Adeptus Titanicus- Titandeath- Titan Legions of Beta-Garmon

Welcome back to our coverage of the Adeptus Titanicus supplement Titandeath.  The meat of the book is the Titan Legions presented in their glory with new rules, strategems, and wargear available to represent eight of the most prominent forces that fought in the Beta-Garmon cluster, as well as new maniples to be used in your games.  These fifty pages form the bulk of the book.

THE TITAN LEGIONS

The supplement provides rules for:

·         The Warp Runners, the Legio Astorum

·         The Nova Guard, the Legio Defensor

·         The Firebrands, the Legio Atarus

·         The Imperial Hunters, the Legio Solaria

·         The Death Heads, the Legio Mortis

·         The God Breakers, the Legio Krytos

·         The Tiger Eyes, the Legio Fureans

·         The Death Stalkers, the Legio Vulpa

Four Loyalist Legios, and four Traitor Legios.  Each is given a quick blurb about what makes them special along with a full page of rules, strategems, and traits.  Some of the Legios were also given unique equipment.  We’ve included brief descriptions of each Legio to give you a taste of what is coming.

ASTORUM

·         Sorry Astorum, no teleporting for you (You can probably hear Shadow hissing in the background)

·         Astorum focuses on veteran Princeps tactica and being able to push engines hard, as well as repairs to deal with the early damage they’ll take

DEFENSOR

·         Legio Defensor, the Nova Guard, are adherents to the Imperial Creed, which can manifest in ignored damage

·         Nova Guard reflects a stubborn nature that is also quick to anger

ATARUS

·         Atarus, the Firebrands are impetuous, headstrong, and independent

·         Their big draw is in taking the first actions

·         They also gain special incendiary missiles

IMPERIAL HUNTERS

·         The Imperial Hunters focus on wolf-pack tactics, allowing Warhounds to replace Reavers as compulsory units and fielding increased sizes within Warhound squads

MORTIS

·         The Legio Mortis reflects crews that are methodical killers.

·         They have traits that reward engine kills and allow for pain to be temporarily bypassed

  

KRYTOS

·         Krytos, the God Breakers, were known to be excessive in their pursuit of Compliance and have a love for overkill

·         They may replace a Reaver in a Myrmidon with a Warlord instead

FUREANS

·         The Tiger Eyes, Legio Fureans, possess crews that operate on pure aggression.

·         Their engines are more prone to Awakened Machine Spirits, and they can bide their time early on to gain re-rolls for an aggressive push later

·         While melee-oriented in the lore, they are not your premier melee Titan Legion in the rules, though they can still do so effectively

VULPA

·         The Death Stalkers, Legio Vulpa, reflects crews of cruelty and the desire to rend enemies up close

·         This Legio experiences buffs to Weapon Skill and debuffs to Shooting Skill when close to enemies

THE MANIPLES

Aside from rules for eight Titan Legions, this section of the book provides players with four new maniples that can be used in any games.  These maniples include:

·         Corsair maniples bring 3-5 Reavers with an emphasis on mobility even when not moving forward, while maintaining sizeable firepower

·         Janissary maniples bring a Reaver and two Warhounds, with the option to add one more of each, and allow for paired movement with Knight allies

·         The Regia maniple contains 2 Warlords and a Warhound, with the option to add two more Warhounds, allowing the Warlords support for Command Checks and the Warhounds to merge void shields with Warlords

·         The Lupercal maniples are 3-5 Warhounds and allow for increased squad sizes and armor roll bonuses when making Coordinate Strikes

The new Legio rules and maniples in Titandeath add a lot of flavor to the game.  The maniples in Titandeath seem very specialized and may not see as much use as the more generic ones provided in the Core Rules, but they open up a lot of tactical options to players.  The new Legio rules in particular reflect the nature of the Titan Legions and are extremely well done.