Once all the territories have been claimed, players continue to place their armies in territories they control until all their starting armies have been placed. Set during the final stages of this colossal conflict, this two-player board game pits Space Marine vs. Space Marine as the forces of Horus Lupercal wage war on the Emperor of Mankind‘s palace on Terra. Developed by Fantasy Flight Games, Horus Heresy The Board Game brings together strategic decision-making with card-based combat to form an elegant look at this chaotic, warp-twisted stage of the war.

Space Hulk is a classic for good reason, from its beautiful unique miniatures in the latest version to the core fantasy remaining compelling throughout the years. If you can get your hands on it, you’ll have at your disposal one of the best Warhammer board games money can buy. Adding to it any any bonuses you have to that number from regions – if, for example, you control all of the territories in a Megaborealis, you can recruit 4 additional armies. For example, at the start of their turn, the Ultramarines controlled 14 territories. 14 divided by 3 gives us 4.6, so we discard the .6 to get 4.Thankfully, Warhammer Quest came along to buff out some of the original HeroQuest’s rough edges and show us how to do the thing right. Originally released in 1995, it went out of production in 1998 until a 2016 revitalization in the form of Warhammer Quest Silver Tower. If you’re a fan of Risk and want something different then Risk: Warhammer 40k brings enough to inject new life into the game. For those more familiar with Warhammer 40,000, this version of Risk is the perfect way to set foot into the original strategy board game for the first time.

One of the forgotten names in the Warhammer board game roster is Forbidden Stars. Released in 2015, this Fantasy Flight Games epic sees 2-4 players take control of Warhammer 40k factions and fight for supremacy in the Herakon Cluster. There are two types of marker for each faction: a soldier and a vehicle. The soldier counts as a Single Unit in the game, whilst the vehicle counts as a Triple Unit. In other versions of Risk, there have often been three unit types: Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery, work 1, 2 or 3 Uniuts respectively. 40K’s version, however, just has the two, worth 1 and 3.Next, players need to shuffle the Territory Cards and leave them in a pile near the board. Territory cards are then allocated to players as follows/as applicable:

Following the release of Silver Tower, Games Workshop started using the Warhammer Quest name for a variety of products. Warhammer Quest Cursed City, released amid some controversy in 2021, took the setting out of the dungeon and into the streets of a sinister city. Inside the box, we have a sheet of five push-out tokens, the Instruction Manual, and the folded board. Warhammer 40,000: Risk’s Instruction Manual comes with all the instructions you need to play the game via two different Play Modes:

6. Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress

There’s a deep truth that few fans of Games Workshop’s board games dare utter for fear of being cast out from the hobby: HeroQuest is a beautiful board game and was the starting point for many a life-long love affair with miniatures – but some of its mechanics aren’t very good, and don’t hold up these days. Dominate your opponents in battles set during the War of Beasts across Vigilus and control the far future this fall with Risk: Warhammer 40,000! Experience the War of the Beasts during the far-flung future of the 41st millennium in Risk: Warhammer 40,000, the newest entry in the classic family board game franchise. Aside from being a relatively standard fare in terms of their size and weight, the dice in the Warhammer 40,000: Risk board game are at least thematically coloured.

Set in the city of Ulfenkarn, Cursed City sees 2-5 players work to learn the secret of a mysterious curse that has befallen the city, causing undead creatures to stalk the streets. Over a series of missions, players learn more about the curse and begin to put together the truth of the darkness at the heart of Ulfenkarn.

4. Horus Heresy The Board Game

Risk, the board game of global strategy, diplomacy and conquest, has arrived in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Unfortunately, each of the leader don’t have their own unique figures in the box – though, can you imagine trying to find a tiny Calgar in amidst a pile of tiny blue Space Marines, or a miniature red plastic Abbadon in a bag full of pieces the exact same colour? Instead, each is represented by a push-out cardboard token. This meticulously detailed version of Risk is also based in the dark regions of space and set in the coveted territory nestled between the two halves of the Imperium. Vigilus is at the mercy of five warring factions: Ultramarines, Orks, Chaos Space Marines, Aeldari Craftworlds, and Genestealer Cults, each represented by tokens for their leaders and custom game pieces for their single and triple-threat units.