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The Horus Heresy is a series of science fantasy novels set in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company Games Workshop.Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the Horus Heresy, a fictional galaxy-spanning civil war occurring in the 31st millennium, 10,000 years before the main setting of Warhammer 40,000.
There are a total of six ranks. They are: Battle Brother, a rank similar to the real-world Private or Private First Class ranks. These are the rank-and-file soldiers of the Space Marines. Above Battle Brothers are Sergeants in command of a Squad; they are the lowest Command rank. Third is the veteran rank, followed by the Veteran Sergeant rank ...
In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the title Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes is given to the head of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite 10,000 genetically engineered supersoldiers who acted as the God-Emperor of Mankind's elite bodyguard, joining him in battle during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. During the Horus Heresy, the Captain ...
After the 1987 release of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame, a military and [1] science fantasy [2] universe set in the far future, the company began publishing background literature to expand on existing material, introduce new content, and provide detailed descriptions of the universe, its characters, and its events.
Epic is a collective term for a series of tabletop wargames set in the fictional Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000 universes. Whereas Warhammer 40,000 involves small battles between forces of a few squads of troops and two or three vehicles, Epic features battles between armies consisting of dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers. [1]
In 2018, GW released Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy, designed by James Hewitt, and set during the Horus Heresy, 10,000 years before the main Warhammer 40,000 storyline. Several expansions were released between 2019 and 2022.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate is a video game set in the gothic science fiction backdrop of the Games Workshop game system Warhammer 40,000.In it, players take command of a number of squads of Ultramarines to do battle with their ancient enemies the Word Bearers Traitor Marines, Chaos Demons, and their commander the Chaos Lord Zymran.
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