Matthew Keeler remembers the first time he was hooked on playing games. "When my buddies I grew up with got a box of figurines, these fantasy figurines, sort of generic ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ stuff, playing as high elves and humans, that's what initially got me into it," said Keeler, an Army Reserve public affairs noncommissioned officer. "Seeing my buddies playing got me interested and then I found out about the 40K version, and as a bit of a sci-fi nerd myself, I was like, 'This is pretty cool.'