Warhammer 40k - 2nd Edition - Epic 40k Space Marines

8/4/2019 Warhammer 40k - 2nd Edition - Epic 40k Space Marines

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EPCSPACElMARNESHOW TO, :DESIGN MAR.INE REGIMENTS .INTHE HORUS HE,RESYBY ANDY CHAMBERSThe Legtones Astartes 011 ' Sp,aceMarines are the Brnperoe'seltte flgbtin,gforce. Marines:alI'e tougher~fastet', tronger, more disciplined andmore zealou than any other warriorsinthe Imperium. Omly once have Marines ever betrayed, the Em.peror's trust when, totheir eternal shame; fully balf the l.egiones Astartes pledged their loyalty to War,masterHorus,and plunged Humanity into the bloodiest dvllwar of all time -the BoTOS Heresy.ilhm the pace Marines, the large t organization i theIcb:atprter. Each chapter iocludesenoug]l Olen and material

to form a complete Held army including, upport troops,tran port element and 'Iechmarine to allow the chapterto fight a a. c omplerely elf-sufflcient force. During tbeHoru Here y , Space Macine chapters are of much gre ter, iz~ than chose formed afterwards out o r their shatteredremnants. The chapters fighting the Heresy contain tensof thousands of Marine-. Many -ftlF mo r famou Marinechapters took pan: in me Heresy: chapters such as the DarkAngel. pace Wolves, Uhnmarine and Blood Angel onthe LoyaliSt Ide, and the World Eaters, Thousand Son,Death Guard, Emperor's Children and ons of Horus ontbe 1hltoJi side.In each hapter, Marines are formed int reglmenrs. Aregimem crsas a flexible bartlefleld orgaajzatjoa capablef independently undertaking most task but more oftenforming pan of 3 1 mixed bartlefcrce ~or major campaigns.A t the tlme of the He re sy , a.Marine chapter coneuns lipto rwen:ry regiments often tncludlng spectauzeo regimentsuch as dr p and assault regiments to undertake planetary, autts or cia e a sault r glments for clearing heavUy-defended po ltions and fortlfied citles.Eacb Marine reguaent is organized according to theprecepts laid down by the Cod:ex Impertatis, the ancienteomes th. t ace hou ed within a great library in rbeEmperor' Pala e on lena and which define the battle orderfor th Space Marines. The odes Impedali tares chareachregim mt ontalns tlue bartahoas and that each bartallonccntalnstbree companies, with special addItional forcesat battalion and regimental level. Although me type of'Marines, their armament and their chi le varies fromchapter to Chapter, thl b1lSiclevel of oegaruzatlon remain[he am throughout the Leglones A tartes,

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Marine are often fielded as one or more battalions. Thebattallon is a large enough force to gIve it commander arange of troop options wirhaddirlona! support at thebartallon level, but mall enough to act a a fast-moving,hard-hittiog spearhead employing the Marine' clas Ictactics of urpri> e attack cocru b key defen ive potnt andbring the enemy swiftJy to its knees.Wlthin each battalion, (here are three companies, Thecamp n I the ba lc battlefield group and lndi idualcompante often ba e quite specific role to play, bemgas igned metical objective within the command r's overallbattle trategy. Many companies peclalize in a lug! typeof equlpmenr, for ~mp.le 'Ierminator companies, bikecornpanie .. reccn companies all mounted 00 andSpeeders, and so forth. Other companies contain :1 rangeof equipment eoallow a flexible r ponse, Each regimen!contain a mix of sp ciaJi t and flexible companies withinit three bartallons.This Marine army list enables fOU to create a Marineregiment from the time of the Horns Hcre_ y..Tlb.eactualregim 0[i uniquely die Ign d and tailored by you: youde ide exactly how the regiment i-to be organi2ed andequipped. Once designed your Marine regiment can be fuUyinrergrated Intoa complete battleforce of Tirans, ImperialGuard and allfed quat forces for Epic battle' . Thebattleforce is an army Llllathas been a .embled to fightII. spectflc campaign I from battling for control of onecontinent to invading and subduing a whole star y rem.The battleforce you choo e is }'0W' campaisn army fromwhi.ch you can pick malle r forces to fight each game. Youtake th role of the battleforce commander :inas embllngthe trOOP and weaponry you need and then in decidingwhat part of your total force y u wlll field in eachconfronrart n with the enemy.


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USNGTHEMARNEARMVLST'Organization "DIrnplatesAn organizarion template Is a representation of the battle:order of a Marine chapter. It's a good idea to take a lookat the templates now, and keep referring, to Ilhem as youread through what follows. When you come to design a.regiment, you'Uwant to photocopy the templates for 'yourown personal use, Mab: several copies so that you candesign several different regiments - you'll need tohave threebattalion templates for each regimental template.B ac h s pa ce on the template represents a singledetachment,which can be inianLry, vehicles, arrillery or whatever. Thenumbers and types of detachment available to the Marinesare described later l in. the SpaceMarlm Army List.A regiment is made up of three basic parts: a regtmentaltemp]ate at tile top, three battalion templates inthemiddle,and nine company templates at the bottom, three undereach of the battalion templates. Later in, the article, you'llfind an~pl.e ofafuUy-worked-outregimeru - take a lookat this now so you can seehow the different templates fittogether.The regimental template is a block of six: detachmentboxes plus the reglmenral transport pool topped by aregimental HQ box, These regimemal level detachmentsa r e a v ru Ja b le forass~gnmentto different battalions according0 their tactical needs (see tbe Special Rules for details).

