Rules Status
Battlefleet Gothic - General

This section is in two parts.
The first takes the rules status from the 2002 Annual.
The second takes the rules status from Gothic Mag 9


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Notes

This section exists to pull together all of the rules that are 'official'. This is limited to those produced by Games Workshop or Fanatic, or those which have been featured in Gothic Magazine or a Battlefleet Gothic suppliment. It is basically the most recent version of the Brace For Impact page from the Gothic magazine. House rules, or rules featured solely on this site or on others are not included.


2002 Annual

With the release of the 2002 Annual, it was planned that all of the new rules would be contained in the book. However, there are people out there which have the Gothic magazines, containing the rules, but not the Annual and so are not aware which are 'official'. Therefore, here is a list of the new and experimental rules in the 2002 Annual. I hope that it is of some use.

New Rules - General
Minefields Annual 2002, pg 37
Solar Flares Annual 2002, pg 38

New Rules - Army Specific
Imperial Marine Fleet List (Imperial Marines) Annual 2002, pg 31
Imperial Marine Escorts (Imperial Marines) Annual 2002, pg 29
Ramilies Star Fort (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 16
Avenger Grand Cruiser (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 24
Exorcist Grand Cruiser (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 27
Vengeance Grand Cruiser (Imperial/Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 22
Retaliator Grand Cruiser (Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 25
Executor Grand Cruiser (Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 26
Eldar Refits (Eldar) Annual 2002, pg 35
Ork Skills and Refits (Orks) Annual 2002, pg 32
The Necron Fleet (Necrons) - Special rules, Cairne Tombship, Scythe Harvest Ship, Shroud Light Cruiser, Jackal Raider, Dirge Raider Annual 2002, pg 2

Experimental Rules
Ordnance Launch Limits Annual 2002, pg 44

Experimental Rules - Army Specific
Nova Cannon (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 45
Battlefleet Bakka (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 46 and pg 51
Battlefleet Bakka - Fleet Defence Turrets (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 47
Battlefleet Bakka - Lord Admiral Zaccarius Rath (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 50
Battlefleet Bakka - Victory Class Battleship (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 53
Battlefleet Bakka - Enforcer System Control Cruiser (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 55
Battlefleet Bakka - Endeavour Light Cruiser (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 55
Battlefleet Bakka - Viper Missile Destroyer (Imperial) Annual 2002, pg 56

In addition to the rules classified as New Rules and Experimental Rules, there are two sections - 'Best Of' and 'Warp Storm' reprints. However, it is not made clear which category these various rules fall into. Therefore, I have listed them here, seperately, for you to make your own minds up about.

Best Of
Hellfire Heavy Cruiser (Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 57

Warp Storm
Torpedo Bombers (General) Annual 2002, pg 64
Orbital Mines (General) Annual 2002, pg 64
Fighters Supporting Ships (General) Annual 2002, pg 64
Fighters Supporting Bombers (General) Annual 2002, pg 65
Massed Turrets (General) Annual 2002, pg 65
Convoy Run Scenario Variants (General) Annual 2002, pg 68
Heavy Transports (General) Annual 2002, pg 88
Imperial Marine Battle Barge and Strike Cruiser (Imperial Marines) Annual 2002, pg 71
Planet Killer (Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 81
Abaddon (Chaos) Annual 2002, pg 84
Void Stalker (Eldar) Annual 2002, pg 70
Ork Roks (Orks) Annual 2002, pg 76
Ork Space Hulk (Orks) Annual 2002, pg 77
Ork Waaagh Fleet List (Orks) Annual 2002, pg 80

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Gothic Mag 9

Originally, the Gothic magazines contained a listing of the rules and which were official, which were experimental and so on. The practice stopped with issue 9, when the 2002 Annual was due out, containing the complete listing and the rules themselves. However, since some of you may have the previous magazines, and may be interested to know the status of the rules that they contain, this section is restated here.

New Rules - General
Torpedoes Away Warp Storm
Advanced Rules (Mines, torpedo-bombers and massed turrets) Warp Storm
Convoy Run Variants Warp Storm
Solar Flares And Mines BFG Mag 1

New Rules - Army Specific
Ramillies Class Star Fort (Imperial) Planet Killer
To Cleanse The Stars (Imperial Marines) Warp Storm
Slayer Of Worlds (Chaos) Warp Storm
Hellfire (Chaos) BFG Mag 4
Stalking The Void (Eldar) Warp Storm
Eldar Refits (Eldar) Warp Storm
Space Is Green (Orks) Warp Storm
Da Ammer (Orks) BFG Mag 1
Ork Skills and Refits (Orks) BFG Mag 1

Experimental Rules
Space Marine Escorts (Imperial Marines) BFG Mag 3
Battlefleet Bakka (Imperial) BFG Mag 2
Competition Winners (Imperial) BFG Mag 2
Merchant Ships Of The Imperium (Imperial) BFG Mag 4
Merchantmen Super Heavy Transports (Imperial) BFG Mag 6
Corribra Sector (Imperial/Chaos) BFG Mag 1
Vengeance Class Grand Cruiser (Imperial/Chaos) BFG Mag 3
Vengeance Variants (Imperial/Chaos) BFG Mag 4
(Merchantmen) Transport (Eldar) BFG Mag 6
Aurora Light Cruiser (Eldar) BFG Mag 7
Solaris Light Cruiser (Eldar) BFG Mag 8
The Great Devourer (Tyranids) BFG Mag 1
Hivefleet Kraken (Tyranids) BFG Mag 2
Bio-Enhancements (Tyranids) BFG Mag 5
New Tyranid Ships (Tyranids) BFG Mag 7
Tyranid Refits (Tyranids) BFG Mag 8
Necron Raiders (Necrons) BFG Mag 2
Necron Update (Necrons) BFG Mag 3
Shroud Light Cruiser (Necrons) BFG Mag 6
Wolf Packs (Pirates) BFG Mag 7
Stronghold Commerce Vessel (Demiurg) BFG Mag 6

Unofficial House Rules
Point Calculations (General) BFG Mag 2
Nova Cannon Ammo (Imperial) Planet Killer
Chaos Space Marines (Chaos Marines) Planet Killer
Cities In Space (Eldar) Planet Killer
Fra'al Battle Cruiser (Fra'al) Planet Killer

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Date: 14/07/2003