Opis
The Tyranid hive fleets are rapacious alien swarms that flow from beyond the
galactic fringe to devour all life. From their chitinous blades and parasitic
guns to the vast hive ships that ferry them across the stars, everything about
the Tyranids is organic. Like an endless insect swarm, their individual warrior
organisms are given unified purpose by the imperatives of a vast and ineffable
alien consciousness known as the Hive Mind.
This vast, ineffable, and
predatory metasentience has but a single goal – to feed. Its fleets strip world
after world of all biomass, leaving nothing in their wake. The smothering
psychic shroud known as the Shadow in the Warp rolls before them, isolating each
new prey world and sowing terror through its defenders before the invasion
swarms descend. When the Tyranids attack they do so in unstoppable numbers,
unleashing nightmarish bio-weapons upon their victims.
This expansive
book is a must-have for those who play and collect the devouring forces of the
Tyranids. It provides the rules to play a Tyranid army, and contains a mountain
of background lore, so you can learn about the history of the Tyranids’
unstoppable onslaught into the galaxy, the combat applications of their
countless organic bio-weapons, and the divergences in evolution and behaviour
between the tendrils of the innumerable hive fleets.
Inside this
128-page hardback book, you’ll find:
– In-depth coverage on the
vast, nearly-uncountable swarm, and the numerous conflicts the Hive Fleets have
been involved in since the Imperium first encountered them. You’ll also find
information on the named Hive Fleets such as Leviathan, Behemoth, and
Kronos
– Gruesome and detailed artwork that depicts everything from the
lowliest Ripper to the most terrifying Hive Tyrant, each boasting chitinous
armour and vicious fangs
– All the rules you need to play a Tyranid army,
including 41 datasheets covering every size and shape of biomorph and bioweapon,
as well as a number of rules for rare organisms, Hive Fleet adaptations,
adaptive physiologies, spore seeding, synaptic imperatives, and Hive Mind
disciplines
– All the rules you need to wage a Crusade campaign of narrative
games in which your Hive Fleet devours planets, including new Agendas, Battle
Traits, Requisitions, and Crusade Relics
– An 'Eavy Metal miniatures
showcase full of wonderfully painted Tyranid miniatures