EPIC SPACE MARINESREGIMENTAL, TEMPLATE

Sihoukhl, Plod, ' d,_ the IBrmbol ~hat Ida11lt!fil.tsyou, chapter he!e. II you'vein\lented your OWn Marine chapt." yoI!I'li \N.B"! to mil lka up B bedy. (hilt you Cl!nafao pBlm'tonto tM Til'gfmlnt's' banners end ....hlclee, a. o keep it fBitly eimpla.Cihlpit.r: write the neme of Vi'HII 'M,atIFiI l I)hijPter hers,!'e,gI_nqll "~ 1111eglmenh haw ,8number, ua ue lll,v 'ro m , til 20 10/I HiXXI. I f you gl.. .. Ihe ' '' 'l1imenl B nama you can write that in, hera BS Wltll.QEGIMENT'~

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REG.IMENTA l S U PP ORTDETACHIMENl"SRe;jm.ntlilflattl,t ItIitlng: Ih-to ta l B R 01 ove r y dlnach mantin the reglmernt, Includfnllt'P11 !>port poo'. 1l'1li the .'8~Im e


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EPIC SPXCE MARINESTh batt2l.lon template imadeup of 'the battalion HQbox and the battalion level deta hment plus battaliontran 'port pool at the ~OP1with three companytcmplatcs,each of three deeachmenr , underneath.You'll notice that the Marine templates are' arrang ddiffellCndy from the Imperial, Guard rernplates we publishedprev:[ously. with a larger 'number ofmaller groaps, Thl'arrangement gives the Marines much grearee flexibility Inthe field,AiuUer explanation efhow to u - [he templases is givenlater, For now, snnply remember that tb regiment ismadeup in pyramid fashion with three' ompanles in a battalionand three bartation ' in a r gim, nt, Unlike the ImperialGuard, the Marin adhere strictly to this re Imentaltrucrure regardiing it a s , an article of faith to maintain theprecepts laid down In the Codex Irnperialls Because of 111addJitional bartalionsmay not be added onto the reglmenraltemplate 3JJldaddhlonal compante c:Iln"Ibe added [0the:bartallontemplares.Detachment CountersLater inthis article y u'Il find apas of counters,Ph tocopthe e, tick them onto a h et of "tLffcard, and then cutthem out. You can photocopy the ounters as often as youLike for YOUIf own personal use - d pending on what foreyou chao to im:chJde,you'U prob bly have to make twoor three cople of the counters to fill. out aJl of a,reglmental[emplare,Each couorer represents a detachment of vehlcles orinfante)' stands, The counters ba e an Wustration of theunit [ype ln the detachment and a number which tells youthe battle rartngof the whole detachment. The army li [describes how lIllIic.y infantry rands or vehlcles are inea hdetachment.

BATtAUON H:QB a tc ll HO 'I IN u mb e r: t he ta e re ih re a b orto llo n. I n ar a g]m l l' lI 0 ,1 11 11 will be tst , 2m! Ot 3ni: A s. W ill i e f1 i : c1 l l IWmb,no, b.al1~I""'_.,,\, often ,give" IlIdMdiJll" !! f il l " - 11{O U "1liiie ,II bsmlii>il, yO U ca" wri te Itsr1~ID1. I n a ft "" the n r u r n f t ) e r ,Bartoollon B.m. B.tlng, IhlJ 101111SR of IlilhedetachrtUltlt" in the battmioll Simplv ,lIdd up me 8R, oftile mrn compan l o . , and tho blttenon IUFl po r td .. tachmo!U8,!kt1L~ 110: II Y O I I cake 1 t I o t , Djltion of b IbGttalioo He.ck tl)l. b < : I " - 1M HQ ,[5 I r . .

BAT TALION ANDCOMPANYTIEMIPLAT'ES

COMPANY DETACHMEINTSComp.ny O.~m.nUl;c~elhreede t l lChmlm. for a a e r .e0ll'1p.ny end pile",!; theeppropr,I.UI I!:cuntfi" nt t . . .s. . boQ Un!batullion and reg'mG r'lrl!i, u ppen, ,\,0,,'''8 gO! 10eheou th,..dlltaebm,fiU for ill!leom.p,nl' - Ih.",., . ' I J thebs" 'l1ono oi awry Moriol !"Im rtt and... themlnimW'r'l loree. youm us, ,"c tu d ..

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The Marine organ1Z.ati, n templates are ruled out by placingd tachment counters in the bo e 00 the templare, nllkethe Imperial Guard, the Marine army list does not breakdown the: detachments lnto compll.py, battallon andr eg iim ,e n ,r n l le ve l d er ac br n ea rs . T he lliroit"S g iv en ,. in . th e a rm yIi t are fo:r the regIment as a wlhoJ.e and the detachmentsmay be placed inan}' detachmenr box at any level In there tmenr. TIle detachrn nrs chosen iIiust all be from theMarine army list and the maximum Ihnlts noted .for thewhole reglmenc must b adhered to.You can .lthe:t design your re m,eJi l I from the rap down,tarting at the reglmental Ievel and working down tocompanies, or from the bouom up, tarung wtth thecompanies and BUmg ill the reglrnemal Ievel boxes last,Until you're used to de igning a regtm nt.Jt's probably bestro work up (mm the company level - Illts way, you de. ignyour basfe front llne formations first and then decide whatadditional forces you need to add at battalion andre tmental level to fill an gap.The fics~ company of rne first battalion in the regimentu:adltionall contains the regiment' finest warriors, Toreflect rbi you may up rade th whole company to elitestatus by adding an extra 25% to the battle ratlng of thecompany. .ee [hie Space J"farine rulebnok for nxptanatlon of the benefits of being ellte (note that rule5 Is ignored for all cUte Marine detachments. and! ' rule nand are ignoJred for eUte vehicle detaclimlents).When you are happy wnh the arrangement of detachmentsin (be regiment, add up the batrle rating of aJ J th ede't3!chmeJ;HS and record tbe lOW values in the spacesprovided. Then either ecure the counters inplace andpbotocopy me ternplare to get a permanenr record. or makea ritren copy onto blank template,

