With the upcoming release of the new edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, the Legiones Astartes are taking centre stage in the 31st Millennium. Is there anything better – or more intimidating – than a mustered army of Space Marines?
Not much, it turns out, but Titans have a good claim. They’re certainly taller, they’re definitely louder, and they have undeniably bigger guns.* In fact, as history buffs will tell you, Adeptus Titanicus is where the Horus Heresy really began.
Hot on the heels of the Dire Wolf Scout Titan, the Warhammer Rules Team have taken the time to whip up a new narrative scenario and an FAQ for Adeptus Titanicus, the game where Legios – not Legiones – of god-machines smash into one another, explode, and level battlefields.
The scenario takes us to The Siege of Kado. Long-time Adeptus Titanicus fans may remember this as the name of a world shrouded in mystery, covered in hundreds of Mechanicum research facilities.
“Each mission represents a major battle during the Siege of Kado”, explains rules writer Tom Clarke, “a fight over esoteric research facilities harnessing the dangerous energies of an artificial planet.”
“Can you hold the Delta Breach against a seemingly endless horde of Traitors until Loyalist reinforcements arrive? How about re-enacting the moment a group of Ordo Sinister Psi-Titans ambushed a numerically superior force of Traitor Titans, corrupted by warp energies?”
These three missions will test your strategic skills in different ways, Tom notes. “It’s a series of unique challenges, requiring a bit of fast-thinking and adaptive battle plans to emerge victorious”. Each has a slate of special rules to add a unique twist – including rules for pummelling Traitor Titans with salvos from the Loyalist Imperator Titan, Praeco Deictus.
You can download The Siege of Kado here:
On top of this, there’s an extensive new FAQ to bring campaign books like Shadow and Iron and Titandeath up to date after the recent Traitor Legios supplement. It also brings some clarifications and modifications to your Titan armoury, including tweaks to weapons of the volkite and vortex variety.
The scourging rays of the Volkite Eradicator now gain the Beam trait – whether it’s mounted on a Warhound or a Reaver – making it even better at finishing off crippled god-engines. On the other hand, your Warp Missiles are now limited to a single Vortex Payload upgrade per maniple. The damage inflicted by these esoteric warheads has also changed from D6 to D3+1, making them more reliable – perfect for tearing your opponent’s Titans to pieces.
That’s a Titan-sized chunk of content to chew on – so get out there, and decide the fate of Kado with the heaviest firepower known to the Imperium.
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* And even if you can’t win an argument, bigger guns mean you can end it.