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Maldevinine t1_ja6j8oo wrote

Reply to comment by typeyou in Warhammer: I'm surprised how good it is. by PregnancyRoulette

Part of the problem is that by the time Horus Rising was written, it was part of a setting that had already existed with extensive storytelling within it for about 30 years. You're supposed to know who all the people in the story are already because they're major players in the history of the setting.

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hav0cnz_ t1_ja6t975 wrote

Is there a recommended reading order? I, too, started with Horus Rising after something online told me to, and I feel the same way.

This stuff should be right up my alley, but somehow it just didn't hit.

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Maldevinine t1_ja6uemo wrote

I recommend starting with the 3rd Edition Rulebook and associated codexs, before skipping to the 6th edition codexs and then to the 9th Edition Rulebook and what of the codexs they've released so far because the Necron and Chaos codexs in 9th feature the buildup and fallout of the 13th Black Crusade.

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carnajo t1_ja6y4n0 wrote

This doesn't really help someone who's only interested in the novels. My recommendation would be to jump on some YouTube channels that give introductory and background info on the setting.

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typeyou t1_ja7be6b wrote

That's it! The book read as if I already knew the characters.

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Marcuse0 t1_ja8p99w wrote

The entire series is kind of a "filling in the blanks" around a bunch of known knowns that have been pedalled throughout GW's history. Every single Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine codex came with a potted history of the heresy, the book authors have had to write around these points a lot.

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