The Codex Astartes explains in detail the strategic value of overwhelming firepower applied to key targets at the optimal time in order to eliminate threats and create tactical openings.While this combat doctrine is active, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of every Heavy and Grenade weapon that models in this unit are equipped with by 1.Īs the warring armies close upon one another and vicious firefights erupt, the Codex lays out strategies for swiftly seizing the initiative and combining versatility with firepower.While this combat doctrine is active, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of every Rapid Fire and Assault weapon that models in this unit are equipped with by 1. Unless specified otherwise, this bonus is not cumulative with any other rules that improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of a weapon (e.g. During the fourth and subsequent battle rounds, the Assault Doctrine is active for your army.At the start of the third battle round, select either the Tactical Doctrine or Assault Doctrine: until the end of that battle round, the doctrine you selected is active for your army.
During the second battle round, the Tactical Doctrine is active for your army.During the first battle round, the Devastator Doctrine is active for your army.After pounding the foe with heavy weapons, warriors advance to lay down a hail of bolter fire before charging forth with chainswords roaring to finish the foe.If every unit from your army has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword (excluding AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM and UNALIGNED units), this unit gains a bonus (see below) depending on which combat doctrine is active for your army, as follows: When the Adeptus Astartes fight, they employ a set of combat doctrines to eliminate the enemy. Foreword - A foreword about the book from the Forge World Studio along with credits and acknowledgments.Index Astartes: Tome Keepers Crusade Rulesīlack Library Celebration 2021: Uriel Ventris.The following is every section contained within The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Legions:
You will need a copy of The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Crusade Army List and the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook to use this book. An advanced and deadly class of Battle-automata, the Iron Circle were created to the Primarch Perturabo's own design. Included in the book are specific rules, units and special characters - including the Mighty Primarchs - for the Alpha Legion Death Guard Emperor's Children Imperial Fists Iron Hands Iron Warriors Night Lords Raven Guard Salamanders Sons of Horus Ultramarines Word Bearers and World Eaters all drawn together for ease of reference whether you are preparing for or playing a game of Warhammer 40,000, or planning the next addition to your collection.Īs well as collecting and updating rules from previous books, this volume also introduces a new Iron Warriors Legion unit, The ‘Iron Circle’ Domitar-Ferrum Class Battle-automata Maniple. It is intended to be used alongside its companion book, The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List. The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Legions is a 131-page hardback book that collects together and updates the Space Marine Legions appendix entries from the first five of Forge World's The Horus Heresy books. Due to the release of subsequent works, this book will eventually be replaced with an updated version. This book contains the units that were released within the first five The Horus Heresy books produced by Forge World. The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Legions contains the complete Legiones Astartes unit profiles, special rules and wargear for a Legiones Astartes army to be used during a "Battles in the Age of Darkness" expansion game, with the exception of non-Legion-specific units and rules.
The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Legions is the fifth army book released as part of Forge World's The Horus Heresy series of campaign and army books that takes place during the Horus Heresy. The Horus Heresy: Crusade Imperialis - Army Lists