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BATIAL.lION SUPPORT DETACHMENTSS.f1:olkm 5uppgr1 Oetllchment.: \fOU can choose up 10.a,r " .. I.chment I l,OUmgr,1 DI!U!llon ,uPPOdwrit!! the IOlal II I Ile .. -I"is is,1M "1'11 01til.;QmUn!(, I lf uny I ) ' 111C1Ill.:hmtntl an. In 'IllTIYrtdlllliJlr. 'o'tIhlclal 'homlhB uan . spon Jll()cl, on a ~8ouf8 lfflU d',"'1 , .d ol 1 11 ft... h,ele BRa on ai, willi ,Dthe!rWin '{IOU'IInd liPplIlflng fgrm I lnom wlve l


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EPIC SPACE'MARINES

THE BATTLEFOR.CEYour baulefetce can contain one or more Marine regiments,ptus oilier forces such as TitanS,.Jlmpedal Guard regiments,Squat brotherhoods and so forth. Whenever you playagame' of Space Marine, you can. choose the troop you'lluse from your batrleforce, It's a good idea to decide inadvance wim you_I'opponent how btg itbattleforce canbe.Remember, bowever; that the size of the battle force onlyaffects how milch choice ot troops and organisation yougel regardless of me bsrtle rating of the force yO!!! . final lyplay with.~OlJl can have as nun}' Marine regiments ill your battleforceas you wam. They can come f:rom. different chapters, Drall (rom rhe same chaptee- It's up to you. You can also haveas many regiments, or s.lmilar formations., of emer troopsas you wanr, such as Imperial Guard; Squats etc, Theseforces are the troops chosen by the Adeptus Terra to flgh'tin it particular campaign. somertmess battleforcemav onlybe a single regiment plus a few allies, at other times it'sdozens of regiments of different HOOp types figbtingrogemer as part of a m.ajor aedor!!(such as conquering 1 1whole pimer Of solar system). The:size of your bartleforceisup to y'Ou; (he more regiments you design, tbe greaterchoice you'll have when you make up a battleforce,Ma:ln Bat:tIIeFormationBefo r e :I b a t tle , one of the' r : eg im . ems in th e b:mlclorct ischosen as me:maio batde fonnadollli. These are the troop-which undernake the brunt of the fighting,although theymay be supported by various allied troops. The regimentth~t is the maln battle formarlon can call om all of itsresources for the battle. Any reglmeru in the bartleforcecan be chosen as the main battle formation (a Marin.ere gim e.IlC , a Guard regimeru. a Squat brotherhoed etc),

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Allted barralions may be used freely to suppo([rh.e L l l i i . nbattle fo:rmation but their regimental level detachments maymotbe used > they are not commlrelng their full resources1. 0 the bartle, holding troops in reserve for use inamelibattles later in the campaign.Marines. may be in a batrleforce widl Imperial Guard, Squatsand Titans. loy;ilist battleforces can include EId.'IriffightingTraitors or Cha.Qs, and T.raitofS em include orks,Using the BattlefiorceFirsrly. yOUI must a:Sl'ee with y01 l1 r opponent how man ypoints of battle mung touse for ntle battle, Then select y omforces from any ofthese available inthe battleforce. Marinesare subject to the foHowing res'trlc:tio.ns:1. Individual Marine companles may be used fred)'. One

detachment from bardton level may be chosen foreach company fielded. Madoe battalions may. ofcourse, be used in full.

2. If DO aither detachments from aMarne battalion arebeing used, upeo rwo deeachmerus may be used from!Iny part of the battalion wi.thout [restrictions.3. A long as at Ieast three bat:taIiolli level detachmentsare being used and the Marine regiment is acting. asthe main attack fortrultion, my or all of the regimental

level detachments. Illay be fielded.You may spend up to 25% of your pofnrs onpurchasing support counters (see Space ltfarlne).A ny of you r po.lnts may be spent on other troops inthe bartleforee, Dilly the regiment that is the mainbattle form~l[ion can use Irsregtmenzal leveldetachments. The special rules for choosing othertroops are included in (heir O'WIl army lists.


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SPECIALRULESThe' Legiones Astartes contain some specialized fortesunavailable [Q other troop types: Terminators, (Cent]detachments and drop pod detachmenrs. The special ru lesfor these detachments are detalled below,Also, the Marine army list contains a number oforganizations stmtlar to (hose used by the Imperial Guardsuch as battalion and riegimenul HQs and transport pools.The superior equipment available to Mar in es , makes itnecessary to redefine these orgariiZations for Marines,Where' no special rutes are gjven, Marine forces follows thenormalrules in Space Marine and Codex Titanictl.s,Marlne Battalion HQ

