The Horus Heresy: The Martian Civil War

During the 31st Millennium, at the peak of the Emperor's Great Crusade to conquer the galaxy in humanity's name, Warmaster Horus did the unthinkable and betrayed his father The Emperor of Mankind. Thus began the most turbulent period in the history of the nascent Imperium of Man, the Age of Darkness.

Allying himself with the Ruinous Powers, Warmaster Horus convinced half of his brother Primarchs and their Space Marine Legions to betray their oaths and make war upon the Emperor and his loyal sons.

The Horus Heresy is a tactical tabletop game where players battle it out using tactics of the various Space Marine Legions of the 31st Millennium.

Are you ready to bring glory to The Emperor or take your part in his downfall?

Marching forth from the desolate wastelands of the north are the Warriors of Chaos. Clad in tough, iron armour and with strength and skill superior to mere mortals, these brutes take to the battlefield to gain favour from their chosen gods. They bring hordes of barbarian marauders drawn from the many tribes littering the land. Among these savages are a bestiary of different beasts ranging from trolls, chimeras and fouler things lurking within the dark recesses of the Old World.

Vast regions of Mars rebelled against the Emperor during the Horus Heresy, and the ceaseless tide of war machines and weaponry flowing from its factories posed a grave danger to Terra as the Warmaster's forces encroached. Loyalist forces, ever-seeking to seize control of Mars, launched repeated assaults, even as the Tech-priests engaged in their own internal struggles. These events form the context for the next installment of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Campaigns of The Age of Darkness: The Martian Civil War.

This 168-page hardcover provides background details on the duration of this extraordinary conflict and guidelines for recreating it on your tabletop. Included are core missions, apex missions, relic hunt missions, plus an Onslaught campaign for putting them to use. Rules for Techno-heresy and additional units allow you to determine the fate of Mars yourself, plus loads of additional content from previously published Exemplary Battles in the Age of Darkness.

Features:

• In-depth Lore and Background: Timelines, maps, and more covering the cataclysmic events on Mars during the Age of Darkness. From the Schism of Mars, the birth of the Mechanicum, and the key conflicts involved in the the Martian Civil War.
• The Mars Campaign: The Onslaught Campaign System allows you to play linked battles of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. Includes 10x core campaign stratagems, optional rules, and the Mars Civil War Campaign.
• Core Missions: Provides 5x Core Missions: The Crucible of War; The Heart of Battle; Sudden Strike; Take and Hold; and Strike and Fade.
• Apex Missions: Provides 3x Apex Missions which can be played as a linked set of campaign games using the Onslaught Campaign rules, or as one-off missions.
• Dark Scions of the Questoris: Includes options for the Divisio Tactica: Questoris Household list found in Liber Mechancium.
• Automata Malefica: Rules for using Corrupted Engines within a Traitor Mechanicum force.
• Relic Hunt Missions: 5x Relic Hunt Missions: Data Coil Download; Unlock the Vault; Secure the Crash Site; Relic Extraction; and Convoy Raid.
• Techno-heresies of the Dark Age: Rules for Proscribed Techno-arcana, accessible by some Traitor forces: Malefikite; Machin Malefica; Ruinous Cybernetica; Nekrotek; Ephemera Nekrotek; Malamina; Æthertek; and Anima Malefica.
• Additional Unit Profiles: Includes 3x Legiones Astartes Army List profiles and 1x Mechancium Army List profile for the Krios Squadron.
• Miniatures Showcase: A full-colour showcase featuring various Mechanicum miniatures.

Contents:

• 1x The Horus Heresy: The Martian Civil War

Please Note:

• Printed material is provided in English.
• One The Horus Heresy: The Martian Civil War is supplied.