Warhammer Liber ASTARTES: LOYALISTS LEGIONES ****

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy — Liber Astartes: Loyalist Legiones Astartes is a supplementary army book for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy (a tabletop wargame set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe). It’s published by Games Workshop and serves as the core rules and army list guide for all Loyalist Space Marine Legions from the Horus Heresy era.

📘 What It Is

• Army Book / “Liber” – A hardcover supplement that provides detailed rules, unit stats, and lore for playing Loyalist Legiones Astartes forces in the Horus Heresy tabletop game.

• It’s part of the broader Liber Astartes range, which splits army lists between Loyalist and Traitor legions (the traitor equivalent is often called Liber Hereticus).

📖 Contents

The book includes:

• Core rules & unit profiles – Datasheets and stat lines for generic Legion units, weapons, and wargear.

• Legion-specific rules – Unique abilities like Detachments, Gambits, Warlord Traits, and other faction mechanics tailored to each Loyalist Legion.

• Primarch profiles – Rules and stats for the iconic Primarch commanders of the Loyalist legions.

• Lore & army building – Background information on the Legiones Astartes and guidance for building competitive forces in the Horus Heresy era.

• Visual showcase – Color schemes, heraldry, and photos of miniatures for inspiration.

To use the book in play, you also need the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness core rulebook.

🛡️ Loyalist Legions Covered

The Loyalist Space Marine legions whose rules appear in this book include:

• Dark Angels (Primarch: Lion El’Johnson)

• White Scars (Jaghatai Khan)

• Space Wolves (Leman Russ)

• Imperial Fists (Rogal Dorn)

• Blood Angels (Sanguinius)

• Iron Hands (Ferrus Manus)

• Ultramarines (Roboute Guilliman)

• Salamanders (Vulkan)

• Raven Guard (Corvus Corax)

These are the nine Space Marine legions that remained loyal to the Emperor during the galactic civil war known as the Horus Heresy.

🔍 Gameplay Use

In The Horus Heresy game, Liber Astartes: Loyalist Legiones gives you the detailed tools you need to:

• Build loyalist army lists and detachments.

• Know the points, stats, special rules, and stratagems for loyalist units.

• Understand faction-specific doctrines and battlefield abilities.

It’s essentially the army rulebook for playing loyalist Space Marines in this period of the 31st Millennium.