I'm new here. First post, in fact. kinda funny that I came here looking to find out about the 40K tabletop game and end up on a roleplaying thread as an intro, but here goes:
I have been spending well over a month preparing to run the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying v2 game. I've dug through every nook and cranny that I could find to get more info and learned that Dark Heresy the WH40K rpg is soon to be openly distributed. So I started the process over again with 40K, from n00b to enthusiast.
There are good alternatives to Fantasy Grounds when it comes to online roleplaying, but I have decided to use the freeware RPGTools suite of Maptool and Dicetool along with Skype to make the experience as close to playing at an actual table as possible. The software is available
here.
I've enjoyed gaming for over twenty years both freeform and with rules and I do have to say I enjoy the WH world about the most. I'd be glad to teach any newcomers any of the Black Industries games, although I admit to not currently possessing a copy of DH for the next month or so. I do have a hack using the first set of WHF rules which allow me to run scenarios in 40K until then. My yahoo messenger is the same as my handle here, feel free to message with any questions. The WFRP game will be starting in a few weeks, but I can run a 40K RPG along with it if there is enough interest.
No knowledge of the rules are necessary. I can teach anyone everything they need to know. Your knowedge of the setting is a bigger bonus to me. On most other forums, I would have to introduce folks to that first, but to be posting here, I assume anyone would have to love some aspect of WH first.
If all else fails, I would even be up for running some old standard Rogue Trader scenarios as there was plenty of roleplaying there
