Games Workshop's latest boxed title - deep breath - Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Legions Imperialis isn't even officially out yet, but it's already scoring some tasty discounts on pre-order.
Games Workshop themselves rarely, if ever, cut the prices of their products, but that just gives us all the more incentive to shop at our FLGS - Friendly Local Game Stores, where you can quite often find Workshop products at a much cheaper price.
OK, so Wayland Games might not be physically local to everyone, but if you're in the UK then you can buy from them online, where they've cut the price of the Legions Imperialis box from £120 to a far more tempting £96. That's made even better when you realise that also qualifies you for free shipping. That's a really good offer on this terrific boxed set.
Should you buy Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Legions Imperialis?
Legions Imperialis marks the long-awaited return to "Epic scale," which some players may recall (though in truth these models are slightly bigger than the Epic miniatures of old). While most Warhammer figures are about 28mm, the models here are roughly a quarter of that size. The benefit of this shrinkage is that you are now able to field truly vast - epic, if you will - armies made up of hundreds of infantry and endless columns of tanks, while towering Knights and Titans stalk across the battlefield.
In the box you get 223 (!) plastic miniatures, representing two armies: the Space Marines and Solar Auxilia, plus two Titans. You also get the 240-page hardback rulebook, and all the dice, tokens, and red whippy sticks you'll need to play.
While the models are smaller, it doesn't mean that they're lacking in detail - in fact, the amount of parts that, say, a Sicaran tank has, despite being so teeny-tiny, is almost intimidating. These really do feel like your Horus Heresy models have been hit by a shrink ray and they look both oddly cute and satisfyingly real on the battlefield.
Our full Legions Imperialis review isn't live yet, but what we can tell you is that it's really impressive in the way that it manages to keep the action flowing smoothly, despite the grand scale of battle. It's undeniably a rules-intensive system, and one that will probably take you a little while to fully grasp, but that's perhaps to be expected given the number of different units in action at any one time.
If, like me, you're eager to get in at the start of the new system, then picking up this box is the perfect first step - and at under-£100 you can't really go wrong.
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