The battle for Beta-Garmon was a bloody conflict with many victories for both sides and the perfect spot for a new Horus Heresy Expansion book!
The new Horus Heresy Battle for Beta-Garmon expansion features extensive background lore, expanded rules content, and playable factions like the Shattered Legions and Blackshields. The new Onslaught Campaign system also adds a quick-fire string of connected games that can be played over a weekend, making it a great way to play games that matter in the bigger scheme.
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Here is the latest info on the Horus Heresy Battle for Beta-Garmon expansion.
Following the pattern of the classic ‘black books’ and The Siege of Cthonia, The Battle for Beta-Garmon is loaded with background lore, from the first embers to the raging fires of its conclusion. Sanguinius and Jaghatai Khan are deployed to hold back the advance of Warmaster Horus, and forces from across the breadth of the Imperium are pitched into a battle that will leave billions upon funeral pyres.
Along with its extensive story sections, this campaign book also includes a wide variety of expanded rules content for all kinds of Horus Heresy players.
The campaign aspect of Horus Heresy is one of the things that makes it interesting, as playing out a war as big as the Horus Heresy is really fun. With a game as expansive as Horus Heresy, you can have your campaigns and battles in plenty of sectors. Beta-Garmon is perfect for a campaign as it’s a cluster with tons of planets that switched hands many times during the war.
The new Onslaught Campaign system pits teams of players against each other in an effort to force a Decisive Battle and claim ultimate victory. This quick-fire string of connected games is a great way to play out a campaign over a weekend, with a maximum of six games taking place before the final, climactic confrontation decides it all.
You can also theme your Onslaught Campaign after the events in the Garmon Cluster, which adds additional campaign stratagems for modifying your forces pre-game and tasks Loyalist forces with selling their lives as dearly as possible for more time to reinforce Terra. Tracked by the chillingly named Mortifaction Index, this gives Loyalists a greater chance of seizing strategic advantage as their casualties mount.
If you don’t have time for a fully immersive campaign, this new campaign system should be a great way to play games that matter in the bigger scheme.
Shattered Legions
Beyond the campaign itself, the Shattered Legions and Blackshields return as playable factions. Formed from the survivors of the Drop Site Massacre and other disastrous battles, the Shattered Legions forces are ad-hoc armies composed of troops from many different Legions: Salamanders, Raven Guard, Iron Hands, and more mixing together even within individual squads.
The Shattered Legions are super fun because you can mix and match models from tons of legions.
This diversity makes for an extremely flexible and characterful rule set, with a wide variety of special abilities depending on the predominant factions within each unit. Advanced players can use these rules to customise their army to an unparalleled degree, while those looking for a rich narrative experience can embrace the confusion of the early Heresy by throwing caution to the wind and mixing their Legions together at random.
The Shattered Legions are definitely for you if you want a very flexible list with all kinds of rules.
New Blackshields
By contrast, the Blackshields have a more cohesive structure that can be used to represent the many independent warbands that prowled the galaxy – be they fugitives from a Legion they reject, or displaced Space Marines collecting around a charismatic leader. These armies can be customised by selecting two Oaths which set a distinct framework around which the warband is built, granting additional wargear options or abilities.
There’s still more! Legendary heroes from the campaign get all-new rules, such as Little Horus Aximand, Tybalt Marr, Shadrak Meduson, and Endryd Haar – a real treat for those who followed the events of Beta-Garmon through the Black Library series. Then there are rules for the Aethon Heavy Sentinel – revealed at the recent online preview – along with a few more treats for the Solar Auxilia.
It’s always cool to get more characters, and who doesn’t want a roving band of Space Marines following them?
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