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“Let the Galaxy burn!”
– Horus Lupercal.

From Everguild and Games Workshop comes The Horus Heresy: Legions, a collectible card game where your actions lead to real consequences, available on iOS and Android on July 26th.

FEATURES

Enter the 31st Millennium: Based on the New York Times bestselling novel series, discover The Horus Heresy, one of the richest settings in the vast Warhammer 40,000 universe.

There is only War: Build a deck of unstoppable Space Marines to take part in quick, brutal online duels. Lead your Legion with warlords such as Loken, Khârn, Fulgrim and many other iconic characters as you relive the battles that tore apart the Imperium of Mankind.

Warrior Lodges: gather your battle-brothers and form a Lodge to take part in epic Events where the winning Faction secures a permanent, game-changing reward!

A single player campaign will immerse players into the tragic events that started the Horus Heresy on Isstvan III. From there, they'll be able to fight fight their way to Terra in ranked PvP seasons and[list] take on epic Events based on battles from the Black Library novels and more.

After a successful Early Access stage, the launch on July 26th will bring a content expansion based on Isstvan V, where the infamous Drop Site Massacre took place.
We'll be sticking around to answer questions and keep you updated. Ask away!



The game features several twists on the CCG formula and perfectly
captures each Legion's personality through gameplay.


Each Legion can be lead by different Warlords, all of them fully voiced and taken from Horus Heresy lore.


Android players may join the game's ongoing Open Beta now and keep all their cards and progress for the full release.


Over 300 cards at launch featuring the Sons of Horus, Emperor's Children, World Eaters and Death Guard,
plus support cards from the Imperial Army, the Mechanicum and Chaos. More to come on launch! More to come on launch!

Windows/Mac both?

So how does the game play exactly?

I played it for a short time and enjoyed it for the most part. I've found a LOT of the GW games feel a little unpolished and that is in part due to low-res menus that seemed like the dev just went 'ahhh that one' for the font

Gameplay is good though... similar to Hearthstone if you've played that.

Uriels_Flame wrote:Windows/Mac both?

Maybe! Not yet. This launch is mobile only.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:So how does the game play exactly?

In short, the game is a turn base 1v1 collectable card game. You begin every battle with a Warlord on the board (you start with Loken and can collect new ones like Angron, Fabius Bile or Garro) and use cards, representing troops and tactics, to defeat your opponent. Your Warlord determines which Legion cards you can use on top of neutrals available to all, which include Imperial Army, the Mechanicum and Chaos.

You can build your best deck to compete in a race to reach Terra in competitive seasons, or you can play Events in sealed deck format using premade decks and exclusive uncollectable Warlords.(Tarik Torgaddon has been a very popular guest Warlord thanks to his utility and voice chat line "Have I told you the joke about the bear?"). You can play this mode even if you don't have the cards!

We have a few social features, like Warrior Lodges (think of it as guilds) that add more rewards to the mix for taking part in Events and give everyone a good meeting point to talk strategy and coordinate.

That's it for the short version. Let us know if you have more questions!