With the release of the new edition, lots of units that were previously only available in the more expensive resin from Forge World are getting released in plastic. The Liber Hereticus contains the rules for the following Traitor Space Marine legions:Īs well as the rules, specialist units, and equipment for each of the nine loyalist legions, it also contains all of the standard Traitor Marine units and force construction rules which are available to all legions. Liber Hereticus: Traitor Legiones Astartes Army Book We discuss below in the Products section which supplements are available and which factions they contain.Īs well as the rules, specialist units, and equipment for each of the nine loyalist legions, it also contains all of the standard Space Marine units and force construction rules which are available to all legions. This is enough to get you going, and when you decide which faction you want to play, then all you will need to do is pick up the rules supplement that includes that force and you can continue to expand your army. The supplement with the rules for your chosen forceĪll of the above is included in the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Age of Darkness boxed set, including the rules for the miniatures that come in the box, which are at the back of the assembly instructions.Measuring tool (Either a measuring stick or tape measure).Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Age of Darkness Rulebook.To play Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, you will need: What Do I Need To Play Warhammer: The Horus Heresy?
Veteran players can pick up the new Age of Darkness Rulebook and use their existing miniatures with the new army books which we discuss below. We cover this boxed set in detail in our review.įor new players to Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, the Age of Darkness boxed set is the perfect place to start, as it contains everything, including a sizeable force to get you going.
Second edition launches with a new starter set, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Age of Darkness which includes the full hardback Rulebook, dice, templates, and fifty-four miniatures, including a dreadnought and a tank. Warhammer: The Horus Heresy is a brand new edition of the game, gathering together all the previous books and supplements into this new edition. Where Do I Start With Warhammer: The Horus Heresy? This has created a difference in playing Space Marines between the two systems, with the focus of 40K now on the Primaris, and The Horus Heresy on the original firstborn marines. Recently, the Loyalist Primarch of the Ultramarines, Roboute Guilliman, returned, bringing a new generation of Space Marines, the Primaris, larger and better equipped than their firstborn brethren. In 40K, some Primarchs have returned, mainly from the Traitor Legions as they became the avatars of different Chaos gods. Methods of waging war, army composition, and some abilities are different, but they are on a more equal footing than the huge differences between the factions in 40K. In The Horus Heresy, the focus is very much on the Space Marines, and their differences are less obvious.
In 40K, there are many different factions, and while the Space Marines are the poster boys for the setting, there are other options. Warhammer: The Horus Heresy is set 10,000 years before Warhammer 40,000, so in essence, it's Warhammer 30,000.
Each son, now brought up in different environments had entirely different ways of thinking and waging war and they all set about reuniting the galaxy together until the Emperor decided to name Horus, the first found son as Warmaster, to lead the campaign in his stead while he returned to earth to continue other ventures for the betterment of humankind. The Emperor found his sons one by one as he set about reuniting the galaxy and the human race that had spread to the stars. These sons were mysteriously spread around the galaxy as infants, initially lost to the Emperor and brought up on different worlds, far from their intended guiding hand. Set 10,000 years before, the Emperor of mankind had united humankind's homeworld through force under his banner and had created twenty sons, the Primarchs, to lead legions of superhuman soldiers, the Space Marines. The Horus Heresy was originally a piece of lore and art detailed in the pages of the early editions of Warhammer 40,000.