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Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook
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The Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook was released in 1999 for the Battlefleet Gothic game, 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.
The majority of the book's contents are available for download on Games-Workshop's official website.
Author(s) | Andy Chambers, Gavin Thorpe, Jervis Johnson |
Cover Artist | Richard Wright |
Illustrator(s) | John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Wayne England, Des Hanley, Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Smith, John Wigley |
Released | 1999 |
Pages | 160 |
ISBN | ISBN 1869893654 |
Contents
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
- Hades 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
- Ork Pirates:
- Planetary Defences
- Imperium
- Subsector maps of the Gothic Sector:
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
- Cover Image
- Illustrations
- John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Wayne England, Des Hanley, Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Smith, John Wigley
- Miniature Designers
- Model Makers
- Graphic Designers
Digital distribution
The Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook 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 Millennium: holds pages 85-102
- Ships of the Gothic Sector: holds pages 103-147
- Campaign Rules: holds pages 148-160
Related Articles
Rulebooks | Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook • Battlefleet Gothic Armada | |
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Expansions | Battlefleet Gothic: Invasion • Warp Storm | |
Forge World: | Imperial Armour Volume Three • Imperial Armour Volume Six | |
Magazines | Planetkiller • Battlefleet Gothic Magazine | |
Other: | White Dwarf • The Citadel Journal • Fanatic Online | |
In other media: | ||
Novels | Execution Hour • Shadow Point | |
Comic | Battlefleet Gothic |