Here’s a first look at the new epic-scale game system, Legions Imperialis, along with some Black Library, hitting pre-order on November 18th, 2023.
Get those hobby dollars ready if you want any of these new releases from Games Workshop that will go up for pre-order with your favorite retailers on Saturday, November 18th, 2023, around 12 p.m. GMT in the UK and 1 p.m. EST, here in the States.
Legions Imperialis Starter Set & Squad Boxes Pre-Order: First Look
Games Workshop has changed how new release pre-order work, and you can read about it here. These items have a street date of December 2nd, 2023.
Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Legions Imperialis Pre-Order
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Launch right into epic scale battles that defined the Horus Heresy with the Legions Imperialis boxed set, giving you the complete mass battle experience in one easy package. This set includes two armies split between the Legiones Astartes and Solar Auxilia, with scores of infantry, squadrons of armoured vehicles, and even a pair of Warhound Titans.
Legions Imperialis zooms right out to portray some of the largest, fiercest battles to shake the Age of Darkness. It’s truly mind-boggling in scale, and a fantastic hobby project for avid painters looking to turn their skills to dozens of small yet incredibly detailed miniatures.
This set contains a grand total of 223 miniatures divided across 61 individual models, and comes with dice, tokens, templates, and every Warhammer veteran’s favourite red measuring sticks. You’ll also get the full, unabridged rulebook for Legions Imperialis, containing the core rules, scenarios, unit profiles for Legiones Astartes and Solar Auxilia armies, extensive background information about the biggest battles of the Horus Heresy, and galleries of glorious miniatures.
After a long wait, Epic scale is finally upon us again with its launch lineup and starter box!
Legiones Astartes Infantry
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The Legiones Astartes are indisputably the most famous of the forces fighting in the Age of Darkness, at the centre of every pivotal event and important battle. To field an army of Space Marines in Legions Imperialis is to choose the path of the Emperor himself – or the arch-traitor Horus, should the flames of rebellion smoulder within your foul hearts.
Build the core of a flexible Space Marine army with the Legiones Astartes Infantry set, collecting eight squads of Tactical Legionaries, four Contemptor Dreadnoughts, and an assortment of supporting troops into one convenient package.
Every element of a classic Space Marine infantry force is here – Terminators, Support gunners, and Assault Squads – and with two Legion Command Squads to lead them, the only way you could make a better start on your Legiones Astartes army would be to get two.
The Astartes lineup looks pretty good, with lots of variety and tons of recognizable minis.
Kratos Heavy Tank Squadron
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Space Marines are formidable soldiers indeed, but you need more than just massed infantry to carry the day. That’s where the Kratos Heavy Tank Squadron comes in. You get four in a box, each tank bristling with sponson and hull guns, and with a choice of a Kratos battlecannon or melta blastgun for the turret.
Armor is the name of the game, so some heavy tanks will go a long way.
Set of 10 Rhinos
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With such large battlefields to fight over, transporting your troops around is a must, and nothing does it better than the Rhino. A pack of 10 plastic Rhinos gives you a massive tactical advantage over a foot-slogging foe, and they’ll get to their destination safe and sound when flanked by four powerful Kratos tanks – so detailed, they could be mistaken for their full-size counterparts.
With so much infantry running around, Rhinos may be a must-have.
Thunderhawk Gunship
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Aircraft are a potent force in the skies of the 31st Millennium, and the iconic Thunderhawk Gunship is back from Aeronautica Imperialis to its new home in Legions Imperialis, giving this excellent kit a new lease on life. They come with new bases for the new game, but you’ll still be able to use them in games of Aeronautica Imperialis – which will still be supported as a game set in the Age of Darkness.
Thunderhawks are iconic, but not really a possibility for most of us to see in a 40k scale model, so this is the next best thing!
Solar Auxilia Infantry
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The Horus Heresy might have starred the Legiones Astartes, but they weren’t the only elite forces fighting in the conflict. The Solar Auxilia are humanity’s finest mortal warriors, and their armies could go toe-to-toe with even Space Marines through ironclad discipline, relentless firepower, and overwhelming numbers – if not mano-a-mano combat.
The Solar Auxilia Infantry set starts your army off with a wide assortment of critical units, including lasrifle or flamer-toting Auxilia, Charonite Ogryns, Aethon Heavy Sentinels, and veteran axe-wielding Veletarii. Each box is led by an Auxilia Commander and their Tactical Command section, and just one or two sets forms a dependable core for your epic scale Solar Auxilia army.
Solar Auxilia has quite a decent-looking infantry lineup with plenty of variety and unique models.
Baneblades
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It wouldn’t be an Imperial army without tons of tanks rumbling along, and Baneblades are just about the most iconic vehicles in the Solar Auxilia motor pool. This pack of two super-heavy tanks comes with a choice of Baneblade cannon or Hellhammer cannon for each. In addition to different main guns, each has three possible tank commanders and three different sponson options. You can field them in Detachments of up to six vehicles.
Baneblades are iconic and are sure to be thrown down in Legions, too.
Forge World Aeronautica Imperialis: Warhammer Webstore Only
A range of Imperial Navy support assets return from Aeronautica Imperialis, including favourites like the Lightning Fighter, Marauder Bomber, and Marauder Destroyer. Forge World resin aircraft also make their way back to shelves, giving Imperial commanders access to the powerful Marauder Colossus and scanning Marauder Pathfinder, as well as the much-loved Arvus Lighters.
