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The Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook was released in 1999 for the Battlefleet Gothic game system, by Games Workshop. It contains the rules for playing the game over 160 pages with 16 pages and the covers in colour, with the rest in black and white.

Contents 1 Contents 1.1 Rules 1.2 Scenarios 1.3 Background 1.4 Hobby Section 2 Authors, Illustrators and Coworkers 3 Further Information 3.1 Related Links 3.2 Other

Contents

Rules

The book contains the rules needed to play space battles in the 41st Millennium.

Scenarios

The book contains 10 scenarios, missions as well as campaign rules.

Background

• The Warp
• The Imperial Fleet
  • Warships of the Imperium
• The Gothic War
• Ships of the Gothic Sector
  • Imperium
    • Emperor Battleship
    • Retribution Battleship
    • Mars Battle Cruiser
    • Overlord Battle Cruiser
    • Lunar Cruiser
    • Tyrant Cruiser
    • Dominator Cruiser
    • Gothic Cruiser
    • Dictator Cruiser
    • Dauntless Light Cruiser
    • Sword Frigate
    • Firestorm Frigate
    • Cobra Destroyer
    • Fury Interceptor
    • Starhawk Bomber
    • Shark Assault Boat
    • Imperial Transport
  • Chaos
    • Despoiler Battleship
    • Desolator Battleship
    • Repulsive Grand Cruiser
    • Styx Heavy Cruiser
    • Acheron Heavy Cruiser
    • Devastation Cruiser
    • Murder Cruiser
    • Carnage Cruiser
    • Slaughter Cruiser
    • Idolator Raider
    • Infidel Raider
    • Iconoclast Destroyer
    • Imperial Transport
    • Swiftdeath Fighter
    • Doomfire Bomber
    • Dreadclaw Assault Boat
    • Activated Blackstone Fortress
  • Eldar Corsairs
    • Shadow Cruiser
    • Eclipse Cruiser
    • Hellebore Frigate
    • Aconite Frigate
    • Nightshade Destroyer
    • Hemlock Destroyer
    • Darkstar Fighter
    • Eagle Bomber
  • Ork Pirates:
    • Kill Kroozer
    • Terror Ship
    • Onslaught Attack Ship
    • Savage Gunship
    • Ravager Attack Ship
    • Brute Ram Ship
  • Planetary Defences
    • Orbital Defence Laser Platform
    • Orbital Torpedo Launcher
    • Orbital Weapons Platform
    • Orbital Mine
    • Fire Ship
    • System Ship
    • Defence Monitor
    • Orbital Dock
    • Space Station
    • Deactivated Blackstone Fortress
    • Defence Laser Silo
    • Missile Silo
    • Air Base
• Subsector maps of the Gothic Sector:
  • Bhein Morr (Subsector)
  • Cyclops Cluster (Subsector)
  • Gethsemane (Subsector)
  • Lysades (Subsector)
  • Orar (Subsector)
  • Port Maw (Subsector)
  • Quinrox Sound (Subsector)

Hobby Section

• Collecting and painting a fleet
• Gaming boards
• Celestial phenomena

Authors, Illustrators and Coworkers

The production of this book was completed by the following people:

• Game Design and Development

Andy Chambers, Gavin Thorpe, Jervis Johnson

• Cover Image

Richard Wright

• Illustrations

John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Wayne England, Des Hanley, Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Smith, John Wigley

• Miniature Designers

Tim Adcock, Dave Andrews

• Model Makers

Owen Branham, Mark Jones, Chris Smart

• Graphic Designers

Wayne England, Talima Fox

Further Information

It is currently distributed in a split (and incomplete) version on the GW site.

• Basic Rules: holds pages 8-31
• Advanced Rules: holds pages 32-48
• Scenarios: holds pages 65-84
• 41st Millenium: holds pages 85-102
• Ships of the Gothic Sector: holds pages 103-147
• Campaign Rules: holds pages 148-160

Related Links

• Battlefleet Gothic (game system)

Other

• ISBN 1 872372 24 4