Forge World just announced that the Horus Heresy Age of Darkness book will be released before the end of the year. You’re not going to want to miss this!
Forge World was pleased to announce that Age of Darkness will be released within the next 11 days. Let’s take a look at what they had to say.
Good news, Horus Heresy fans.
You loyal Legionaries and faithless Traitors have been ever so patient, and very soon that patience will be rewarded.
After a brief delay, we’re very happy to announce that The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness Rulebook is back on track, and you won’t have to wait long to get your hands on it. In fact, you’ll be able to order your copy this year (that’s right, within the next 11 days)!
The Age of Darkness Rulebook is your essential companion to playing games set in the war-torn age of the Horus Heresy using a range of Forge World and Citadel miniatures. Inside, you’ll find rules adapted from the previous edition of Warhammer 40,000, updated based on player feedback and frequently asked questions. There’s also a plethora of reference material, including missions, weapon profiles and special rules aimed at making the lives of Horus Heresy gamers a bit easier. The book also features rules, formatting and styling consistent with that of Forge World’s other Horus Heresy volumes, meaning it’ll look right at home on the shelves alongside both your army lists and your campaign books.
This is huge news! We’ll be seeing the new Horus Heresy Age of Darkness rulebook before the end of the year! We’ve already seen it delayed from it’s slated original release back in November, but that hasn’t stopped Forge World from giving us plenty of previews to hold us over.
Regardless here’s the studio’s Q&A followed by a summary of the changes from a Live Stream on Twitch a couple months back.
What can you tell us about the upcoming Horus Heresy Age of Sigmar Rulebook? (I hope that is a typo…)
It is a rulebook for use with the Horus Heresy range of miniatures using the 7th edition ruleset.
The core of the rules will be familiar to those playing the Horus Heresy today, but there have been some changes. Can you tell us about any?
The previous FAQs for 7th edition have been incorporated and the army construction section uses the Horus Heresy rules instead of the 7th edition standard. We’ve also made some balance changes based on community feedback. Invisibility has been replaced, while the usage of melta-bombs has been changed.
Does the new book work with the current range of Horus Heresy books and expansions?
Yes – all your red and black books still work!
What is in the book apart from the core rules themselves?
The rulebook just contains the core rules and useful reference material – you’ll find all the lore and specific rules for your chosen Legion (or the Mechanicum, or Crusade Imperialis) in the various Horus Heresy supplements.
Warhammer TV also gave us a big update when Andy Hoare, manager of the Specialist Games team, was on an Inside the Studio episode giving us a preview of the new Horus Heresy rulebook Age of Darkness.
Our friends at Radio Free Isstvan were busy taking notes of the stream, and we have the highlights right here for you. Let’s jump right in and see what’s going to change, and take a look at a couple pictures from the new book in case you missed it.
Multi-bombing in the rulebook? Yes.
Has haywire been changed? No.
Are we ever going to see the FAQ cakes addressed for the Legions books? Yes, however it will be at a later date.
Will Horus heresy lose armour facing? No.
Will Horus Heresy Continue to use templates? Yes.
Has D weapons changed? No.
Is invisibility still in the book? No. (It’s Mind Howl now)
And a heart felt tribute to the man that made all of this possible with his narrative, Alan Bligh:
Out is Invisibility, and in is Mind Howl. This new power is going to be a great way to severely weaken your opponent’s attack, and with a Warp Charge value of 2 it’s going to be pretty easy to get it off. It’s a malediction that let’s you pick and enemy unit, and while it’s in effect it reduces the BS and WS to 1 for all models in the target unit.
Don’t throw those templates away just yet, they’re still included in the new rulebook! Grenades are getting a nice little change to the rules. some grenades can be used to make shooting attacks or attacks in the Fight sub-phase, but only one grenade (of any type) can be thrown by a unit in the Shooting phase.
What do you think about the latest announcement that the new book will be out before the end of the year? Can your hobby wallet afford it right now with the holiday season? Are you happy to start knocking the dust off your templates? Do you think they should’ve gotten rid of Invisibility? Let us know in the comments below.