With aircraft being playable in Legions, it’s nice to see some of the Forge World kits returning for anyone to pick up.
Legions Imperialis Titans & Questoris Knights
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Knight Households and Titan Legions are available to support armies from both the Legiones Astartes and the Solar Auxilia, and loads of beautifully detailed Imperial Knights and Titans from Adeptus Titanicus are back in action. That means Questoris Knights, Cerastus Knight Lancers, Reaver Titans, and Warlord Titans are at your disposal – plus some special guests from the Forge World range.
- Cerastus Knight Lancers Warhammer Webstore Only
- Reaver Titans
- Warlord Titans
Forge World Warglaives & Helverins: Warhammer Webstore Only
Forge World Knights Styrix, Moriax, Magaera, Atrapos, Asterius, & Sinister Psi Titan: Warhammer Webstore Only
The (relatively) diminutive Knight Armigers return in Forge World resin as Warglaives and Helverins, joining specialised chassis from the Mechanicum – Knights Styrix, Moriax, Magaera, Atrapos, and Asterius – carrying esoteric weapons straight from the forges of Mars. If you prefer your war machines a bit more cerebral, the Warlord-Sinister Psi Titan is a true terror that should not be missed – rarely seen even in the Age of Darkness, and always leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
These Titans are sweet, especially since you rarely ever get to see some of them otherwise!
Legions Imperialis – Terrain & Accessories (Road Tiles Are Warhammer Webstore Only)
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Tanks, Titans, and teeming troopers will need something to fight over, and Legions Imperialis has plenty of terrain to make your battles truly cinematic.
The Horus Heresy left many cities as little more than bombed-out shells and networks of ruined roads, so why not build a beautiful battlefield of your own with new Civitas Imperialis City Road Tiles and Ruins sets? Both are modular and designed to work alongside other Civitas Imperialis sets, turning your games of Legions Imperialis from rough scuffles on bare tables to exciting war stories set amidst thematic, immersive environments.
Want to get loads of terrain in one convenient box? The Administratum Sector collects a variety of modular Adeptus Titanicus terrain kits, which will return in due course as part of the Legions Imperialis range. You’ll find four Civitas Imperialis building sets and one pack of Civitas Imperialis Spires – for you to build up a densely populated cityscape.
A new scale means new terrain. Some old terrain will still work, but a lot of it may look out of place in the new scale.
Legions Imperialis Army Cards Warhammer Webstore Only
Keep your army stats close at hand with packs of handy reference cards for the Legiones Astartes and Solar Auxilia. Each contains two copies of every Detachment and Formation available to their faction, so you can build armies in double-time and look up your rules whenever the action heats up.
Learn your rules, or just play faster with these handy cards for referencing.
Legions Imperialis New Bases Warhammer Webstore Only
Many of the miniatures found in Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronautica Imperialis can find new homes in Legions Imperialis, so to match the new road tiles and urban terrain, new bases are on their way. Engraved with an urban tile pattern, these range from 40mm round bases right up to huge 120mm oval bases for the largest Titans.
Aeronautica Imperialis Bases Warhammer Webstore Only
You’ll also find hexagonal bases for Aeronautica Imperialis, sporting radar patterns as well as adjustable dials to display altitude and speed – so you can use your new Legions Imperialis aircraft in games of Aeronautica, too.
Carta Galactica Map Warhammer Webstore Only
Finally, a new Carta Galactica map is a great wall piece for your wargaming room, showing the Imperium of Man’s domains at the time of the Horus Heresy – from Ultramar in the east to Terra and beyond.
A map for narrative play is always helpful, especially when games are on as large of a scale as Legions Imperialis.
Dawn of Fire: Sea of Souls
Sea of Souls by Chris Wraight follows Indomitus Fleet Secundus as they make for the Eye of Terror itself, ready to do battle in the Archenemy’s heartland – but treachery and intrigue within the fleet threatens to destabilise the entire Crusade.
Dawn of Fire has been a great series so far, meaning this one will probably continue the trend.
Temple Of Silence
Temple of Silence by Richard Strachan is a new Warhammer Age of Sigmar novel, charting the trials of the witch-hunting, daemon-slaying ven Densts as they seek shelter within the strange temple – a place whose true mysteries are revealed only when night falls…
Witch Hunters always seem to get into interesting situations, which make for great stories!
Hammers of Sigmar First Forged and The Last Volari
Hammers of Sigmar: First Forged, also by Richard Strachan, and The Last Volari by Gary Kloster also return in new paperback editions to bring tales of the Stormcast Eternals and Soulblight vampires to your shelves.
Ciaphas Cain – Print on Demand
Relive the first three novels in the Ciaphas Cain series as For The Emperor, Caves of Ice, and The Traitor’s Hand come to Print on Demand in hardback. This fan-favourite series by Sandy Mitchell charts the misadventures of the titular commissar as he tries his level best to survive the rigours of his job above all else – despite the Imperium’s insistence that he’s actually an inspirational hero to all.
Ciaphas Cain is iconic for Black Library, so these reads are fantastic options if you haven’t read them before.
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