Yes, I know what you're probably thinking: bit late, fellas? And you're right. The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness box (AKA Horus Heresy 2nd edition starter set) has been in stores for almost three years now. Still, as the starting point for one of Games Workshop's core systems, it's well-worth covering. Plus, if rumors are to be believed, 2025 may turn out to be a pretty big year for the setting...
Let's start at the very beginning, though, by explaining what the Horus Heresy even is. Put simply, it's a tabletop war game very like Warhammer 40,000... only set 10,000 years earlier (hence many fans nicknaming it 30K) and focusing on the decade-long civil war between the loyalist forces of the Emperor of Mankind and Horus Lupercal's Chaos-tainted traitors.
