Top 5 Imperial Armor Adeptus Astartes Rules Review

By Juan Lopez | July 3rd, 2017 | Categories: 40k News & Articles

We have our hands on the new Imperial Armor Index for the Adeptus Astartes Forces and here are a few of the top five rules that you need to know.

The Imperial Armor Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes is an 80-page resource with over 70 datasheets. The sections are decently organized and even contain rules for Imperial Armor Character profiles. These characters didn’t get any love in the past but 8th Edition is making sure that they do. Be sure to check out our First Look video below for the full break down of the top five rules that you need to know. This review is focused on your normal scale 8th Edition games that you will encounter and not the extreme point games. Here is a sample of our review.

The Relic Falchion Super Heavy Tank Destroyer is beast, clocking in at 817 points as is with twin heavy bolters, twin quad lascannons, twin volcano cannons, and its crushing tracks. It can hit 3+ and can only explode if rolling a 6. The quad lascannons can be swapped out for the laser destroyer which does have the added benefit of, after successfully dealing damage, roll a D6. An additional D6 damage die is added if the result is 3-5. If you roll a 6, 2D6 are added to the base damage making it 3D6 total.

The Fire Raptor, as man have pointed out, that is does not have the auto cannon option but a twin lascannon option instead. Whether it is a typo or not is unclear. It does have the option to carry two twin hellstrike missile launchers which do decent damage. However, it will be wounding Toughness 8 enemies on 4+ instead of a 3+. This Fire Raptor clocks in at 400 points on the nose with the twin quad heavy bolter, twin avenger bolt cannon, and the twin hellstrike launchers configuration. It only costs four points more to switch in the twin lascannons.

IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF THE ADEPTUS ASTARTES: £15

This book is designed to update the rules for Forge World’s current and recent ranges of models for use with the latest incarnation of the Warhammer 40,000 game. It provides rules for Forge World’s Space Marine, Grey Knight, Inquisition and Sisters of Battle units, including ancient relics from the age of the Horus Heresy for your Adeptus Astartes forces, as well as revisiting characters from Forge World’s Badab Wars campaign.

This book and its contents are fully compatible with Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 1 and Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2, expanding on the range of Datasheets to be found there and contain all the information you need to field your Forge World models in the new edition of the Warhammer 40,000 game. Also included are both Power ratings and an appendix for their use in Battle-forged armies.

Contained in the 80-page softback:

– The Battle Armour section includes 10 datasheets for using your tank miniatures;

– The Heavy Armour section includes 6 datasheets for using your heavy, super-heavy and assault tank miniatures;

– The Dreadnoughts section includes 7 datasheets for using your Dreadnought miniatures;

– The Strike Craft section includes 10 datasheets for using your flyer miniatures;

– The Battlefield Support includes 9 datasheets for using your artillery, drop pods and stronghold miniatures;

– 6 datasheets for using your War Machines of the Grey Knights, The Inquisition & Adepta Sororitas miniatures;

– 26 datasheets for using your Imperial Armour Character miniatures.

Every model, weapon and piece of wargear has its own points value, and every weapon has a profile.

Please note – you will need a copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook, Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 1 and Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2 to make full use of this book and its contents.