Opis
The Horus Heresy is civil war on a galactic scale, a conflict comprising
countless bitter campaigns and doomed struggles. In the latter years of the Age
of Darkness, the Loyalist forces occupying the Sons of Horus home world of
Cthonia face a determined assault from overwhelming Traitor forces, who seek to
oust them from the ancestral home of the Warmaster Horus. The resulting war of
attrition rages in the skies above and the tunnels below the surface of that
embattled world, taking a terrible toll on Loyalist and Traitor alike.
This expansion book for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy provides a comprehensive
history of the Siege of Cthonia, detailing the Loyalist and Traitor forces
involved in the campaign. It also allows you to put your army in the role of
Loyalist occupiers or Traitor resistance, with rules for linking your games
into Onslaught Campaigns, playing new Core Missions and narrative Apex
Missions, fighting Zone Mortalis battles in cramped conditions, and fielding
new units such as unstable Legiones Inductii recruits, Legiones Decurion tank
commanders, the hellish Infernus Abominations, and upgrades and unique
characters specifically for the Imperial Fists and Sons of
Horus.
Inside this 240-page hardback book, you’ll
find:
– The Years of Darkness and Blood – An
in-depth exploration of the bitter and futile wars that raged across the galaxy
in the last days of the Horus Heresy, including a detailed timeline, overviews
of all Loyalist and Traitor forces, the rise of the Legiones Inductii, and the
full narrative of the world-shaking Siege of Cthonia.
– Campaigns
of The Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia – A full Onslaught
Campaign system, providing rules for a linked series of games between 2-6
players, where each victory or defeat builds up to a final battle. Also included
are specific rules to tailor your Onslaught Campaign to the Siege of
Cthonia.
– Age of Darkness: Core Missions – Five new
Core Missions, balanced for both campaign games and Matched Play events. Race
to claim vital strongpoints in Sudden Strike, adapt to shifting tides in Strike
and Fade, or battle for the central ground in The Heart of
Battle.
– Siege of Cthonia: Apex Missions – Two new
Apex Missions, with extensive special rules intended for campaigns and
narrative games. Fight through an ill-fated orbital assault of grav-mines and
dropship hulks in The Pyre of Ambition, and survive an ambush from underground
bunkers in The Ashes Of Victory.
– Age of Darkness: Zone Mortalis
– Full rules for Zone Mortalis games, smaller-scale battles of
Warhammer: The Horus Heresy fought within cramped war zones such as disputed
spaceports, besieged hive cities, and winding fortress tunnels. Includes
extensive rules for terrain and visibility, deployment and reserves, Reactions
and Objectives, and army selection.
– Zone Mortalis: Core
Missions – Three new Core Missions and two new Apex Missions for Zone
Mortalis games, plus specific rules for Cthonian Underworld Zone Mortalis
terrain such as Subterranean Tunnels and Promethium Condenser
Tanks.
– Legiones Astartes: Rules Addenda – Extensive
additional rules, units, and upgrades for use by the Sons of Horus, Imperial
Fists, and all Legiones Astartes armies, including:
– Legiones
Astartes: Imperial Fists – Wargear and Warlord Traits for Imperial
Fists armies, and a profile for Lord-castellan Evander Garrius, the Tyrant of
Cthonia.
– Legiones Astartes: Sons of Horus – Wargear and
Warlord Traits for Sons of Horus armies, and a profile for Vheren Ashurhaddon,
the First Reaver.
– Legiones Astartes: Legiones Decurion –
Legiones Decurion rules for skilled tank commanders, including two Decurions
for all Legions and one each for the Imperial Fists and Sons of
Horus.
– Agents of the Cults Abominatio – Rules for fielding
Cults Abominatio Operatives in Traitor armies, including a profile for the
Infernus Abomination.
– Legiones Astartes: Inductii – Rules
for fielding Inductii, the hastily-created Astartes used as reinforcements in
the latter days of the Horus Heresy, with specific rules for each
Legion.
– Showcase – Along with atmospheric photography
and annotated artwork, the book includes a showcase of beautifully painted
miniatures for the Sons of Horus, Imperial Fists, Traitor Allies, and Loyalist
Allies.
In order to use the contents of this book, you will require the
Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – The Age of Darkness Rulebook and one of
the Army Books for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.
