Virtual Toy Chest's Battlefleet Gothic Archive
Boxed Set
Battlefleet Gothic is Games Workshop's game of spaceship combat in the 41st millenium. You command a fleet of giant warships through asteroid fields and nebulae, and into combat. Can you marshall your forces and blast your opponent's fleet into the blackness of space? The game is played in two dimensions, rather than three like Aeronautica Imperialis, which keeps the gameplay moving fast. It is more tactical than Warhammer 40k, but slightly less so than Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Proper deployment and movement are essential, as most weapon systems have restricted firing arcs. You can employ all sorts of strategies. Most fleets are geared towards long range firepower, hit and run tactics, or boarding actions. All of the major races from Warhammer 40k are represented including: Imperial Navy Space Marines Chaos Orks Tyranids Eldar (corsairs and craftworld) Dark Eldar Tau Necrons Each fleet has its advantages and disadvantages. Imperial Navy Advantages Loads of Torpedoes Nova Cannons High Prow Armor Acceess to Light Cruisers Disadvantages Expensive Carriers Few Lances Slow Ships Space Marines Advantages Killer Boarding Parties Thunderhawk Gunships Planet Bombardment Cannons High Armor Disadvantages Few Turrets Low Shields Few Lances Cruisers Chaos Advantages Fast Ships Long Range Weapons Lots of Carriers Disadvantages Few Torpedoes No Lite Cruisers Orks Advantages Durable Ships Eavy Prow Armor Tons of Prow Weapons Fast Ships Disadvantages Weak Rear Armor Weak Shields Few Turrets Poor Manuverability Few Lances Eldar Advantages Fast Highly Manuverable Super Lances Super Ordinance Holofields Disadvantages Fragile Ships No Shields No Turrets Short Range Weaponry Dark Eldar Advantages Mimic Engines Impailer Assault Boat Leech Torpedoes Disadvantages Only two types of ships No Shields Fragile Ships Necrons Advantages Starpulse Generator Area Effect Weapon Immunity to Celestial Pheonmena Fast Ships Reactive Hull Disadvantages Expensive Ships Modified Victory Points Table Tau Advantages Overlapping Fire Arcs Lots of Carriers Advanced Ordinance Allies such as the Demiurg Disadvantages Slow Ships Poor Assault Tyranids Advantages Lethal Boarding Actions Lots of Ordinance Pyro Acid Gun Batteries Disadvantages Slow Short Range Weapons Instinctual Behavior

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