It’s been a couple of weeks since Warhammer: The Horus Heresy launched with the amazing Age of Darkness boxed set – and now it’s time to unleash some of the more obscure units from the galactic civil war upon the tabletop.
The in-depth Liber Astartes and Liber Hereticus army books contain the rules for your Legiones Astartes, from mighty Primarchs to the crucial Legion Tactical Squad. However, some of the more esoteric options were excluded from roll call. Here’s Andy Hoare from the Horus Heresy team to talk about the free PDFs that bring these legends back to the tabletop.
Andy: Legacies of the Age of Darkness: Legiones Astartes is a compilation of Legiones Astartes units and characters that had rules in the previous edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy but never had miniatures released for them – or had miniatures that have long since passed out of production.
Also included are a number of Space Marines units that were originally included in the Legiones Astartes army list, but which were later supplanted by versions more grounded in the Age of Darkness – for example, the standard Whirlwind was superseded by the Scorpius version, standard Land Speeders with the Land Speeder Javelin, and standard Terminators with Tartaros and Cataphractii.
We know that many long-time Warhammer: Horus Heresy players still utilise such units – in particular the beloved 'Castraferrum' Dreadnought and 'Indomitus' Terminators, both of which existed in the Age of Darkness – so we wanted people to be able to continue playing with their full collection.
As we release further Liber army books, we'll release more Legacies of the Age of Darkness documents to supplement them with these more esoteric units. We've also released an updated document for Exemplary Battles units,* which brings those units introduced in the Exemplary Battles series in line with the new edition.
Thanks, Andy! What are you waiting for? Download these two documents and get your units back onto the battlefield, fighting for the Warmaster or the Emperor.
* Don’t forget to check out the most recent Exemplary Battles download, which was written specifically for the latest edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.