This is for people that I live with.
I don’t mean any lame team building exercises, but casual group activities. It could be something mundane like organizing a trip to the store together. Movie trips would also be fine as would showing something on the home projector, though I feel like there’d be more distractions and temptation at home.
My sister has been talking about getting into 40k since transitioning. If we do that we’ll probably get resin printer and use third party model files. Before she transitioned the model prices were getting insane and I can’t imagine where they are now.
The problem is that she passes very well and that might be a problem.
May I recommend trying Grimdark Future, in that case. Particularly Grimdark Future: Firefight.
The 40k lore is fantastic and tons of fun. Unfortunately the rules not so much. The rules of Grimdark Future, by contrast, are very clean and well balanced.
Fortunately, you can map the lore of 40k directly onto Grimdark Future (like I suspect most people do) and end up with the best of both worlds.
Another big advantage of Grimdark Future over 40k is that it is mini agnostic. If you want to use 40k minis, go for it. If you want to use 3rd Party minis, that’s fine too. Lego people, plastic soldiers, pebbles - all good.
By contrast, the official line for playing 40k in Games Workshop Stores and GW Tournaments is that the minis need to be GW, no 3rd Party minis allowed. (It didn’t used to be this way, and many store owners will be happy to turn a blind eye, but that’s the official stance).
If you are interested in this route, Wargames Atlantic do a superb line of very affordable minis that can be used - Death Fields.
What happened with the 40k rules?
I never learned them, but I understood a few of the basic concepts. I’ve seen a few things recently that say that force organization is optional and any unit from any army can be taken, both of which I have strongly mixed feelings about.
The lack of a suppression mechanic always seemed like a huge detriment.
Something model agnostic would be desirable. The cost of models is absolutely insane.
I could certainly set up half the living room to be a gaming area and then use that for group activities.