Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy

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Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy is a 2018 reboot of the Classic Adeptus Titanicus game. The game allows players to battle one another with Titan and Knight warmachines during the Horus Heresy.^[1] It is based on an 8mm scale, 33% larger than Epic's 6mm scale.^[2]

Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy table top illustration

Box Contents

Adeptus Titanicus Manufacturer Games Workshop Released August 2018 Scale 8mm Players 2+ Preceded by Epic 40,000

The Rules Set contains:

• Rulebook
• Command Terminal Cards: 2 Warlord Titan, 2 Reaver Titan, 2 Warhound Titan, 2 Questoris Knight
• 28 Titan Weapon cards
• 24 Mission and Stratagem cards
• Battlefield Assets and Status Markers
• 2 reference sheets
• 21 Adeptus Titanicus dice
• 2 clear blast markers and a flame template

The Grand Master Edition contains the above plus:

• 2 Warlord Titans
• 6 Questoris Pattern Knights
• Terrain set

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  Size comparison between a Forge World (company) titan and an Adeptus Titanicus Titan

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  Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy box contents

Expansions

Adeptus Titanicus: Titandeath

Adeptus Titanicus: Titandeath

This Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy expansion introduces the background of the Beta-Garmon campaign. It also provides a wealth of new rules and missions to use in your campaigns, including new maniples, Legion rules and a complete campaign system based on the events at Beta-Garmon.^[3]

Inside this volume you will find:

• An overview of the war for Beta-Garmon
• Background and Legion-specific rules for 8 Titan Legions: Astorum, Defensor, Atarus, Solaria, Mortis, Krytos, Fureans, and Vulpa
• Full colour examples of Titans from each Legion
• Four new maniples: Corsair, Janissary, Regia and Lupercal
• Six narrative missions based on the greatest battles of Beta-Garmon
• Rules for organising an Adeptus Titanicus campaign
• Guidelines for map campaigns and terrain types
• How to build and maintain a Titan battlegroup across multiple games
• Rules for hostile battlefields based on conditions in Beta-Garmon
• A list of Knight Houses that fought in the Titandeath

Adeptus Titanicus: The Doom of Molech

Adeptus Titanicus: The Doom of Molech

The second Adeptus Titanicus expansion deals with the Battle of Molech.^[4]

Contains:^[5]

• An overview of the Battle of Molech
• Rules for fielding battlegroups composed entirely of Knight Households
• New orders, Stratagems and more for Knight battlegroups
• Background and Legion-specific rules for 4 Titan Legions: Crucius, Fortidus, Vulcanum and Interfector
• Background and rules for 7 Knight Houses: Devine, Donar, Indra, Kaska, Kaushik, Mamaragon and Tazkhar
• Full-colour examples of paint schemes and heraldry
• New maniples to use in your games
• 32 new Stratagems and 2 Battlefield Assets
• Six narrative missions based on the greatest battles of the Molech campaign
• Beast Hunt matched play mission, including rules for three different beasts
• Rules for fighting on battlefields based on conditions on Molech

Adeptus Titanicus: Shadow and Iron

Adeptus Titanicus: Shadow and Iron^[6]

The third Adeptus Titanicus expansion deals with the Battle of Calth and includes rules for the Ordo Sinister.^[6]

The book contains:^[6]

• An overview of the Shadow Crusade and Crusade of Iron
• Rules for using psi-Titans of the Ordo Sinister, including four psychic powers
• Background and Legion-specific rules for six Titan Legions: Praesagius, Oberon, Lysanda, Infernus, Mordaxis and Audax
• Background and rules for six Knight Houses: Orhlacc, Vornherr, Vyronii, Mordred, Malinax and Ærthegn
• Full-colour examples of paint schemes and heraldry
• Four new maniples to use in your games
• Rules for three new weapons – the Sinistramus Tenebrae, Natrix Shock Lance and Ursus Claw plus new weapon traits
• 18 new Stratagems
• Five narrative missions based on the greatest battles of the Crusade of Iron
• Extensive rules for organizing an Adeptus Titanicus campaign
• Guidelines for map campaigns and different worlds to battle across
• How to build and maintain a Titan Battlegroup or Knight Household across multiple games
• Rules for hostile battlefields based on conditions across the 500 Worlds of Ultramar, including worlds where the warp has taken hold

Adeptus Titanicus: The Defence of Ryza

Adeptus Titanicus: The Defence of Ryza^[7]

The fourth Adeptus Titanicus expansion deals with the battle for Ryza during the Heresy^[7].