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Marine bartalion HQs desparch 'the overall commands sent 1.down frotnthe regimental HQ to the Marines in the field.Frequend.y, the battalion commander will. take over controlof leaderless detachments during battles via comm-ltnk todirlCcttheir efforts,efficiently. The' battalion HQ also carries 2.long-range COIDJJl,'U.nic.uiQUS equipment tocall up supportfrom distant batteries or orbiting ships.Each.Marine b:ut:l!liofi has Its own battalion HQ, Providedat least three detachments from ;my parr of the battalion.are in piay, (he bastalion HQ may be meluded at no extrapoints cost. 3,Battalion HQs are represented on the table 'by rhreedetachments,Battalion Commander = The first detachment comprisesthe battalion commander a nd! rW Q e Hte a ss autt stands (seethe rules on elite detachmenrs in Space Mar{l1:e). The 4commander must be designated as attached to one of thetwo assault stands. Shomld 'the commanders' stand bedestroyed, the battalion commander Is also lost (thecommander's special functions, listed below are no longeravailabk to the battalion).Land.Ra.llder; The second detachment consists ofa singleLand .Raider to transport (be commander's detachment.Recon.; The third detachment is a reconnaisancedetachment comprlsing two Land Speeders, See later forthe special rules on recon detad'iliJUents,The commander's detachment, the Land. Raiderand thereeon detachment may ace cempletefy in.dependently ofeach other The detach_mems act as normal detachmentsapart from the folMowing special rules-1. Enemy units may only attack an HQ detachmenr if

itis the closest available target. In the he a( ofbarrleit would be viI~ua.nlyimpossible to single oct 'thebattaljon HQ amongst the other troops on the field,

2. In . the orders phase a battalion cotnmander cam takecommand Qf ap to two detachments in his battalion'that are withtn 48cm and have lost all of tbetrcommand stands. This means the detachments countas having a command stand for that tum andtherefore do not need. t o o take a morale check and maybe ordered. normally.The battaUon. commander may act as an observer forindirect fire (see later for recon detachmentsasobse rvers),

4. All 'the bacrallcn HQ detachments receive + Ion [hedice rot! for support requests whlle the batt:3Jljoncommander is still a]ive.

EPIC SPACEMARINESMarine Regirnen1i:.a.[HQThe regimental HQ acts to control and co-ordinate theactions of the entire regiment. Frequently the regimentalcommander and his personal bodyguard ofl'erm.inatol"S willleave the rear area and advance or teleport into the thicko,! battle to Inspire his Marines, leaving his subordtnaresto co-ordinate the regimentIf the Marineregim_ent is acting as the main attack formationina banleforce,the regimental commander and. Msbodyguard can be used onthetabletop. It is representedby a single 'Thrniill1l.atorstand with a BR of 100, known asthe r.eghneataJl command. stand.The foUowing special rules 1Iipply to Marine regimentalcommand stands:

The regimental command. standcoun~s as aTerminator stand. and it foHows all the special rulesfor 'Ierminarors.The regimental commander is revered by his troopswith religious zealand in his presence they wi.H fightwith the strength of righteousness, All Marines fromhis regiment within 24cm of the command stand gain+1 to their CAF and need not take morale tests forany reason.Should the regimental command stand be destroyed,all Marine detachments from that reglmens within2.4Crtl i must take a morale test in the followlng Olderphase. The results of the test apply for the .f()~JoWill!gtum only,If the regimental commander chooses to teleportonto the batttefleld, add +.3 to the 2D6 wJJ. fordeviation (this means the stand is never lost toeeleportee malfuoction) -see Terminators for detailsof teleportlng. If you want, ollie detachment of'Ierminaaors from anywhere in the regiment may[deport on with the regime nul command stand totake advantage of this + 3 bonus,

Transp,or1:Poo~sThe transport pool is a permanent organization which isautomatically included at battalion and regfmental level tosupp ly transpottatlio.1l for M.ar in ,e il . l . funtry detachments" Thetransport pool allows the player to use enough Rhinos orLand Rajders to transport any or all of his M;uioe infantrydetachments.The Land Raiders detachments included in the army listare for use as tank hunters and for carrytng assault 'anddevastator detachments into battle, yo~ w iU find us~ngthetrnnsport pool for transporting assault ...n..d devasrarordetachments in Land Raiders is acrually more expensivethan purchasing them as separate detachments!'the number of vehicles a detachment receives is equal tothe nlimbe r'of stands in the derachment divided by two,round[og up. If the inf'llntty disembark, the vehicles mayact as. independent detaehmenrsand do not need tomaimain formation wi[b the Marine-sthey carry,'iibeuanspOf[ pool costs 100 points per detachment c o bemounted in Rhinos and 600 potnts per detachmenr to bemounted in Land Raiders. Detachments drawn from therransporrpool are never elite and the battalion o.rreginlentalHQs don't have 0 be used inorder to use thetransporr pool.

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EPIC PACE tl1AR/. 'ETern"linat'ors 5-911rminarors form an lite bod within the regiment. Theyare the cream of th fineSl warriors tbe Imperium possessesgarbed in (he finest armour (he Adeprus Mcchanicus icapable of mam.liaouring and armed wirth rhe best weaponsav:aUable:.The following statistics apply [01jrrnlnator stands:

Weapon sB a sic S up p or t DR

Tennimnors 8116 2+ +7 eorm Multl- L75Bolu:r buncher

'ferminaroliS are [chosen only from veteran Madoe whohave fougbt and urvtved many battles. They are th reforesub] Cit to the followlng pedal rules:

They do not require command stands.Their courage l unshak able and rh I!f need neverteSt morale.Terminators ar alway elite, Note that the +2 ffor dice troops bas alread been included in the'tadstllts above.

