| Battlefleet Gothic |
 | | Manufacturer | Games Workshop | | Publisher | Games Workshop | | Years active | 1999- | | Players | 2+ | | | Random chance | Dice rolling | | Website | Specialist Games Battlefleet Gothic website | | | BoardGameGeek entry | Battlefleet Gothic is a tabletop miniatures game based in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, and is sold by Specialist Games. Image File history File links BFG book cover This image is a book cover. ...
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Battlefleet Gothic is a starship combat game, and focuses around the incursion of the "Gothic Sector" by fleets under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler, and the subsequent campaign by the Imperium to restore order. Battlefleet Gothic is also the Imperial Naval formation after which the game is named and which is a major protagonist in much of the supporting fiction. Abaddon the Despoiler In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 and Battlefleet Gothic, Abaddon the Despoiler is Warmaster of Chaos, captain of the Black Legion and is rumoured to be the clone-progeny of Warmaster Horus and at one time, his most favoured son. ...
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Introduction
Battlefleet Gothic is an extension to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, providing the ability for players to stage space battles between fleets of spacefaring ships. Players select spaceships from a variety of fleets representative of the various Warhammer 40,000 races. The game as packaged includes rules and background for space fleets of the following factions: This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ...
Subsequent additions and expansions published in numerous Games Workshop sources expanded the game to include fleets for: In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Imperial Navy is one of the armed forces of the Imperium of Man. ...
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Abaddon the Despoiler In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 and Battlefleet Gothic, Abaddon the Despoiler is Warmaster of Chaos, captain of the Black Legion and is rumoured to be the clone-progeny of Warmaster Horus and at one time, his most favoured son. ...
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- Space Marines
- Ork Waaagh! fleets
- Craftworld Eldar
- Dark Eldar Raiders
- Tau Empire (including Demiurg, Nicassar and Kroot ships as well as Tau vessels)
- Tyranid Hive Fleets
- Necron Raiders
- There are also numerous factions of humans that have ships represented in Battlefleet Gothic such as the Inquisition/Arbites/Adeptus Mechanicus/rogue traders as well as numerous types of transports that are represented using current Battleleet Gothic models as well as Forge world models and the old space fleet models
Battlefleet Gothic ships are represented by 2-10cm long models. The rules and miniatures were originally available in Games Workshop stores, although reclassification as a "Specialist Game" means the rulebook is now available in PDF format from the official home page. Additionally, Forge World has produced numerous lines of miniatures for Battlefleet Gothic, ranging from models to replace ordance markers to entirely new vessels. The current Space Marine sourcebook (codex) cover The Space Marines are one of the major forces available in the table-top wargame Warhammer 40,000. ...
Eldar 4th edition codex In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Eldar are a race of elf-like humanoids. ...
A squad of Dark Eldar Warriors In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Dark Eldar are a Kindred of the Eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elf-like humanoids. ...
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In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, Tyranids are a locust-like swarm of aliens which come in many shapes and sizes. ...
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Gameplay Players take turns moving their ships and shooting, as well as undertaking more advanced maneouvres such as ramming, boarding, or disengaging. Each player may perform actions with all of his ships before the turn ends. The turns are divided into 4 phases, the Movement Phase, Shooting Phase, Ordnance Phase, and End Phase.
During the Movement Phase, the player can move his ships across the tabletop. Different ships move at different speeds, and turn at different rates. Smaller escorts (frigates and destroyers) are typically the fastest ships in a fleet. Ships can also go into "Special Orders" during the Movement Phase. Special Orders allow ships to move/turn faster, reload their ordnance, or increase the efficiency of their firing, at the cost of being less able to perform other functions later in the turn (or in other turns); for example, if a ship uses a Special Order to increase power to the engines to turn, the ship's firepower is halved that turn.
During the Shooting Phase players fire their ships weapons. Weapons are divided into two broad categories. Weapon Batteries represent massed broadsides that target an area of space, rather than being precision weapons. Lances represent more precise weapons consisting primarily of super energised lasers, and target the enemy ships directly. Ships are protected from incoming fire by shields and armour. Enemy fire stopped by a ship's shields generate blast markers. Blast Markers disrupt shooting, and slow down ships moving through them. They also temporarily bring down the Shields of any ship in contact with them. Once shields are down, incoming shots impact against a ship's armour. Shooting can reduce a ship to a hulk, or cause it to explode spectacularly. It can also cause critical damage, which covers a wide range of debilitating effects. Weapons can be taken offline, engines damaged etc.
During the Ordnance Phase ships use weapons that move and fight independently of the ship. This typically includes Torpedoes, Fighters, Bombers, and Assault Boats. Ordnance must be reloaded between each use by using a Special Order. Ordnance ignores shields, but can be stopped by point-defense turrets mounted on most ships. Ordnance can also be fired on by a ship's main weapons. Although fragile, it is very difficult to hit.
The End Phase is when damage control occurs. Each ship which is suffering from critical damage can attempt to repair itself. A variable number of blast markers are also removed during each End Phase.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Games Workshop published the 'Battlefleet Gothic Annual' once a year after the game's release, with the exception of 2003, where the Annual was replaced by a 160-page supplement, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. Among others, Armada introduced four new Imperial fleet rosters (Battle Fleet Armageddon, Bastion Fleets, Battle Fleet Cadia and the Reserve fleets of Segmentum Obscurus), as well as gathering the fleets introduced in other publications into an official rulebook. Armageddon is a fictional planet in the universe of the Warhammer 40,000 setting and has been featured heavily in Games Workshops table top wargames and related games. ...
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Inspiration and Influences Much of the inspiration for the game was drawn from World War I naval clashes, with emphasis on battleships, heavy guns, and torpedoes, as opposed to modern naval warfare dominated by guided missiles and aircraft. This is understandable considering the archaic appearance and application of the technology used by the Imperium of Man and some of the other races in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. However, there are also hints of influence from the Age of Sail (the importance of broadside fire, and the background descriptions of the Imperial Navy) and modern eras (carrier ships and fightercraft). The only Battlefleet Gothic race to resemble a modern fleet are the technologically superior Tau[1], who make use of the Explorer class ship, a space equivalent of an aircraft carrier which can launch up to 12 ordnance squadrons plus several guided torpedoes - another homage to modern fleets - per turn (an average for an Imperial ship would be between two and six ordnance markers of any kind). “The Great War †redirects here. ...
The Imperium of Man is a fictional galactic empire that contains the majority of humanity, set in the Warhammer 40K universe created by Games Workshop. ...
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Certain aspects of the game drew ideas from the earlier Games Workshop game Space Fleet, also featuring spaceship combat. These include the game's aesthetic concerning Imperial Navy vessels as being ornately decorated and adorned with armored prows reminescent of early naval dreadnoughts. This, being quite unlike other spacecraft designs in other science fiction, gives the game a very strong visual distinctiveness, especially on Imperial ships such as the one depicted in the box cover. Space fleet was a board game for 2-4 players, published by Games Workshop and designed by Jervis Johnson and Andy Jones. ...
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References - ^ Fanatic magazine, issue 1
- Chambers, Andy. Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook (PDF). Games Workshop. Retrieved on 2006-03-01.
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External link - Official Battlefleet Gothic home page
- Port Maw - An unofficial, community-driven fan site dedicated to Battlefleet Gothic.
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