Do you like unleashing the apocalyptic fury of the Titan Legions and the Space Marines against your enemies on the battlefield? Well, you’re gonna love this – welcome to Exemplary Battles of the Age of Darkness!
The first battle in this series – The Battle of Pluto: Hydra’s Devastation – pitted the Alpha Legion against the Imperial Fists for control of a key monitoring station on Hydra, Pluto’s moon-fortress, in a three-part mini-campaign.
Well, the Horus Heresy team over at Forge World are back with another action-packed Exemplary Battle. Here’s their studio’s resident Praetor Andy Hoare with more on what awaits.
Andy: It’s been great to see the Horus Heresy community’s response to the first Exemplary Battles PDF. We’ve seen lots of people talking about how they plan to build, paint, and game with the Imperial Fists Huscarls, and we’ve heard tell of the special scenarios being widely played and thoroughly enjoyed.This month, we’re exploring the Battle of Sotha – a confrontation between the Ultramarines and the Night Lords described in detail in the Horus Heresy novel Pharos, by Guy Haley. We’re continuing the idea of providing rules for a unit that’s quite well known, but which has never had dedicated rules or miniatures because it’s more suitable as a hobby project using miniatures already in the ranges – the Night Lords Atramentar. We’ve also presented a mission inspired by the story, and even if you don’t play Night Lords or Ultramarines, you should still feel free to give this a go with whatever forces you have to hand.
Thanks, Andy. To whet your appetite, here’s a map of the region of Ultramar so you can see how close to the Ultramarines home world this battle takes place.
Now you’ve had the starter, tuck into the main course by downloading this free PDF with all the lore and rules for refighting The Defence of Sotha: Aegida's Lamnet! See below.
Give Pharos a read to experience the wider story surrounding this Exemplary Battle, and grab yourself a set or two of Tartaros Terminators to kitbash into some Night Lords Atramentar.