The book contains:^[7]

• An overview of the Defence of Ryza
• Background and Legion-specific rules for six Titan Legions: Honorum, Osedax, Crucius, Magna, Vulturum and Mortis
• Four new maniples to use in your games
• Background and rules for six Knight Houses: Sidus, Taranis, Zavora, Morbidia, Ioeden and Oroborn
• Full colour examples of paint schemes and heraldry for Titans and Knights
• Six narrative missions based on the dramatic events of the story
• Three different allegiances for your Titan Legions, and four for your Knight Houses
• Rules for creating your own Titan Legions, including 16 Traits, 15 Stratagems, and 21 pieces of Wargear
• Battle Standards, Lance Standards and High Kings to expand your Knight Households
• New environments: Manufactoria, Plasmatic Infrastructure and Ryza Secundus
• 11 new Stratagems to use in your games

Adeptus Titanicus: Crucible of Retribution

Adeptus Titanicus: Crucible of Retribution^[8]

The fifth Adeptus Titanicus expansion deals with the war in the Belt of Iron.^[8]

The book Contains:^[8]

• An overview of the Cataclysm of Iron campaign
• Background and Legion-specific rules for seven Titan Legions: Atarus, Astraman, Ignatum, Venator, Laniaskara, Kulisaetai, Damicium, and Tritonis
• Two new maniples to use in your games
• Background and rules for four Knight Houses: Col'Khak, Moritain, Gotrith, and Vextrix
• Full colour examples of paint schemes and heraldry for Titans and Knights
• Four narrative missions based on the dramatic events of the story
• Echoes of Glory rules for creating your own missions across five mission types and three world types

Adeptus Titanicus: Loyalist Legios

Adeptus Titanicus: Loyalist Legios^[9]

The sixth Adeptus Titanicus expansion is an overview of Loyalist Titan Legion factions.^[9]

This book contains:^[9]

• Background for loyalist Titan Legions and Knight Houses
• Revised rules for assembling your battlegroups
• Rules for 16 Titan Legions loyal to the Emperor, including Legio traits, Stratagems and wargear
• Rules for 12 Imperial Knight houses
• 18 different maniples to use with your Titans
• Allegiance rules for Loyalist Titan Legion Battlegroups, Questor Imperialis and Questor Mechanicus
• Background and rules for Ordo Sinister Psi-Titans
• 50 Stratagems for use by Loyalist battlegroups
• 11 Loyalist upgrades
• A comprehensive list of weapons available to each Titan, including weapon traits not featured in the core rulebook

Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios

The seventh Adeptus Titanicus expansion is an overview of Traitor Titan Legion factions.^[10]

This book contains:^[10]

• Background for Traitor Titan Legions and Traitor Knight Houses
• Revised rules for assembling your battlegroups
• Rules for 16 Traitor Titan Legions, including Legio traits, Stratagems, and wargear
• Rules for 12 Traitor Knight houses
• 19 different maniples to use with your Titans
• Allegiance rules for Traitor Titan Legion Battlegroups, Questor Traitoris, and Questor Mechanicus
• Background and rules for fielding Corrupted Titans, mutated god-engines fielded in the latter days of the Horus Heresy
• 51 Stratagems for use by Traitor battlegroups
• 11 Titan upgrades
• A comprehensive list of weapons available to each Titan, including weapon traits not featured in the core rulebook

Miniatures

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  Warlord Titan

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  Reaver Battle Titan

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  Warhound Scout Titan

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  Questoris Knights

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  Cerastus Knights

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  Acastus Knight

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  Warbringer Nemesis Titan^[6]

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  Knight Acheron and Knight Castigator^[7]

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  Warmaster Titan^[9]

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  Knight Asterius

Related Articles

• Adeptus Titanicus (game)
• Titan Legions (game)

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Community: The Titans Walk
• 2: Warhammer Community: War on a New Scale
• 3: Games Workshop
• 4: Warhammer Community: The Horus Heresy Weekender 2019
• 5: Games Workshop: Doom of Molech
• 6: Warhammer Community: New Reveals from Nuremberg (posted January 29 2020) (last accessed 1/29/2020)
• 7: Warhammer Community: Revealed at GAMA! (posted March 10 2020) (last accessed 3/10/2020)
• 8: Warhammer Community: Coming Soon Crucible of Retribution (posted 9/29/2020) (last accessed 9/29/2020)
• 9: Warhammer Community: Warhammer Preview Online – The Dead and the Divine (Posted on 23/01/2021) (Last accessed on 23 January 2021)
• 10: Warhammer Community: Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios Turns Your Pristine Titans Into Acid-vomiting Monstrosities (posted 24/9/2021) (last accessed 25/9/2021)