Somebody got their new Heresy Swag early, and broke down the contents for the rest of us. Come see the latest on the new Horus Heresy core set!
via George Smiley 10-4-2015
Rulebook and Miniatures construction guide
Betrayal at Calth Contents:
Table of Contents & Article Summary showMiniatures
Ultramarines
Captain Aethon (in Terminator Armour)
1 Legion Veteran Tactical Squad consisting of 1 Veteran Sergeant and 9 Veterans
1 Legion Terminator Squad consisting of 1 Terminator Sergeant and 4 Terminators
Word Bearers
Kurtha Sedd (in Power Armour)
2 Legion Veteran Tactical Squads each consisting of 1 Veteran Sergeant and 9 Veterans
Sor Gharax, “The Bull”
Betrayal at Calth Rulebook
4 Double-sided Board Sections
Card Markers
15 Ultramarines Tactical Markers
15 Word Bearers Tactical Markers
3 Blast Doors
4 Barricades/Obstructions
1 Ultramarines Standard marker
1 Word Bearers Desecration marker
Cards
3 Ultramarines Reference Cards (Captain Aethon, Legion Veteran Tactical Squad, Legion Terminator Squad)
3 Word Bearers Reference Cards (Kurtha Sedd, Legion Veteran Tactical Squad, Sor Gharax)
15 Ultramarines Command Cards
15 Word Bearers Command Cards
6 Sor Gharax Damage Cards
Misc.
Minis Assembly Guide
1 dozen custom 6-sided dice
Decal Sheet
Sample Weapons Stats:
Assault Cannon: Shoot:6
Reroll any number of Blanks or Shields. Do this until none remain or you wish to stop. If attack Roll contains 4 or more Critical Hits, Heavy Weapon Arm is destroyed after action has been resolved.
Boltgun: Shoot 2
Target loses 1 tactical point
Contemptor Power Fist: Assault:+1
First target model counts its Armour value as 0 when makings it’s Defence Roll
Chainsword: Assault: +1
Add 1 dice to the Attack Roll for each Critical Hit. If these roll further Critical Hits, no further dice are added.
Sample Unit Statline:
Legion Terminator Squad
Armour: 5
Stamina: 3
Assault: 3
Bulk: 2
Going back and looking at the pics from last week, things are starting to line up.
The back of the box is painted up to match the 2-sides described in that list above. We now can start to figure out what to call some of those card decks and tokens lying around on those thick card hexboards. I see a stat above called Bulk, and noticed that some units seem to able to stack multiple models in a hex, while other can’t. That may be related.
We get an exact lineup with this previous contents list from last week – but with much finer detail.
And this would apparently be one of the three Ultramarines units reference cards.
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