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WARP RIFT

ISSUE 27

HORIZON

THE BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC NETZINE

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WARP RIFT • ISSUE TWENTYSEVEN • JANUARY 2010

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ISSUE TWENTYSEVEN – CONTENT:

Hello,

You can check out our blog at the following

location:

hrough various issues this issue took a longer

waiting then what I intended. But, alas, these

things happen and most of all Warp Rit didn’t

crumble!

http://www.players.tacticalwargames.net/tiki-

view_blog.php?blogId=10

ENCYCLOPEDIA GOTHICA

Admirals & Commander

Fighters & Bombers : Rule Mod

Rogue Traders

As oicial support might be non-existent the

community is still going strong if looking at the

fan made material: from full leet books to poetry

and from campaign sotware to leet building

applications it is all being done.

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SHOWCASE

Tau Space Stations & vessels

So a big thumbs up for all of you investing there

time in this game called Battleleet Gothic.

+++ BFG: FAN SUPPLEMENTS +++

his issue of Warp Rit sees the second and last

part of the story started in issue 26.

OFFICER’S MESS

he last few months a couple of fan made additions

have been released to support Battleleet Gothic:

he Ship - part 2 of 2

But before we get there we have an article on

expanding the options for our admirals, a quite

extensive and heavy rule modiication regarding

ighter and bonber rules, a review of the Fantasy

Flight Games book Rogue Trader and its merits

to Battleleet Gothic.

• Battleleet Chronicles: Diasporex Nomads

a development upon the list as presented in a

previous issue of Warp Rit with more!

VOID STALKER

Battle for the Stygies System

In the showcase Harkon brings us once more

some heavy conversion work for the Tau Empire,

with some really large space stations...

• Starblade

a poem-art book plus narrative scenarios.

Word is that the irst supplement to the Art of

Command is also being on the brink of release.

Soon to be expected an encyclopedia and more

from the Chronicles team.

THE CLOSING PAGE

Ater we have read the concluding end to ‘he

Ship’ a neat campaign article is given us in the

Void Stalker section.

Eldar Cratworld

by John ‘Magelord’ Reed

enjoy,

Horizon

GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR ADMIRAL

BY REG STEINER

Introduction

In many one-of games, all of us players have lusted

ater those upgrades and crew skills we cannot have

unless we play a campaign. Most of us ind it tough

to get a campaign going. Well, now here is a rule to

use for getting (at least some) skills and upgrades!

10% = new total) must be multiplied again by 10%.

(irst new total + 10% = second new total) And so

on a third or fourth time, if so many upgrades can

be purchased.

commands.

he improvements a leet leader can ‘purchase’ is

limited to the cost of the commander purchased.

100 points of add-ons for the leet, if you purchased

a 100 point leader for your leet.

If there is a question of an upgrade’s cost, when

looking at a diferent race’s improvements and

upgrades lists - the rule is 10% multiplied by the

ship points cost, per item purchased, then the new

total is used if a second option is added, multiplied

by another 10%.

NOT 5 items each at 18 points for a 180 point ship!

(10% of 180 = 18)

It never hurts to have your battle-buddy check your

math. And you look over his. Now many of the

upgrades and add-ons are priced as a percentage

of the ship that is upgraded. So 10% of a 300 point

battleship is certainly more than the 10% cost of a

180 point cruiser.

If you and your battle-opponent for this game are

attempting to engineer some surprises for each

other, the surprise would be ruined. Just limit any

extras to the points costs on the check-sheet you

hand your opponent, with the math used, not each

item description.

It may be easy to spot some battleship priced vessel

got two upgrades, but which ones can remain

unknown. he details can be checked into later, if

there is some question.

Getting Started

Every one-of game has to start with picking out

forces, and a Commander of some kind to ‘lead’

the leet. For a “measly” 250 points you can

have an Admiral with three re-rolls. Or a cheap

commander with one re-roll for 40 points.

Does it seem a real expensive way to get a re-do

on a failed check? Maybe a waste of points? Not

anymore.

IMPERIAL PROMOTION TABLE

First :

Let’s start with that Admiral (or Chietain, or

Warlord, or whatever applies to that race) for 100

points. hen choose all our ships and maybe a

special torpedo. Now we have our battle force.

Commander

75 points

Leadership 8 1 re-roll

Battle Group Commander

100 points

Leadership 8 2 re-rolls

Subsector Commander

150 points

Leadership 9 2 re-rolls

Second

We ‘spend’ our points we used for a leet commander

personage a second time. Only now we ‘purchase

those special ‘goodies’ from the campaign upgrade

lists.

Just like the normal 10% cost paid in a campaign,

each of the ship, weapon, and crew upgrades and

add-ons cost 10% multiplied to the ship’s point

cost receiving the upgrade or add-on.

