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NEW VIDEO: Every Faction's Must Read Book (Patreon)

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2026-04-21 13:29:09
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2026-04

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Every Warhammer 40K Faction's MUST READ Book

MERCH: https://orchideight.com/collections/poorhammer TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/poorhammer PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton In an ideal world, this episode’s description would be something like this: “Now that Brad and Eric finished reading ALL the Warhammer books that were published by GW (and some fan-fictions), they can sit down and tell us which are the best first read for each faction in 40K. We all know that all of them are very good, and that every faction, including the non-Imperium ones, have more published than anyone could read in a lifetime, but our hosts are literate and capable of an objectively impartial opinion, so let’s tune in and take notes of a few recommendations that we will definitively read in this year. SHOW LINKS: Brad’s Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/drruler.bsky.social Eric’s Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/onekuosora.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Hello and Welcome 00:48 Rules and Warnings 04:03 Adepta Sororitas 05:07 Adeptus Custodes 06:07 Adeptus Mechanicus 08:36 Astra Militarum 11:21 Grey Knights 11:52 Imperial Agents 13:49 Imperial Knights 14:56 Space Marines 17:45 Chaos Daemons 19:44 Chaos Knights 20:19 Chaos Space Marines 22:45 Death Guard 23:56 Emperor's Children 24:57 Thousand Sons 26:32 World Eaters 27:29 Aeldari 29:04 Drukhari 30:50 Genestealer Cults 31:42 Leagues of Votann 32:27 Necrons 35:59 Orks 38:48 T'au Empire 40:00 Tyranids 42:37 They couldn’t wait for the Awards Show 43:58 Patrons, please choose a normal name Licensed Music Used By This Program: “Night Out” by LiQWYD, CC BY “Thursday & Snow (Reprise)” by Blank & Kytt, CC BY “First Class” by Peyruis, CC BY “Down for Whatever” by Silent Partner, Copyright Free

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IronFatherIroh

Love Adrian Tchaikovsky. Children of ruin, the second book in the "children of" series has a very good hive mind/ nid equivalent PoV character. I highly recommend the whole seriese.

Vinay Date

Given the request for new player topics, one of the major issues I've had getting back into the game (given that the last time I played was in 3e, and even that was only a little) is parsing through what I call the '...is that good?' problem. Specifically, even knowing the new rules on how wounding rolls work w/r/t the S vs. T comparison (which are substantially cleaner than the old days, I grant!), I often find that it is hard to get a grasp on how good any given statline actually IS, since that requires a good sense of what the REST of the game looks like, which requires rather a lot of reading or general internalization overall (or a lot of setting-up of general weapons profiles on MathHammer webtools, etc.) As such, when I looked at, e.g., the stats on the two flavours of shuriken catapult infantry (Guardian Defenders vs. Dire Avengers), they were definitely higher (nearly universally so!) vs. what I remembered them to be, but given that the stats on nearly everything else had changed around them, I was left scratching my head in regards to how effective I could actually expect them to BE overall. (Hence calling it the '...is that good?' problem.) I guess the topic request - unreasonable though it might be, is 'what I might reasonably expect to get out of Guardian shuriken catapult fire (or whatever), and (potentially) how can I evaluate how that stacks up against the 'baseline' expectations for 'rank-and-file schmuck's main weapon' overall?' Obviously this is an extremely amorphous question with way too many variables to concisely answer (which is part of why it seems so daunting!) - I am really just wondering if there are useful bases of comparison or expectation that you might apply to gauge units 'at a glance. Edit: enter was supposed to be a line break, not 'post!'

Patrick T

Thanks for the recommendations! As a new warhammer 40K’er the lore can be overwhelming.

Hunni badgr

Infinite and the divine is good but it's so overrated, you can really feel the Matt Ward-iness of Trazyn and it's grating

Casobs2

Was hoping someone would point a list in the comments... couldn't fin one, so I made my own, because I has more time than I has sanity! Adepta Soraritas >> Our Martyred Lady - Gav Thorpe Morvenn Vahl - Jude Reid Adeptus Custodes >> Watcher of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion - Chris Wright Watcher of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow - Chris Wright Adeptus Mechanicus >> Belisarius Cawl Trilogy - Guy Haley Astra Militarum >> Fifteen Hours - Mitchel Scanlon Gaunt's Ghosts Series - Dan Abnett Krieg - Steve Lyons Siege of Vraks - Steve Lyons Deathworlder - Victoria Heyward Minka Lesk Series - Justin D Hill Cadia Stands - Justin D Hill Grey Knights >> The Emperor's Gift - Aaron Dembski-Bowden Imperial Agents >> Assassinorum Kingmaker - Robert Rath Rites of Passage - Mike Brooks Imperial Knights >> Assassinorum Kingmaker - Robert Rath Space Marine >> Dark Imperium Trilogy - Guy Haley The Lion: Son of the Forest - Mike Brooks Dante Series - Guy Haley Chaos Daemons >> Dark Imperium Trilogy - Guy Haley Chaos Space Marines >>Black Legion Series - Aaron Dembski-Bowden Night Lords Series - Aaron Dembski-Bowden Fabius Bile Series - Josh Reynolds Death Guard >> The Lords of Silence - Chris Wright Emperor's Children >> Lucius: The Faultless Blade - Ian St. Martin Fulgrim: The Perfect Son - Judy Reid Thousand Sons >> Ahriman Series - John French World Eaters >> Kharn:Eaters of Worlds - Anthony Reynolds Aeldari >> Valedor - Guy Haley Heirs of the Laughing God: A Deadly Wit - Gav Thorpe Heirs of the Laughing God: Death's Mercy - Gav Thorpe Voidscarred - Mike Brooks Drukhari >> Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives - Mike Brooks Da Big Dakka - Mike Brooks Genestealer Cults >> Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky Leagues of Votann >> The High Kahl's Oath - Gav Thorpe Necrons >> The Twice-Dead King: Ruin - Nate Crowley The Twice-Dead King: Reign - Nate Crowley The Infinite and the Devine - Robert Rath Orks >> Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! Ufthak Backhawk - Mike Brooks T'au Empire >> Elemental Council - Noah Van Nguyen Tyrinids >> The Long and Hungry Road - Adrian Tchaikovsky BEST LORE BOOK >> The Infinite and the Devine - Robert Rath