Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

However, on the 26th one, I have decided that it is big enough to call this series a Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.

So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:

Space Marines, Marneus Calgar

10th Edition Codex

Marnues Calgar is the Chapter Master of the Ultramarines Chapter of Space Marines. The Ultramarines are a First Founding Chapter, originally a Legion led by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman in the 31st Millenium.

After the Horus Heresy, the Legions were split apart into Chapters 1,000 Space Marines strong. The Primarchs left the theatre of war and the Chapters were led by the Chapter Masters.

Other Successor Chapters, with the same heritage and gene-seed as the Ultramarines were spread throughout the galaxy, though in the present setting, there is a region of space known as the Realm of Ultramar that is governed by the Ultramarines and contains 10 Chapters of Space Marines, all sons of Guilliman in this area.

This happened after the resurrection of the Primarch and his Indomitus Crusade, his gene sons formed a Legion in all but name under the Primarch's banner.

Even though the Primarch had returned, he did not unseat Marneus Calgar. The Primarch studied the histories and kept this master of strategy right where he was, confident in this son of his to hold Ultramar steady while the Avenging Son took on other duties in the greater galactic conflict.

Well... enough of the history lesson. Let's get to Calgar's rules!

Calgar costs 185pts, which is a lot for a Space Marine hero, but he comes with 2x body guards who are the Victrix Honour Guard. These additional bodies join him and any squad Calgar leads and are basically Bladeguard (with a better armor save).

Calgar himself in his current form has crossed the Rubicon (become Primaris) and wears Gravis Armor.

His previous versions had him wearing Power Armor and then Terminator Armor and now Gravis. Now he just needs to wear Phobos armor too! LOL

Stats

Marneus Calgar
Movement 6" (Gravis units usually have 5" move so he is fast!)
Toughness 6
Save 2+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 6
Ld 6+
OC 1

Victrix Honour Guard x2
Movement 6"
Toughness 4
Save 2+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 3
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Ranged:
Marneus Calgar
Gauntlets of Ultramar
18" Range, 4 shots (Pistol, Twin Linked), 2+ to Hit, S4, AP-1, 2 Damage Each.

The Honor Guard has no shooting weapons.

Melee:

Marneus Calgar
Gauntlets of Ultramar
6 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S8, AP-3, 3 Damage a pop with Twin Linked so you can re-roll to Wound rolls.

Victrix Honour Guard
Victrix power sword x 2
5 Attacks, Hittin on 2+, S5, AP-2, 2 Damage per shot.

This is a lot of Close Combat threat!

Abilities

But the Chapter Master brings a boatload of abilities that support the whole army.

Inspiring Leader
While Calgar leads a unit, they can Shoot and Charge in turns that they Fall back or Advance.

Master Tactician
At the start of your command phase, if Calgar is on the battlefield, you can an additional CP. No ifs or buts like the Tallyman for Death Guard, it just happens.

Do note, however, he needs to have his feet on the board so riding in a transport or hanging out in Reserves means that this ability does not come into effect.

Honour Guard of Macragge
This is more a rule for the Victrix Honour Guard than for Calgar.
While one or both of the Honour Guard is alive, Calgar gets a 4+ Feel No Pain.
The only way that Calgar takes damage before them is if someone with Precision is trying to kill him directly. In this case, they still protect him with this rule.

Lastly, I would like to point out something else about Marnues Calgar... usually Characters and Epic Heroes fall into a certain archetype which pairs them naturally with a unit they are compatible with. Eg: Terminator Captains and Epic Heroes wearing Terminator armor can only join units of Terminators, Characters with Jump Packs can only join units with Jump Packs and so on.

Calgar wears Gravis Armor, his Honour Guard does not. But he can join Gravis units, or Tacticus units or Power Armor units. This can make his play use in a game incredibly varied.

The list of units that he can join are as follows:
Aggressor Squad (Gravis)
Assault Intercessor Squad
Bladeguard Veteran Squad
Company Heroes
Eradicator Squad (Gravis)
Heavy Intercessor Squad (Gravis)
Infernus Squad
Intercessor Squad
Sternguard Veteran Squad
Tactical Squad

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Alphabetical List

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Adeptus Custodes	Prosecutors	#1
Adeptus Custodes	Trajann Valoris	#40
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Fusilave	#13
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Stratoraptor	#14
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Transvector	#15
Black Templars	High Marshall Helbrecht	#38
Blood Angels	Baal Predator	#2
Blood Angels	Lemartes	#32
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Knights	War Dog Brigands	#30
Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
Chaos Space Marines	Haarken Worldclaimer	#41
Chaos Space Marines	Khorne Lord of Skulls	#37
Dark Angels	Asmodai	#16
Dark Angels	Azrael	#17
Dark Angels	Belial	#4
Dark Angels	Deathwing Knights	#20
Death Guard	Biologus Putrifier	#5
Death Guard	Blightlord Terminators	#10
Death Guard	Chaos Lord	#36
Death Guard	Tallyman	#39
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7
Genestealer Cults	Reductus Saboteur	#33
Grey Knights	Brother Captain	#25
Imperial Agents	Callidus Assassin	#9
Imperial Agents	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Leages of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leages of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
Orks	Hunta Rig	#28
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
Space Marines	Razorback	#21
T'au Empire	Darkstrider	#12
T'au Empire	Kroot Carnivore Squad	#19
Tyranids	Barbgaunts	#6
Tyranids	Screamer Killer	#24
World Eaters	World Eaters Chaos Spawn	#18