When learning a new miniatures game, understanding the ins and outs of your own army is intimidating enough, let alone grasping enough of your opponent’s armies to make good decisions. The bulk of the armies being the same makes their differences more pronounced.įirst of all, the common core of the forces involved makes The Horus Heresy much more approachable from both a rules and collecting point of view.
Got all that? Good, back to our original question: why are the little plastic marines good? Now GW is changing all that with a second edition of the game in the form of the big value Age of Darkness box and a huge range of new plastic miniatures to replace many of the core 30K resin models. With a handful of exceptions, the game used resin miniatures produced by Forge World, which were both more expensive and more difficult to assemble than their plastic counterparts. In the decade since, Warhammer 30K has trundled on, gathering a small but dedicated fanbase. The Horus Heresy takes place 10,000 years before Warhammer 40K, with the Space Marines' Mk.VI power armour earning them the nickname "Beakies". The dirty, weathered and battle-worn miniatures, mostly painted by the Forge World team themselves, stood in stark contrast to the clean, edge-highlighted ‘Eavy Metal house style of GW proper. This influence was easily seen in 30K, which featured detailed accounts of the campaigns and battles of the Heresy, as well as the troops that fought in them. Commonly known as Warhammer 30,000 and based on the seventh edition of Warhammer 40K, this was the baby of the late game designer Alan Bligh.įorge World is mostly known for producing resin miniatures aimed at more advanced hobbyists, largely inspired by historical wargames and modelling. In 2012, GW released a Horus Heresy game under its Forge World imprint.
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This was the start of a series of novels and short stories released via Games Workshop’s Black Library that is still going, over 50 books later. Image: Games WorkshopĪs a concept, the Horus Heresy has been kicking around for decades, but only started being explored in-depth in 2006 with the release of Warhammer 40,000 book Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. Horus is ultimately unsuccessful, countless lives are lost, the Emperor ends up stuck on life support and the Imperium is left to stagnate for the next ten thousand years, leading to the horrible grimdark affair we know from 40K.Īge of Darkness is a brand new boxed set for Warhammer 30,000, providing a way to jump in if you're new. Through a combination of daemonic influence, general skullduggery and massive daddy issues, Horus is convinced to lead a rebellion against Big Daddy E, taking half his brother Primarchs and their legions of Space Marines with them. The Horus Heresy is effectively the founding mythology of Warhammer 40,000 as we know it. The Emperor has created his superhuman Space Marines and even more super Primarchs (no, not the clothes shop) to lead them.Īfter spending 200 years spreading across the galaxy, rediscovering Earth’s lost colonies and bringing them into the Imperium (peacefully or otherwise), favoured son Horus has been left in charge while the Emperor goes home to work on a new project in his shed. The Horus Heresy is effectively the founding mythology of Warhammer 40,000 as we know it, set a mere 30,000 years into our future at the dawn of the Imperium. Watch on YouTube The cinematic trailer for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy
Since Dicebreaker HQ will get very cross if I send them a couple of hundred words and call it a day, I will now elaborate. The short answer is that “Oops, All Space Marines!” is actually a lot more interesting than it sounds. If Space Marines bore you, why would you be interested in a game that’s almost entirely about them? And if you’re already a 40K Space Marine player, what’s the point in investing in a new game that’s just more of what you already have? While the game does have a handful of factions that aren’t part of the Legiones Astartes, to use their fancy name, the Space Marines are the stars of the show. As the poster boys for Warhammer 40,000, GW’s most popular game, they’re almost as ubiquitous as the Warhammer brand itself.Īll this means that there is a good chance that you’re already primed to have strong feelings about the (take a deep breath) Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Age of Darkness boxed set due for release on June 18th. Space Marines, eh? Love ‘em or hate ‘em, if you’re aware of Games Workshop’s tabletop miniatures games, or the ever expanding universe of novels, video games and merchandise that surrounds them, you can’t get away from them.
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