Tarm: Back then I chose between a couple armies to paint, mainly Dark Angels and Ultramarines because they are so easy to paint. Dark Angels won because they had a more mysterious background and I wanted the option of going almost all vehicle later.
Second Edition and Dark Millennium I think it was that I played.
Matewis: Ah yes, the fabled Ravenwing 2nd Company of the Dark Angels. I remember reading about them in White Dwarf.
Strange then that you didn't really get into DoW. Are there any other 40K video games that you could get into?
I can completely understand a tabletop player finding little to enjoy in DoW though. Back when I saw 40K tabletop wargaming in action for the first time my immediate reaction was "This is so much cooler than Dow!"
I don't like clickfest rush RTS games. The W40K setting made me tolerate Dawn of War but not much more. Dawn of war 2 on the other hand I find quite fun. I'm not very good at it but I like to play it anyway. :)
Oh and Last Stand is ridiculously fun with friends. :D
I love the W40K setting so much that I can get into almost any game with it to various degrees. I tire quicker of them is about all so some I play more seldom and not that long.
Favourites are:
Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
Dawn of War 2 (Mainly the version with the most armies for variation.)
Might be others I forgot.
Yeah the tabletop is a whole other beast than the computer games.