Don’t understand Warhammer 40,000? Now you can learn the history of 40K with the main voice actor of Space Marine 2

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Beefcake shooter Space Marine 2 really throws you into Warhammer 40,000 in the deep end. It not only expects you to remember the events of the previous game from 13 years ago, but also to keep up with everything that happened in the setting in between. Primaris Marines? Rubric Marines? Even for someone who reads the novels like me, there’s a lot to keep track of. What’s the difference between a zoanthrope and a neurotrope?

If you’re coming in on the ground floor, here’s a fun way to find out what’s going on. Clive Standen, who plays Lieutenant Titus — the protagonist of Space Marine 2 — is hosting a three-part video series called Titus Talks that goes back to basics. The first episode is out now and is a basic introduction to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. “This is not an age of optimistic exploration,” says Standen. “This is a new dark age.”

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Standen’s square jaw is accompanied by video game footage, some great miniatures from the 40K battle game it started out as, and some fun animated segments on the board. Imperial soldiers are labeled “Good Guys! (But Not Really) (It’s Complicated)” and the weather on one planet is summarized as “Cloudy with a Chance of Tyrannocytes.”

While this is a good first step towards 40K as a whole, the next episode will start to go into more detail, explaining what exactly a space marine is. Hopefully, there will be time to explain that they sometimes eat meat and pray to their guns.

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