AuthorHorizon Now how do we fly? Welcome starting admirals to the game that is called Battlefleet Gothic. No need to explain what it is because otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. In 1999 when Battlefleet Gothic was released we started the game with “only” four fleets and a nice selection of ships. We got the Imperial Navy of the Gothic sector, the Chaos incursion fleet, Corsair Eldar and Ork Pirates. With both the Imperial and Chaos fleet being the main fleets with a broader selection and the Orks and Eldar with a bit less variety. But all four fleets offered enough variety to create a fleet to your liking. For the Imperial and Chaos this often meant picking one of two available battleships and following build your fleet around the options the battleship provided. When the Battlefleet Armada supplement was released the whole 40,000k universe got a fleet, from Tyranids to Necron and Tau to Dark Eldar, to wage wars among the stars in mighty starships. And in addition, the four fleets from the basic game also got additional vessels and options to choose from. More options, more variety, more fun, more head scratching on what to choose. In the years after Armada, Games Workshop still released new models with PDF’s containing their rules. These were the Rogue Traders, a special Chaos vessel, Craftworld Eldar and as last of them, in 2007, the Adeptus Mechanicus. In between all of that Forgeworld released several additional models for the game. Most of them covered in Armada but the Tau got a completely new line up in addition to the fleet Games Workshop created. It was in 2010 that the rules committee made the effort to create one last big FAQ for Battlefleet Gothic and improve the PDF lists which Games Workshop had released. All in one nice compendium. The compendium saw either updated or new lists for the Craftworld Eldar, Powers of Chaos, Rogue Traders, Inquisition, Tau CPF, Ork Clanz, Space Marines, Adeptus Mechanic and one more sector for the Imperial Navy: Bakka. Which colours do I fly? With all these fleets and ships available it is just great fun to play this game. And a lot of you will delve into those lists and put together your own fleet. Be it an all - round fleet or specialised fleet, all is possible. But it is understandable, especially for newcomers or beginners, that it is difficult on what fleet to choose. Especially if you really want to start this hobby and acquire the ships, build them (or print them), paint them and put them onto the tabletop. You can only spend your money once, right? In this article I will try to give some ideas and offer some starting fleets for the various races. But before I continue with that, I personally think that the fleet you pick should be the fleet you really like in how they look. How do they connect with you. The game offers some really great designs but some tick more boxes than others. Another consideration would be: do you play another game in the 40k universe? Pick the fleet of the race you have for those other games. If you’re still unsure try to run a game through vassal with one of the experienced players on the Discord channel. And make sure it will be Imperial Navy versus Chaos as those two are still the easiest fleets to get into as they stick the most to core rules Battlefleet Gothic provides. The fleets provided will all aim at the 1500 points level. This is a real common and widely used point number. It also gives the option to select smaller fleets from. Enjoy! Horizon The PDF document with all the starter lists from Horizon are here:
------------- Sidenote: when talking about values, statistics and rules I will be referencing the official rulebook, armada and FAQ/Compendium 2010. Other fan rulesets exist and while a lot of the ideas still apply individual points and statistics can vary and in several cases rules may be different as well.
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7/19/2021 10:07:45 am
Hey! Just wanted to commend you on an excellent and inspirational website, and figured this was the best post to comment on as it's the one to which I was first led. I've been BFG-curious for a while now and, having got a lead on a cheap-ish Chaos fleet, I wanted to get a bit of grounding and figure out what I could do with what I had. These lists are a great starting point for a player who's only really read about the game before, and I really like what you've done with your collections and the story of the Turbidious Sector overall. Great stuff!
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AboutHere are some tactics that I have found useful for each of the fleets in BFG. The more I play the more I will update. Some of the community also have provided tactics for ships/fleets Archives
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