The Horus Heresy (Game)

This article is about the expansion game. For other uses of Horus Heresy, see Horus Heresy (disambiguation).

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The Horus Heresy (Game)
Manufacturer	Forge World Games Workshop
Designer	Alan Bligh with Andy Hoare & Neil Wylid
Released	2012
Scale	28mm
Players	2+

The Horus Heresy, sometimes referred to as Warhammer 30,000 or 30k, is a supplement and expansion game produced by both Forge World and Games Workshop directly to Warhammer 40,000. Set roughly ten thousand 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 Primarchs which existed during that time.^[1]

Description

The Horus Heresy : Battles in the Age of Darkness is a tabletop game for two or more players, where you command an army of Forge World and Citadel models which represent either those Loyalist forces who fight in the name of the Emperor, or the Traitors who have chosen to side with Warmaster Horus.^[2]

First played with the 6th and 7th editions ruleset from Warhammer 40000, it received its own rulebook in 2017.^[2]

The various Horus Heresy books supplement and expand upon the core rules and provide the players with additional units, missions, battle zones and play styles.^[2]

• Campaign books focus on a particular Age of Darkness campaign and battles and include detailed background about the factions involved and rules to play those pivotal engagements.^[2]

• Army lists are reference books that provide detailed rules information for using armies of Space Marines, the Mechanicum, the Imperial Army and more.^[2]

1st Edition

Forge World Products

Campaign Books

• The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal
• The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre
• The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination
• The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest
• The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest
• The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution
• The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno
• The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence
• The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade

Army Lists

• The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List
• The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Isstvan Campaign Legions
• The Horus Heresy - Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List
• The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List
• The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Legions
• The Horus Heresy - Crusade Imperialis: Army Lists

Games Workshop Products

• The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth
• The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero

2nd Edition

Games Workshop Products

• The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness

Miniatures

• Miniatures (Horus Heresy Legions)
  • Miniatures (Loyalists)
  • Miniatures (Traitors)
• Miniatures (Mechanicum)

Sources

• 1 : Forge World

• 2 : Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness Rulebook pg 11

Publications Table

Publications for The Horus Heresy (Game)

6th Edition	Campaign Books	Betrayal ● Massacre ● Extermination
	Army Lists	Crusade Army List ● Isstvan Campaign Legions
7th Edition	Campaign Books	Conquest ● Tempest ● Retribution ● Inferno
	Army Lists	Age of Darkness Army List ● Age of Darkness Legions ● Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List ● Crusade Imperialis: Army Lists
	Boxed sets	Betrayal at Calth ● Burning of Prospero
Horus Heresy: Model Masterclass		Volume One ● Volume Two
Age Of Darkness (2017)	Rulebook	Age of Darkness Rulebook (2017)
	Campaign Books	Malevolence ● Crusade
Age Of Darkness (2022)	Rulebooks	Age of Darkness Rulebook (2022) (Liber Astartes ● Liber Hereticus ● Liber Mechanicum)
	Boxed sets	Age of Darkness (Boxed set)