Tbe standard weapon, carried by a 'Iermlnaror stand inop n battle arc storm bolter plu ne Cyclone mulu-launcher as a support weapon:

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Range To Hi:lRoll SaveVI J lDf:mtry Shun long bon wag M,odStorm Rol'ler 12cm 24crn. 2+ 4 " -1Cyclone nero - 5 +(8) - -IV8 Vdd.cle:!I Range: To HURon Ctft l.ca1and T!,tans Shon loog, SbQrt wlltg H]t BoilCyclon 36c1ll 72clD 4 + (b) 6+(B) 5+

Thleportlog1l rrninator deta[ hments rna 'teleport nto the baltlefieldduring th e g am e , Anydetadlments, that arc golng ro teleportshoufd be kept off-table umit used.Detachments teleporttng inare designated amI moved Inthe order phase of an}'turn, The desachmeuts count :l5 onfirst fire orders on the [Urn thev teleport.To d J ter:mi.ne the arri al point of a teleporring detacnrnenr,place a 6 O J template r the desir d pain' of l.lIrrivai t henroll 206 and. consult the following [able:Roll Result24 MalifunctJ.ouf There has been 3. problem with thereleporter aDd, number of stand in thedetachment equal to the number On the dice have

failed W ar r tve (for campaign purpose .stands a r e 'de:troyed On a roll of or nOre on one dice; rolleparately for each stand). The remainfng srandsintile d ta hment arrtve rudy at the desiSrnlred,p L

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Deviation: All th stands arrive bur they're norquite on target. The number rolled indiicate howfar inem the teleport templa.te has deviated fr mit target point s a ro1] of 8 mean an 8 end.eviation). 0 rermine direction 'of devIati n asnormal. Once the arrival point has been found[be stands may deploy in any poslrion on ortouching the template (within normal detachmentrestrictions).

10+ On 'Dlrg. t: The 'lermlnators bav arrtv d rigbton target. The template tays where it is and [hietaads deploy inan po ltion on or touching [hetemplate.

You must roll separately for each detachmen thac (deports.If YOIII want, one demciI:Dmcm may b accompanied by m eregnrreneal command stand, rhereby gaining it ...3 b nuto the teleporter malfuncuon 1 ' 0 1 1 .NOl le tha t the teteperting Terminators :may n ot a pp L" 3I .[ 'ims idebllildj,ngs or vehides; mey may hom and fight in do eombas on the turn of arrival.

Tel lmin . .a to rs m;zy al 0 teleport ut f a battle in the endphase of Ill)' turn if they are on first fire orders. There isno risk totelep .fLing m ~ imply remove the del chrnentfrom th table. Once they have left the fable, the Tenni.rultorsrna Dot re-enter later in (he: bau1e.Rec;on'Detachrnen1i:sReconnaissance Of' reCOR detachment are used to scourenemy territory and posinons, acting a outrtders for memain force of Marine. Recon de't


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EPICSPACEMARINE ARMV LISTEach ann)' llst box has ~ secdons:N~ A~lc" m.e:m::lin l:icadc~ ~1l5 YOIIIhow many counters lIlaybe chosen from mal box for the whole of a regtmem. For =plc:, Q.12Armoured Det.a.cbments mews l!hlI1 the regiment ~ h::lve firom none totwelve armoured dcetchmcnts which n ay be m:lid.cup oJ any eomblnatlonof Land RaJdcr:md Pi1:datordetaehm=i::l; 5:1.y HIland!Raider and 4 Predatordetaclunwi::l.Counten, under me: number ~Ic l : 1 ; an a::unple of tile counters thatrepresenr the detachments allowed bt" this box. The counters give' thedetachment [)fPC and Its battle rating and. have W. illuBtr:ufon that illOWllC2S}' Identification Some OORS ollJ1' contatn one Type of counter, Iorr:nmpJe me mrnOll detachment boe, Othel'S,nldl ~ the : sliippon WdIPOIil80011:, allow I!CVI:r.;IIl c!Ilffen:ot ty'poesof tounter. IT you want, you C~ placeyOtll \ \CtU2I card countc r . ; onto these spaCr I lSO that you can filnd them e ..sllyas you're bui lding :II regiment.

Unite mDetachmcnt. undee each counter Is :II Ibt of the number and typeof 513mb or vehicles In tibc'detachmern. For esample, the _Uilf detachmentlists < 4 Assasut Stands, 1 Comma.nder - th ts r eU s y ou , exactly what modelsyou gecon the 1:lb1etOp' whenever you field lh21 detachment. YOIican' I rnavc.hlcles from dlffe~t dmc:bmml.5 even If they're: In the same anny lis.box, POrcamplc. an Ordlnatu5 detachmenr can be : either three WlW:lwlndsor three Vlnd!c;a;rorsi you can't 1 I i : I v : e twoWhldwinds and one Vlndlc:tror,or twO VlndJC-lltOrs and one Whir lwill ld in the det2cltmcnt.

Spec:J:a1 8oxe81)Je omy bm!!es 'WI don't follow tIW; formar asethe rcgiimcntd and banallonHQli and the: transport pool these have spectal secnoas on Iwe template'Sand don't get. their OWlil COUIlleYS. They' re tncludedia the 21M)' lis I for quickreference, you should check the SfX!dal Rules secuon to see when YOUI canfield Ilh~ units.

REGIMENTAL HQ

1 REGIME TAL COMMAND SlAND(BR: 100)

BATTALION HQ

1 LAND RA[DEU 2 LAND SPEEDERS

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5004 TACTICAL STANDS,4SUPPORT STANDS2 CO }.1M A ND ERS

ANY NUMBER OF ASSAULTDETACHMENTS

< } ASSAUl1I' STANDSI COMMANDER

ANY NUMBER. OFDEVASTATOR DETACHMENTSThe bartalion HQ contains all three of the above, at no polnrscost.

