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'''The Horus Heresy : Age of Darkness''', sometimes referred to as '''Warhammer 30,000''' or '''30k''', is as a supplement and expansion game to [[Warhammer 40,000]] produced by [[Forge World (Company)|Forge World]] (since 2012), and then [[Games Workshop]] (since 2022).
=='''Description'''==
=='''Setting'''==
Set roughly [[Horus Heresy Timeline|10,000 years]] before the time of Warhammer 40,000, the game system takes place during with the events of the tumultuous [[Horus Heresy]] and includes weapons and characters such as [[Primarch]]s which who existed during that time.{{Fn|1}}
The vast armies of the [[Imperium]] are sundered by the betrayal of the [[Warmaster Horus]], who seeks to overthrow the [[Emperor]] and forge his own dark empire. Under the banner of [[Primarch#List of Primarchs|Imperial Loyalists]] or the [[Primarch#List of Primarchs|Traitors of Horus]], the [[Space Marine Legions]], [[Mechanicum Taghmata]] and endless hosts of the [[Solar Auxilia|Imperial Army]] clash in a war that will reshape the galaxy.{{Fn|2a}}
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px 160px caption="Miniatures of Space Marines Armour patterns during the Horus Heresy"><center>
CrusadeMini.jpg|[[Mark II Crusade Armour]]
IronMini.jpg|[[Mark III Iron armour]]
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=='''HistoryEditions'''==
*;1st Edition (2012)
::First played with the [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook|6th]]{{Fn|5a}} and then [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook|7th]] editions ruleset from [[Warhammer 40000]], it received its [[Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness Rulebook|own rulebook in 2017]].{{Fn|2b}}
