Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Legions Imperialis rulebook

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Legions Imperialis

by Games Workshop

Epic Battles in The Age of Darkness

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis is a tabletop wargame in which players command vast armies of superhuman Space Marines, brave Solar Auxilia, the Titans of the Collegia Titanica, and a host of other forces.

Set during the Age of Darkness, a terrible era in which the Imperium of Mankind has descended into civil war, each player takes on the role of general, their forces represented on the tabletop by detailed epic scale miniatures.

This 240-page hardback book is your complete guide to fighting massive battles set during the Horus Heresy, and contains essential information about collecting and gaming with epic scale miniatures.

Inside, you will find:
- Age of Darkness: This background and history behind this galactic conflict, from the first days of the Emperor's Great Crusade to the fiery depths of the Horus Heresy, complete with a timeline which highlights the epic battles that defined this era.

- Core Rules: The fundamental rules for playing games of Legions Imperialis, including general principles, orders, combat, weapons and special rules, missions, terrain, and more.

- Factions: Full rules for the Formations, Detachments, squads, and weapons employed by each of these factions, as well as in-depth lore detailing their order of battle.
- Legiones Astartes: The Space Marine Legions of power-armoured supersoldiers and mighty tanks that spearheaded the Great Crusade, including special rules for each of the 18 Legions.
- Solar Auxilia: The mortal soldiers and massed vehicles that served as the elite frontline corps of the Imperial Army, fighting in support of the Legiones Astartes or as a force in their own right.
- Strategic Assets: The looming Titans of the Collegia Titanica and the proud Knight Households that often fought alongside them, god-machines of war that tower over the battlefield.

- Hobby Showcase: A photographic showcase of stunning epic scale 'Eavy Metal models and six Legions Imperialis armies from different hobbyists, including commentary on how they chose to collect, build, and paint that faction.

- Reference Section: A quick and convenient list of all the unit statistics and weapon profiles in the book, perfect for keeping track of your army in the heat of battle.

Genres: Science Fiction, Gaming

240 pages, Hardcover

Published December 2, 2023

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[Boulder Boulderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun game system! Really nice book also.

[Isaiah Boisseau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun looking rules as well as bringing back Epic scale Warhammer makes this what I hope to be the first step into an interesting future for 40k

[Pedro Canto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rulebook

[T R Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Legions Imperialis, the reboot of the old Epic gaming system that included the original Adeptus Titanicus, Space Marine, Titan Legions, Epic 40,000 and Epic: Armageddon games with slightly larger models. A with the majority of Games Workshop rulebooks, this book includes a brief lore section as well as the rules, and while the lore section in this book is relatively brief, it does give a good overview of the events of the Horus Heresy for anyone new to the setting. There are also some in nice charts that show the basic in-universe organisation of the Legiones Astartes and the Solar Auxilia so that players who enjoy building their armies in line with the lore can do so.

The rules of the game seem to be based on the Space Marine/Titan Legions version of the Epic games, just updated and somewhat simplified in places (Titans no longer get Hit Location charts and damage tables, just wounds for example). I was a great fan of the Titan Legion rules (particularly the Orders system) back in the day, so it is good to see them return, even in their altered form. As well as the basic rules of the game, the rulebook also includes rules for building armies of Astartes for all eighteen Legions and Solar Auxilia, alongside rules for allies Titans and Knights. I am a little disappointed that they didn’t include any Mechanicum rules, even if it was inevitable as there aren’t any models for them yet and hopefully, they will be included in a future expansion.

The book is illustrated throughout with enhanced pictures of models from the main Warhammer: The Horus Heresy game, although I think a few of the Epic scale titans have been added in here and there.

[Kelvin Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Massively overwritten, but that's Games Workshop for you. Still, it's a modern version of a game I loved, so that's nice.