Re: The Horus Heresy
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 10:52 pm
The Heresy releases continue apace.
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The Sicaran battle tank is on its way. There is no mention of anything except the autocannon mount for the turret, so I suspect the variants might be FW upgrades. Still, more plastic toys are always welcome, and the base kit looks amazing.
Army Building
I can honestly say that I have no idea about army composition in 9th ed., so I am not sure how much crossover there will be between list building in 30K and 40K. I suspect they are quite different though.
All the rumours and leaks point to 30K having retained the Force Organization Chart of 7th ed. with a few tweaks. An army is built around 1 HQ and 2 Troop choices as a minimum. You can then add 2 more HQs, 4 more Troops, 4 Elites, 3 Fast Attack and 3 Heavy Support choices. Fortifications, Lords of War and Primarchs are all available in bigger games too. Certain units (usually transports and bodyguards) don't take up a space on the chart.
As long as you have the correct HQ choice, you can access what are called Rites of War. These allow you to move specific units around the FOC a bit, but with restrictions. RoW come in two flavours, Unaligned, which can be used by every legion, and Legion specific, which are limited to that Legion alone.
For example, you could choose the Recon Company Rite which lets you take scouts and recon marines in place of tactical squads for your compulsory Troops, it also lets you take Seekers (snipers basically) as a non-compulsory Troops choice. In addition, you may re-roll to seize the initiative for first turn. As a cost you can't take any fortifications, and your heavy units can't be deployed, they have to go into reserve.
There are rites to let you build lists based around bikes, terminators, tanks, dreadnoughts and a whole bunch more. The legion specific rites usually focus on one of the legion's signature units as the core for the army.
As all legions have access to the same core list, you can build some interesting options. A World Eaters list based around heavy tanks, a Death Guard list based around jetbikes and fast movers, there are a lot of choices available.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... to-action/
The Sicaran battle tank is on its way. There is no mention of anything except the autocannon mount for the turret, so I suspect the variants might be FW upgrades. Still, more plastic toys are always welcome, and the base kit looks amazing.
Army Building
I can honestly say that I have no idea about army composition in 9th ed., so I am not sure how much crossover there will be between list building in 30K and 40K. I suspect they are quite different though.
All the rumours and leaks point to 30K having retained the Force Organization Chart of 7th ed. with a few tweaks. An army is built around 1 HQ and 2 Troop choices as a minimum. You can then add 2 more HQs, 4 more Troops, 4 Elites, 3 Fast Attack and 3 Heavy Support choices. Fortifications, Lords of War and Primarchs are all available in bigger games too. Certain units (usually transports and bodyguards) don't take up a space on the chart.
As long as you have the correct HQ choice, you can access what are called Rites of War. These allow you to move specific units around the FOC a bit, but with restrictions. RoW come in two flavours, Unaligned, which can be used by every legion, and Legion specific, which are limited to that Legion alone.
For example, you could choose the Recon Company Rite which lets you take scouts and recon marines in place of tactical squads for your compulsory Troops, it also lets you take Seekers (snipers basically) as a non-compulsory Troops choice. In addition, you may re-roll to seize the initiative for first turn. As a cost you can't take any fortifications, and your heavy units can't be deployed, they have to go into reserve.
There are rites to let you build lists based around bikes, terminators, tanks, dreadnoughts and a whole bunch more. The legion specific rites usually focus on one of the legion's signature units as the core for the army.
As all legions have access to the same core list, you can build some interesting options. A World Eaters list based around heavy tanks, a Death Guard list based around jetbikes and fast movers, there are a lot of choices available.