TRANSPORT POOL

1 lAND RAIDER PER2 INFANTRY STANDS(DR: 0600 PERDETACHMENT)

1 RHlNO PER 2INFANTRY STANDS

(BR: 100 PERDETACHME T)

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0 05 MO LE MO RTARS

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O~9 ROBOT DETACHMENTSIROBb'T. . .

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5 JET BIKE.S

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IL A N D R A I D E R

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0-6 CAPITOL IMPERlALISOETACHMENTS

C A P IT O L IM P m A U S1i --l..~'

500I CAPITOL IMP lUAUS

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TRYSTA DEach drop pod del;! hm~t uppllcs en ugh pods 10 dropififllnlry tlel'il hrn ms the co Lcovers all I.hcpod.. needed fg-rboth detachments, but tile M:atfiCS bclnll.ctroppcd muSt beehO .5eP and pald or e'p2i l " l l1e.ly.

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EPIC SPAC,EMARINE TEMPLATES AND COUNTERSCIOMPANY TEMPLATE

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Pb.omcopy these templates and eouoee r s to make up your EpiCS P '3 C eM a rin e r eg im e n ts .You'Uneed 3 coptesof ehecompany andbareallon temptatesand Icopy ofthe regimental templare for each regiment. Stickthese omo a large piece of paper illhe same positions as shownby the sample army we picked.Depending a ll what forces yow choose, you'U probably need2 or 3 copies ofche counters [0611 out a whole regimentaltemplate. phoeocopy these and stick them onro a sheer of stiffcard before cutting them om.

REG IM E NTA L TEM P LA TE

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TACT'ICAl TACTICAL TACTICAIl.

500

TACTICAL TACTICA'L liACTICALa !t Z !500 6 0 0 5 0 0

D E V A S T A T O R D E V A S T A T O R I D E V A S T A T O R

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ASSAULT ASSAULT ASSAULT

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k 3 5 0OEVAS1ATOR DEVAS lATOR

RAPIER THU DD GU N THUDD GiUNuJ#J I200 200 200O O N T E M P T O R ; 5 0

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M O L E M O R T A R M O L E M O R T A RAA. 0 0BIKE

200BIKE JIET BIKE I JET BIKE RECON !IfIECON~.~~~~~~~~1 1 0 0

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B A T T A L IO N T EM P L A T 'E

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. 2 5 0 500 300CODEX TITANICUS RUL.E AMENDMIlNTS

In Ow: eternal q,uesr for perfection we haverurned u.p some mJ.oor anomaliesillcoae Tf li Jn f' ;J i 'swhh: :h w e fe el n eed 10be cor r e c eed . Tllese;ullelldmemsadd anew level of !:ledc! 10 the game bill III dilc prlce of slightly morecomplexlty; Sil yilul should tre:U them :I~ optional (tl:!ough we: 1'i.lgillyrecommendthem).INDmECI' PIKE: only tile following UIl11 'types are capable of spcrrlngfor irtdl.re'cl :flre: Infantry command stands, :In)' unit with ReLAY andBll!l:aL!on snd HegJruenl>ll HQ~,_The followtog UnlI types lire now ~ap:1lIil.leof firing .indircci: Whlrlwlnd8. Thudd Guru; and Molo: MortarS.REVISED BA1TLE :RATlNGS,Ii1e foliowln!! weapon's DRs are changed(0, those shown. !below:

TIl.ucldGull. 40, Mole: Mom! 40, Rapiet '1iO

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EPIC SPACE MARINES

SAMPLEMlA.R.INEREGMETTohelp you see how to use the Space Marine anny list, here'san example of a Marine regiment I've designed: the 3rdRegiment of the Valedictors Chapter. I've decided to usea chapter of my own so Ian invent my own colour schemesand background. The Valedictors are based inthe far easternfringe of the Empire, fighting Ork and Eldar raiders as wellas battling Traitor forces in the Horus Heresy.I began collecting Epic miniatures some time ago and nowI've decided to combine all the Marme stuff into ;3 1 singleregiment to include in my battleforce, Tbe Devourers,which also includes a Guard reglment and a llIumber ofTitans, The Devoueees have been assembled toclear Ttaitorforces from the city o{Veastra and its surroundtng area onthe planet Kastion IV . AlIthough at the moment I don't haveenough models torepresent the entire regiment, Ican workout what extra units I'llhave to collect as I go along.FIRST BATTALIONThe 1st Battalion is organized as a mobile spearhead topunch holes in [he enemy line, and it therefore mcludesa large number of Rhino-mounted infantry and landRaiders in the Istand 2nd Companies, plus a detachmentof Rapiers for support. Because I want the 1st Companyto be a very tough unit to lead attacks and act as a mobilereserve in defence, 1 take (he option to make the wholecompany eltte for an extra 25 % added to their cost. The3ed Company is organised as a cheap mobile formation forpursuit and reconnaissance work.

AEbattalion level I've included an extrarecon detachment,mainly so it Can be attached to the 3rd Company, somearmoured support In [he form of Whirlwtnds and. adetachment of Thr.mtula support artillery. I've taken theoption of assault stands, Land Ratder and recon detachmentas battalion HQ - they're free, so there's no reason not eoinclude them. And the transport pool is the three Rhinodetachments which I've already decided to attach [0thetactical detachments in lst and 2nd Companies. The lackof assault troops in the Ist Battalion means it can't reallydear om obiectrves but Ir's ideal for mobile actions bothinattack and defence.

