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My Descent into Warhammer 40K
My first steps into a new hobby with a lot of facets
In my blogging career, I’ve mostly kept my content about comic books and anime with the occasional off-topic post. This is because I’ve just been a comic book and anime consumer for all these years and simply didn’t venture into other nerd hobbies. Sure, I was aware of D&D and video games and all that jazz, but I didn’t feel the urge to explore these other domains of nerdom because of my own hyper-fixations.
But over the last year, something changed. I’ve been slowly getting into a well-known hobby with a large following and a deep well of lore that would take years to fully explore. That hobby is:
Warhammer 40,000.
Yeah, I’ve been getting into 40K as of late, a decision that is already making my wallet cry out in pain. Now, I’ve been aware of Warhammer 40K ever since college (I was too deep in my weeaboo phase back in high school to care about anything else). I think some of my old college buddies played the game back then but they tended to keep it to themselves for some reason (but they sure as hell made sure I watched their…
