Dark Genesis III: A Horus Heresy Doubles Event

Team up with a friend* and join us for two days of narratively driven Heresy antics.

One ticket covers a team of two.

The Lore

Having entered the labyrinthine workings of the planetoid, forces now rush to discover Dark Sentry's secrets. This incurson is not without peril - the planet has sensed the intruders and, like an organism releasing anti-bodies, seeks to thwart the efforts of loyalists and traitors alike.

Meanwhile, drawn by the weeks of furious fighting, the Emperor's sons arrive. Riding in the wake of the Great Khan's vanguard, other primarchs take to the field, painting the caverns of Dark Sentry red with astartes blood.

Will the mystery of the erractic planetoid finally be revealed? Will the D'khaye cotinue to harass forces? Will lots of horses die? All will be decided on this, the last installment of the Dark Genesis series.

 
The Details

Four narrative games spread over two days.

Prize support from @wendigoforge3D and The Outpost for:

• Hobby Heros
• Most sporting team
• The Dark Sentry (mystery award)

Please note that, though tickets are transferable, no refunds will be issued for this event.

List building:

Each player is to bring 1,750 points. 

Restrictions/Additions

• Lords of War cap is 875 points across both players - no Titans or Acastus-class knights please

• Legion Seeker Squads are limited to 5 models per unit

• Named characters are a yes, limited to 1 per player, no need to reserve in advance

• Due to the subterranean nature of the event Termita Assault Drills will be of great utility. Players may bring 2 drills on from reserves per turn from turn 2 onwards. Masters of Descent embarked on drills lose the Bulky (2) and Anti-Grav rules, but may take a boarding shield for free and may bring in a single drill from turn 1 in replacement of their usual rule.

• The weight of action on Dark Sentry has drawn significant attention. The following Primarchs may be brought to the event in addition to your core force: The Khan, Sanguinius, Mortarion, Angron, Alpharius and the Warmaster himself (non-ascended). Primarchs may be used when both players mutually consent. Primarchless players will receive boons to help combat these gods-among-Astartes (except Iron Hands, they should be used to fighting without their primarch by now).

• Proto-Razorbacks & Mark of the D'khaye psychic powers may still be selected - more information will be released on this at a later date.

• Though not banned, flyers and drop-pods will be unable to take part on Missions 1 & 2 of this event - you have been warned!

• Anti-Grav troops will help massively in navigating the massive caverns of Dark Sentry, however, some missions may be particularly hazardous for them...

Working as a team:

•Reactions will be per team, calculated in the following manner

•2 base

•Plus any additional allowances you unlock (i.e. if you both bring Master of the Legion you’ll get two more)

•Beneficial effects may target your partner’s model unless some restriction says otherwise

•e.g. you can use your nuncio-vox to test against your partner’s chaplain’s cool to unpin

•e.g. you can’t cast Call of the Wind on your buddy’s Gal Vorbak as they don’t have the White Scar’s trait (also WTAF are you thinking)

Cover

Luke and I have decided that 3.0 cover rules are about as much fun as sleeping in a bed full of cornflakes

For the event, default cover rules will be:

•Medium and heavy are terrain interferes with line of site. Models inside such terrain may draw line of site out of the area and may have line of site drawn to them. Units outside of a piece of medium and heavy area terrain may not draw line of site through it.

•Non-area terrain (walls, wrecked vehicles etc.) provide a 6+ cover save to models in base contact with the terrain piece.

•In all cases, treat terrain as its actual height - no stratosphere piercing conifers are present on the Dark Sentry.

•You can kill what you can’t see

If in doubt, assume all area terrain is medium (5+)

Other stuff

• We do not expect you to submit lists, we do expect you to have a legal list you can share upon request of your opponent or an EO

• Missions will be released on the day, all we can say now is that the planet will be in flux, intelligent characters and scientific equipment might prove particularly useful.

• Please ensure your entire army is painted to tabletop standard, if you’re not sure whether it is then please get in touch with @wendigo_forge3d

*Or a Word Bearer player.