THE SCOND BATTALIONI want the 2nd Battalion to be a more standard formationto supply me with plenty of line troops, both for large-scale'assaults and to form a strong defence, 1b this end, I placetwo tactical detachments in both the Ist and 2ndCompanies. ineach case mounting one detachment inLandRaiders and the other inRhinos - this gives them the dghtmix of speed and firepower. To fill out the 1st and 2ndCompanies, I include detachments of assault troops andLand Speeders to give them some units which camdosewith the enemy quickly. Imake [he 3rd Companyan assaultcompany supported by a detachment of Mole Mortars So] bave troops to storm objectives. At battalion level 1placeDreadnoughts and armoured support In the form ofWhirlwinds and Vindicators. nacre's also the free' battalionHQ, plus the transport pool of two detachrnenrs each ofland .lbiders and Rhinos which I've assigned to the Ist and2nd Companies. Although the 2nd Barralloa is expensivein points, it is a useful formation initself and a perfect coreonto which I can add other dements from my battleforce,

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CiQNICLUSIONOverall I'm quire happy with the regiment, it'sgat everything I envisage needing and I'vemanaged to Indude some imeresting units tocolleet and paint in the future, Though I feelI. t could be sllgbdy better organised,['U seehow it does for a couple of b"nles and thenmaybe redesign it . slightly. I'm very temptedm take'a whole company of Dreadnoughts. ,..

THE THIRD BATTALION] want the 3rd Battalion to be a specializedformation intended mainJy to sUlppiy suPPOrtcompanies for the rest of the regirnent, The1StCompany I fill up with 'Ierminators; theymay be expensive but 1 think they'll be a realbattle winner if used properly. The 2ndCompany I form Into a mechanised infantrycompany with ametical detachment mountedio RhInos from the transport pool and adevastator detachment mounted in LandBaidees.Tbe ,3rdCompany is a eobctcompany-this isparticularly cheap and willmake a goodback-up unit for static defences and set-pieceattacks where robots are most usefu], Finally,at battalion level, Iplace the support weaponsand Dreadnoughts for th e battalio.n to omakethemeasilly accessible to aU the companies asneeded. The transport pool isonly one Rhinodetachment, being used by the mechanised2nd Company. As with the other bartaltons,I've taken m e free HQ option. Overall, thebattalion is a bit of a mish-mash but it ~sn"tintended to stand alone and its individualcompanies, areusefn] to bed up [he morestandard companies inthe rest of the regiment.

REGIMENTAL LEVELAt reganental level [ 'Want tohave some usefulextra support to add into the companies asneeded. f a lso wan t 'to include moore'Iermlearors and a Capitol Imperlalls for a reallyimpressive unit I can devote some time topainting well, so three boxes ar-eused for this,The remaining three boxes I use to add moreWhi.r.lwindsand Mole Mortars, 1i0 I have theoption of amasstng a lot of indirect fire unitsto supply some devastating suppOrt. There'sno. transport pool for the regimental leveldetachments (because there's lilO infantry), butI've decided to include a regimental! commandstand -as a morale-booster it's weI]worth the100 points.

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EPIC SPACE MARINES

REGIMEN'TAL ORGANIZATION OFTHE FOUNDING CHAPTERSThe twenty First Founding chapters of the Legtones Asrar teswere aJl. loriginaJlly Ident ica l ly organised. However; theyqukldy diversified, mttoduci_ng the1J:own distinctive ritualsand traditions, and rhls became a strong. i .l 1i fl ue n c e o n theirorganizations. When you design regiments for your OWnMarine chapters, it's a good idea [0haracterise the differentregiments by creating individual backgrou nds andbatttefleld roles for them. Ifyou want, you can then makea few vartanoas eo [he organisation toreflect the regiment'scharacter and origins. You can alter wbatever you like, butit's best to only change a few things in any one regrmentso that you keep [be basic Marine structure - ifyou increasethe number available of any troop or vehscte type, makesure you get your opponent's agreement before you field[he regiment.As an example Of the sort of thing you can do, here arerevised Horus Heresy organisauons for certain reglmenssof the Space Wolves, Ultramarines, Blood Angels and DarkAngels ..U you've got your Marines painted up as any ofthese chapters, fed free to use the revised lists - you canalso use the normal list as each chapter has some companiesthat follow the Codex organisattons.THE, SPACE WOLVES

The Space Wolves are frequently used as aI Planetary.- a~S~lJlt.chaPter, .and they includeseveral specialized drop reganenrs, The SpaceWolves often make lightning raids against Traitorforces, teactng into their foes and disappearing before theenemy has an opportuntry [0strike back. The drop

regiments employed in such raids, are' swift and hard-hittingformations with a strong bias to dose assault. The followtngrules allow you to create your own Space Wolf dropregiment.