If more than one such add-on is purchased for

the same ship, the new total (original point cost +

Now, let us look over some of those options.

Admiral

200 points

Leadership 9 3 re-rolls

Your rank determines how many re-rolls or Marks

of Chaos you receive in the scenarios that you ight.

Now we use those points costs for some ‘real’ and

useful items and skills the Admiral or War-Chief,

or other title, brings to the ight!

hese rankings come straight from the Campaign

section of the core rules.

he costs breakdown is meant to blend the cost of

the re-rolls and Admiral’s (or other leader’s) ability

to bring the improvements with him to the leet he

Fleet Admiral

250 points

Leadership 10 3 re-rolls

Solar Admiral

300 points

Leadership 10 4 re-rolls

Special option : An Admiral and Fleet Admiral

may elect to NOT spend the points in the way

described above. Instead, each can elect to roll on

the “Appeals” chart once. A Solar Admiral may

make two attempts at an “Appeal”. See below.

CHAOS/RENEGADE PROMOTION TABLE

Lord

100 points

one or two more upgrades than the non-Tyranid

player. Of course a match means equal numbers of

items can be selected. his is the total diference

allowed for the entire leet, not a ship by ship

upgrade system.

+1 Leadership 1 re-roll

Chaos Champion

50 points

Shadow Lord

125 points

Leadership 8 1 re-roll

Exalted Chaos Champion 75 points

Leadership 8 1 re-roll & 1 Mark of Chaos

Tyrant 100 points

Leadership 9 1 re-roll & 1 Mark of Chaos

Chaos Lord 175 points

Leadership 9 1 re-roll & 2 Marks of Chaos

Overlord 200 points

Leadership 10 1 re-roll & 2 Marks of Chaos

Warmaster 225 points

Leadership 10 1 re-roll & 3 Marks of Chaos

+1 Leadership 2 re-rolls

Prince

175 points

+2 Leadership 2 re-rolls

Shadow Prince

200 points

Special Appeals chart.

Roll for an appeal, where a 2+ is a success ( a failure

means all those points were wasted in a bribery

attempt!). Instead of choosing any available ship,

use the below chart.

+2 Leadership 3 re-rolls

King

275 points

+2 Leadership 4 re-rolls

TAU PROMOTION TABLE

1. = 1 Light Cruiser , OR an alternative of 1

Escort Squadron of 3 Escorts.

2. = 1 Standard Cruiser type

3. = 2 Light Cruiser types - if unavailable, then

a single standard cruiser.

4. = 1 Battleship type (or Grand Cruiser)

5. = 1 Heavy Cruiser type

6. = Escort squadron of 4 Escorts.

Tau Kor’el

50 points

Leadership 8 1 re-roll

Tau Kor’el & Aun’el

Special option : A Chaos Overlord and Warmaster

may each elect to NOT make the purchases of

the upgrades listed above, and make an “Appeal”

attempt instead. See below.

75 points

Leadership 8 2 re-rolls

Tau Kor’el & Aun’O

125 points

Leadership 8 3 re-rolls

Tau Kor’O

80 points

ORK PROMOTION TABLE

Leadership 9 1 re-roll

Tau Kor’O & Aun’el

130 points

Lastly, sometimes it is possible to save the ship’s

registry to use in additional games. If so, any

upgraded ship, gaining upgrades and add-ons in

this manner, cannot be upgraded or have additional

add-ons, in any future games. he local game

group, or the players in later, subsequent games

need to agree on keeping the commander selected

in this manner. his just may be the ‘back door’

start of a campaign, ater all!

Nob

40 points

Leadership 9 2 re-rolls

+0 Leadership 1 re-roll

Big Nob

Tau Kor’O Aun’O

155 points

80 points

Leadership 9 3 re-rolls

+0 Leadership 2 re-rolls

Boss

125 points

TYRANIDS AND NECRONS

+1 Leadership 2 re-rolls

Big Boss

150 points

he Tyranid and Necron leets have no comparable

leader or leader costs to use as a means of getting

into any upgrades and add-ons.

A suggestion is to roll a D3 die, each and match the

number rolled.

If the non-Tyranid player wins the roll by one point,

the Tyranid player may have one less upgrade or

add-on than the non-Tyranid player chose to use

when his own commander was selected.

If the diference is two points, then two less add-

ons. If the Tyranid player wins the D3 roll by one

or two points, then the Tyranid player may have

+1 Leadership 3 re-rolls

War Boss

175 points

+2 Leadership 3 re-rolls

Warlord

Reg Steiner.

200 points

+2 Leadership 4 re-rolls

ELDAR PROMOTION TABLE

Captain

50 points

+0 Leadership 1 re-roll

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