Looks like Horus Heresy will be releasing in May, but did we over look some obvious clues previously?
Several eagle eyed Spikey Bits’ readers messaged me yesterday to checkout the wording on past few ‘experimental’ sets of rules for Horus Heresy models over on Forge World.
Check this out;
Via Book IV Conquest
The game’s officially called ‘Battles in the Age of Darkness’ right? With Space Marines army list called the ‘Legiones Astartes Crusade Army List’
Now checkout the wording on the upcoming Xiphon fighter’s rules (via Forge World download section).
Could the Age of Darkness EXPANSION be what’s releasing soon? Have we been overlooking this little tidbit recently on all the latest releases’ rules?
It sure seems like it, as here’s a rule from last year, (for the show only Navigator) that looks to be referencing the ‘Age of Darkness’ we all know and love as 30k now.
Full Plastic Horus Heresy Roundup
Maybe we’re just over-thinking it all, either way it’s interesting wording that’s for sure…
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
