The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book)

This article is about the background book; for the Founding of the Space Marines, see 13th Black Crusade.

Publications Portal 13th Black Crusade Cover art Author Andy Hoare Publisher Black Library Released November 9, 2004 Pages 96

The 13th Black Crusade is a Warhammer 40,000 background book written by Andy Hoare^[1a]. It features maps from the 13th Black Crusade and accompanying descriptions of battles and important characters. The 13th Black Crusade was first published in 2004^[1a].

Contents

• Imperial Units (pgs. 6-7)
• Portents and Warnings (pgs. 8-10)
• Phase One: Insurrection and Plague (pgs. 11-21)
• Phase Two: Invasion (pgs. 22-47)
  • Chaos Propaganda (pg. 31)
  • Sub-Sector Update (pgs. 32-33)
  • Home Made Bomb (pg. 35)
  • Lord Erebus (pg. 41)
  • The Fall of Van Hel (pgs. 42-43)
  • Remember the Soldiers (pgs. 46-47)
• Phase Three: The War in the Webway (pgs. 48-63)
  • Tears of the Emperor (pg. 55)
  • Chaos Defiler (pgs. 56-57)
  • Sub-Sector Update (pgs. 60-61)
• Phase Four: The Imperium Resurgent (pgs. 64-77)
  • The Great Deceiver (pg. 75)
  • Sighting of the Necrontyr (pgs. 76-77)
• Phase Five: The Warp Unleashed (pgs. 78-85)
  • Imperium, Unite! (pgs. 82-83)
• The Beginning of the End (pgs. 84-89)
  • Chaos Cathedral (pg.85)
• Appendix (pgs. 90-95)

Authors, Artists and Coworkers

During the production of this book, the following persons were involved considerably:^[1a]

• Author

Andy Hoare

• Additional Text

Andy Chambers, Pete Haines, Phil Kelly and Graham McNeill

• Editor

Matt Ralphs

• Cover

Paul Dainton and Karl Kopinski

• Illustrations and Graphics

Dave Allsop, Lee Carter, Dan Drane, Wayne England, Darius Hinks, Andy Hoare, Ralph Horsley, Nuala Kinrade, Shaun Thomas, Andrew Walsh and John Wigley

• Graphic Design and Layout

Dan Drane, Darius Hinks and Andrew Walsh

• Producer

Marc Gascoigne

Related Publications

• BL Publishing

Sources

• 1: The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book):
  • 1a: pg. 2