Horus Heresy... Played it?

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Horus Heresy... Played it?

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Hello Bartertowners,

Has anybody out there played the old (circa 1983ish) Horus Heresy board game?
Any thoughts on what you thought of it would be appreciated.

I know that FFG is putting out a new version of the Horus Heresy game and after reading all of the books I am interested in it.
The price tag might be limiting, but I just wanted to see if anybody around here had played it and what they thought of it.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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BoardGameGeek has a page on it.. their users rate it at 6 out of 10..

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/ ... rus-heresy

Personally, never played it, so cannot contribute more than this.

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Is that the one that is an epic version of the assault on the emperor's palace?
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Yes, I believe so.
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Well, I believe the old version played just like epic, but with a special scenario.
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The old version was a chit based wargame, similar in lots of ways to Avalon Hill wargames. I never played it, but saw it played several times at my old gaming store, back in the day..
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Well, I believe the old version played just like epic, but with a special scenario.
Ok. If that is true... How good is epic? :lol:
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The rules and supplements are free for download from the GW site. The rules for Epic are here:http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/conte ... Id=4900003

This idea behind the game was so you could play whole IG regiments and SM companies, and titans.
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I played it alot and still have a copy that I get to play sometimes. It is a good beer game but can end really qucik if chaos get the right cards.
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