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T'he mlramam and maximum numbers of detachments arerevised as follows;0-8 TACT ICAL DETACHMENTSA NY NUM BER OF A SSA ULT DETA CHM ENTS0 -6 D EV AS TA TO R DETACHMENTS0-12 T E.R M IN A TO R D ET AC HM E NT S0-6 SUP PORT WEAPONS DETACHMENTS0-8 DREADNOUGHT DETAGHM.iENTSA NY NUM BER O f SK lM M .ER DETACHMENTS0-4 RECON DETACHMlENTS0-6 B1KE DETACHMENTS0- 4 ARMOURED DETACHMENTS0-4 ORD IN A T I. rr S D E T A CHM EN T SA NY NUMBER OF DRO P POD DETA CHM ENTS

Because of the limited transport pool availabie for .3 1 dropregiment, a maximum nfelghtdetachrnenrs may be givenLand Raiders and Rhinos from the pool.Drop pod detachments may either be taken as enougllAssault Pods to drop two detachments, or four SupportPods, or six Deathwfnd Peds, or rwo Thunderboltdropships. Tile cost remains 500 poinrs in each case,A drop regiment has better support from Its orbitttngmotherships, In any game when [he regiment drops Itswhole force, support counters may be bought at 80% ofthe standard cost,THE BLOOD ANGELS

The Blood Angels are renowned for their~~ ferocity and predilection for close combat ..TheyW 'I W are often at the forefront of the battle insieges,

shlp-to-ship boarding actions and dty fighting.The following changes represent the codified orgaolzatlonused by many Blood Angel regiments for dose quarterfighting. The minimum and maximum numbers ofdetachments are revised as follows:

0-12 TACTICA.L DETACHMENTSA NY N UM BER O F A SSA ULT DETA CHM ENTS0 6 DEVA S TATOR DETACHMENTS0-12 T E RM . lN A T OR D ET A CHM EN TSA NY N 'UM BER O F SU P PORT W EA PON S DETA CHM ENTSANY NUMMR OF DREADNOUGHl OETAC l iMENTS0-12 ROBOT DETACHMENTS0-4 SK JM M B R D 1lA CH M EN TS0-2 RECON DETACRM.ENTS0-~2 ARMOURED DETACHM .ENTSA NY NUM BER OF ORDfNA TUS DETA CHM ENTS03 HElLBORE DETACHMENTS0-6 C AP IT OL T.M.PlEruAliS DETACHMENTS

One assault detachment must be included in theorganization fox each devastator or tactical detachment.Blood Angel tactical and devastator stands have" + 1bonuson their CAEBlood Angel transport pooh include a number oftunnellers, Up to six detachments in the regiment may bemoun led in Moles or 'Ierrnlres at a.COSt of 250 points peedetachmenr. The number of tunnellers received is equalto the number of stands in the detachment, divided by twofor Termites Or four for Moles, rounded up. Detachmentsof tunnellers may not be a.mix oJ Moles and Termites.


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EPIC SPLtCE MARINIl'S

THE DARK ANGELSThe Dark Angels have a powerful anachrnenr~ to the rituals and traditions of their homeworld.

~ In honour of their. ancestors, they apply 'theancient precepts of battle to their forces: findyour enemy's weakness, test your skills against him andthen make the kming blow. To this end, a Dark Angelregiment often has the three companies of the ts e Banaliondedicared to this ideal: Death Wing" Iron 'Wing and RavenWing. Sometimes the entire regiment isorganized on tbeselines bu t this is rarer. The following, lists allow you to createthe Dark Angel company wings:

1ST COMPANY: TH1! DEATH WING02 A S AULT DETACHME TS02 DEVASTATOR DETACHMENTS1- 3 TERMINATOR DETACHMENT'2ND OOMPANY, THE. IRON WING0-5 TACflCAL D!ETACHM .E .NTS01 UPPORT WEAPONS DETACHMENT0-1 DREADNOUGHT DETACHMENT0- 1 noaor DETACHMENT0- ARMOURED DIUACHMENTS0-1 ORD INATUS DiETA HMIE TS3RD COMPANY: THE RAVEN WING0, S K IM M E R D ET A CH M EN TS1 RECON DETACHMENT0-2 BIKE DETACHMENTS

'Iermlnstors tn the Death Wing do not count agalnst thenormal regfmenral maximum of twelve Terminatordetachments. Devastator and assault detachments in theDeath Wing may be made elite for a 20 % increase in . theirBR .

The Raven Wing is alway deployed in the lead of the DarkAngels' advance. To represent thts, units from the RavenWmg may begin :Ii game an extra free move forward of theirset-up positions if desired.THE ULTMMARINES@The Illtrarnarmes possess the Largest number of'Iechmarines olaU the First Foullding Ch_apters,This gives some mtramru-ioe regiments access

tosuperior numbers of support weapons whichthey use in devastating barrages to crush their enemiesbefor-e dosing infor the kill. The Ultramarine detachmentlist ts changed as follow :

0-12 TA CTIC Al D ET ACH M EN TS0-6 A SSA UL T DETACHMENTS2-12 DEVAS~ATOR DETACHM'E TS0-12 TERMINATOR DETACHMENTANY MBER OF SUPPORT WEAPONS DETACHMENTSANY NUMBER OF DREADNOUGHT DETACHl'tENTSANY NUMBER OF ROBOT' D. TACHMENTSANY NUM BER OF SK IM MER lDETA CHM ENTS0- 6 asco D .ETACHMENTSANY NUMBER OF BIKE DETACHMENTSN Y N UM BER O F A RM OU RED DETACHMENTANY NUMBER OF ORDlNATllS DETACHMENTS0-2 HELLBORE DETACHMENTS0-8 APITOL IMPERIALIS DETACHMENTS0-6 DROP POD DETACHME' T

Support counters called in b y Ultramarine commanders areon target on a roll of 3 + instead of the normal 4 : + (seeSpace Ma:rt1t rules).Ultramarine commanders may spot for indirect fire for upto two detachments instead 'O f the normal one. Note, .however, [hat both detachment must be fired at a sfrigletarget.

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