmed at Ultimate Modelling Products — Unit 4, Holt House Business Centre, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, PE10 9LH. https://www.umpretail.com/ Terrain & Mats from Lighter Creative https://lighter-creative.com Massive thanks again to salty_gaming_uk for the teaching game - find him on social media as @salty_gaming_uk if you'd like to arrange a teaching game of your own, or any other game, at the shop. If this is the kind of honest, beginner-first Warhammer content you've been after, that's basically the whole channel - subscribe for more real first-game stories, no gatekeeping. #warhammer40k #warhammer #bloodangels #tabletophobby #wargaming AJM Nerdcore is represented by Digital Fox Talent. Brand partnerships: digitalfoxtalent.com/brands/creators/ajm-nerdcore

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