I stumbled into a local game store looking for who knows what back in my college years long ago. That started the journey that began with a “sure I will get this starter set so I can have TWO ARMIES” (aka just two dinky squads and a speeder, but I didn’t know I was getting the first hit for “free”). I then progressed through several physical and digital games, and that then had me reading a few too many novels of questionable quality. It has been a rabbit hole. I do think the world is fun, the physical games are terribly designed except to sell models, and the video games are anywhere from junk to awesome.
You might have had the better end of the deal.