If Battlefleet Gothic is the Age of Sail in space, the Imperial Navy gives you the most iconic BFG experience. Credit: Charlie Brassley Why You Should Play as the Imperial Navy Imperial Navy flotilla, Battlefleet Achernar. For the purposes of squadroning, escorts must be taken in mixed squadrons of 2-6 vessels, while capital ships may squadron based on their size – cruisers, heavy cruisers, and battlecruisers may be taken in a mixed squadron of 2-4 vessels, while grand cruisers and battleships may be taken in squadrons of 2-3 but not intermixed. A commander may then take command of their chosen flagship. Prior to the game, each ship and/or squadron rolls for leadership and applies any modifiers that are applicable. Any game of 750 points or more must include a fleet commander. As we mentioned in the first article, Battlescribe remains an excellent resource to quickly build your fleet for any point level – but bear in mind that the file will contain all expansion ships from not just the core book, but also the Armada book and various individual supplements. Common game sizes range between 1,250 and 2,000 points, but fair warning, Battlefleet Gothic does take a fair amount of time at the upper ranges of points values. Forming Up The Fleet Size of the Gameīattlefleet Gothic games may range from 500 to 2,500 for decent sized patrols all the way up to full fleet sized engagements. I’m joined by fellow contributor Charlie Brassley to discuss the Imperial Navy. We will get to all the cool expansion ships and fleets in the next article before closing out this series with how to tie BFG into your 40k narratives. Today we are going to focus on how to set up a fleet with the core fleets from the original game – the ships, how they play, and why you should play them. In our first article we discussed what Battlefleet Gothic (BFG) is, how to find everything you need to play, and why you should play it (it’s the best and you become the best by association).
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