The war-torn annals of the Horus Heresy continue in another Exemplary Battles download, this time following the Imperial Fists and Iron Hands Legions deep beneath a World Eaters bastion world. As Angron’s Legion succumbs ever more to the ravages of Chaos, profane slaughter-engines spill from the depths to tear Loyalists asunder – even as a moon tumbles inexorably towards the surface. Andy, lead gamesmith of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, is here to guide us through the subterranean tunnels of Bodt.
Andy: Welcome to the latest stop in our examination of the more esoteric factions of the Age of Darkness. So far we've uncovered the conjured Neverborn horrors of Bound Ruinstorm Daemons and the massed armies of the Imperialis Militia, leading us to our latest offering – a treatise on those most horrific constructs of the Dark Mechanicum, the earliest Daemon Engines.
In Exemplary Battles of the Age of Darkness: The Depths of Tredecimmia, we return to a battle presented in Horus Heresy Volume 6 – Retribution during the previous edition of the game. This time we tell the tale from a somewhat different perspective, pulling back the curtain to describe the involvement of Daemon Engines in a way that was only hinted at in the original tale.
Also included in the download are rules for using a number of classic Daemon Engine models in your Age of Darkness games – from the scuttling Brass Scorpion and smaller Blood Slaughterer, to the lumbering Decimator and Kytan. These have never had dedicated rules for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy before, but we always intended to provide them when the time was right, and the Exemplary Battles series is the perfect place to explore these niche but highly entertaining subjects.
This isn't the end of our exploration of all things dark and daemonic, as we have at least two forbidden tomes to crack open before we’re done. We are currently putting the finishing touches to a Daemons of the Ruinstorm army list, as well as a set of rules for Corrupted Knights, inspired by the Corrupted Titans that will be familiar to Adeptus Titanicus players.
Download the document below, and start fielding your own cohorts of daemonic constructs on the battlefields of the Horus Heresy. You can also find plenty more Exemplary Battles documents for the Alpha Legion, Iron Hands, and more throughout Warhammer Community, so have a dig through the articles and see what you can find.
