![]() ![]() ![]() This is great, as this opens the door for us seeing supplements for late Heresy armies such as the Dark Mechanicum, who are a very different force compared to the forces listed in the Liber Mechanicum. ![]() In an interesting twist, the war on Cthonia takes place at the same time as the Siege of Terra, with the narrative playing up right until the Emperor killing Horus! I believe this is the first recording of that legendary battle within the Heresy books so far, and shows that this series can include elements from any part of the Heresy, not just playing through things chronologically. ![]() The Campaigns of the Age of Darkness series looks like it sets out to do the same thing, and the first installment The Siege of Cthonia clocks in at almost 250 pages! Impressively, the first 130 pages are dedicated to lore, telling the tale of the two sieges of Cthonia. Like with the Imperial Armour books before them, the Horus Heresy Black Books acted as a sort of “in universe” recording of the events (which also left some elements as ambiguous or subject to bias in the intervening time between the Heresy and the current 40k timeline) So what exactly is this book? Well, fans of the 1st edition of The Horus Heresy will have fond memories of the “Black Books” that served as narrative supplements that explored various conflicts and battles across the history of the Horus Heresy while also introducing new rules and campaign elements to expand the options that players had available to them to recreate these battles. ![]()
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