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I saw the Legion of the Damned miniatures on the front page of GW's site and wondered how you played that group of Space Marines. Would one use the regular SM codex, or does the Legion of the Damned have special rules? A quick eBay search netted me some old figures from the 90's but not much else in the form of a codex or rules supplement. Are these just vanilla Marines with fancy flames and skulls on their armor? An inquiring mind wants to know.

The Legion of the Damned have their own unit entry in the new Codex: Space Marines.

Sweet. Thanks for the fast response.

At least back in 3rd Edition, you could have a squad of them in your SM Force. They would then randomly appear during the game and then randomly dissappear, IIRC.

It was a bit of a pain in the arse for the opponent as they could be placed just about anywhere when they appeared. They may have used the drop rules, I don't remember precisely.

Given their sort of chaotic nature, I don't know if they were used much and I'm not sure how 5th ed. treats them.

Basically they are a choice in codex space marines. They can deep strike, are fearless, have 3+ inv saves and are slow and purposeful. In all other respects they are the same as tactical marines.

In all other respects they are the same as tactical marines.

On top of RR DSing, fearless, 3++, and S&P, ... Expensive squad size, Expensive Special and Hvy weapon Weapons, WS 5 Vet, +1 Attack, are not scoring, do not have Combat squads nor Combat Tactics, so can't benefit from certain Chapter Tactics.

There is plenty different... I'm not sure why Tacticals are even mentioned...

Anyway, take caution if you choose to use them.. they do one or two roles well, but you pay alot for it...an arm, a leg, and a secondary heart...

Back when they were first introduced (at the end of 2nd edition) they had their own mini-dex printed in a White Dwarf magazine.... issue number 224 to be exact.

they had crazy stats back then... like

Legion of the Damned Commander
WS 8
BS 8
S 5
T 5
I 7

Tactical Squad
WS 5
BS 5
I 5

they also had crazy rules, like ignore/autopass all leadership based test, always teleport in, they cause fear (like in the current iteration of fantasy) and at the time plasma weapons had a "recharge" time for all normal armies (shoot only once every other turn) but they had the first "Early Plasma Weapons" which were dangerous for the user, but could fire every turn.

the army was balanaced with stupid high point costs, but I played them anyways... each marine averaged to about 40 points.

Legion of the facepalm /:I

I agree with Farmer.
GW fudged their recent rules...fudged it bad.

Yea, currently they suck.


tis a shame

Wasnt only their rules that are lame ducked, the fluff even took a "are you kidding me"? turn as well. Even worse then Salamanders being BLACK in stead of being African black