Space Marine (Game)

Space Marine (1989) is an out of print war game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, using Epic-scale miniatures for much larger scale battles.

Space Marine followed the Adeptus Titanicus game (1988) (both could be played as stand alone or combined games), adding infantry and vehicles to the Titan vs Titan system. Both games were replaced by Warhammer Epic 40,000 which worked at the same scales but had all new mechanics. Space Marine consisted of two editions, both sold as box sets which contained rules, scenery and enough miniatures for two armies.

First edition Space Marine, subtitled Epic Battles in the Age of Heresy, was set in a much early time period than Warhammer 40,000. It featured Space Marines versus Space Marines during the civil wars of the Horus Heresy. The game could be combined with the previously published Adeptus Titanicus which featured Titans, giant robots, in the same 6mm scale. Ork and Eldar models were also released, with rules for them in the Codex Titanicus expansion.

Second edition was subtitled Epic Conflict in the War Torn Universe of the 41st Millennium and brought the setting into the standard era of Warhammer 40,000. It radically revised but still fundamentally retained the same system, unlike the latter version of the Epic range. The new edition included Orks, Eldar and Titans in the basic rules. These and other new races were greatly expanded in the latter supplements.

General information

• Designer: Jervis Johnson and Rick Priestley
• Publisher: Games Workshop
• Players: 2+
• Editions:
  • Space Marine - Epic Battles in the Age of Heresy (1989)
  • Space Marine - Epic Conflict in the war-torn universe of the 41st millennium (1991)

Box contents

1989 Box (Horus Heresy)

Space Marine 1989

• rulebook
• 368 epic scale plastic miniatures:
  • 16 Land Raiders
  • 32 Rhinos
  • 320 Space Marines
• 64 banners for 4 loyal and 4 traitor legions
• 14 coloured card buildings with plastic roofs
• 16 datacards
• counters
• 4 dice

1991 Box (41st Millennium)

Space Marine 1991

Content

• rulebook with 64 pages (also contains some background)
• 546 epic scale plastic miniatures
  • 12 Land Raiders
  • 24 Rhinos
  • 240 Space Marines
  • 12 Eldar Grav-tanks
  • 120 Eldar Guardians
  • 18 Ork Battlewagons
  • 120 Orkboyz
  • 1 Warlord Titan with modular weapon configuration
• 10 coloured card buildings with plastic roofs
• 140 counters and reference sheets
• 57 army cards for Orks, Eldar and Space Marines
• 5 dice

Background

Space Marine enables players to re-enact battles in the dark future of the 41st Millennium (respectively the Horus Heresy). Due to the smaller scale of the actual miniatures, it is possible to field much larger scale battles than Warhammer 40,000.

With this game you can play Space Marines, Orks and Eldar or - in the 1989 edition - Space Marines versus Renegade Space Marines. Expansion sets (details see below) introduce other races or new units for the existing armies.

Expansions

• Armies of the Imperium - Imperial Armies
• Ork and Squat Warlords - Expansion for the Orks and Squat armies
• Renegades - Expansion for the Eldar and Chaos armies
• Hive War - Tyranid armies

In addition there is a collection of White Dwarf articles called Space Marine Battles, published in1993.

Boxed sets

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  Eldar War Host: 300+ plastic miniatures with Howling Banshees, Dark Reapers, Scouts, Harlequins, Warlocks and Grav-mount Vibro-cannons

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  Battle Titans: boxed set with 6 plastic Warlord Titans

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  Eldar Legion: 230 plastic miniatures with Eldar Guardians and Grav-tanks

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  Space Marines: 300+ plastic miniatures with Captains, Land Speeder Squadronss, Bike Squadrons, Robots, Terminator Squads

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  Imperial Guard: 300+ plastic miniatures with Guardsmen, Commissars, Beastmen, Ogryns, Rough Riders, Sentinels and Ratling Snipers

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  Squat Warriors: 300+ plastic miniatures with Squat Warriors, Squats in Exo Armour, Thudd Guns, Guild Bikers and Mole Mortars

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  Epic Stompers: 180+ plastic miniatures with Shokk Attack Guns, Ork Stompas, Eldar Dreadnoughts, Chaos Androids and Mole Mortars

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  Ork Horde: 230 plastic miniatures with 200 Orkboyz and 30 battlewagons

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  Epic Ork Invasion: 300+ plastic miniatures with Stormboyz, Wildboyz, Boarboyz, Warbuggies, Warbikes and Traktor Beams

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  Chaos Horde: 300+ plastic miniatures with Chaos Space Marines, Champions of Chaos, Juggernauts of Khorne, Trolls and Minotaurs

In addition there are many metal miniatures which were published in the course of the years.