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Although GW “retired” Battlefleet Gothic (and the other “specialist” games) back in 2013, the community has kept it alive and it seems to be as well-played now as it ever was. I think this has a lot to do with the “open source” approach to game development that was trialled for BFG, with a “rules committee” guiding its development both during and after the period it was offically supported, and the vast range of excellent 3D-printed (or printable) miniatures that are available.

This community effort culminated in Battlefleet Gothic: Remastered, assembled by Simon Saier from the offical GW publications and FAQs and errata. BFG:R consists of two high-quality publications: a rulebook and a fleets list, which are all you need to play the game (apart from the usual dice, scenery, and some models).

While the PDFs are of superb quality, they are quite large, over 700 pages in total, and I’ve found that their sheer size causes problems while playing the game:

1. I personally find a physical book easier to use while playing a game, but 700 pages would leave most home printers a smoking ruin, and having them printed commercially would do the same thing to my wallet; and
2. A PDF can be quite difficult to scan through and search on a mobile device like a phone or tablet, when you’re in a rush to check a rule in the middle of a game.

So I decided to “scratch an itch”, and create an online version of Battlefleet Gothic: Remastered. It can be found at battlefleet-game.org.

Last week I played a game of Legions Imperialis and wanted to use some of the new (well, new to me) hardware, namely, this Fellblade, plus a Mastodon Super-Heavy Assault Transport, some Land Raiders and some Whirlwinds. So I quickly painted up some of them, and here they are! One of the nice things about super-heavies is (a) they are easy to paint and (b) you don’t need many of them!

I am quite pleased with how they performed so I will be adding more to the Covenant of Ruin very soon.

More photos below the fold.

I bought these Star Galleon ships from Vanguard Miniatures ages ago, but didn’t get round to painting them until now.

As I have been working through the various scenarios, campaigns, and fleet lists from the Battlefleet Gothic: Remastered rulebook (about which I will post soon!) I have come across a few scenarios that look fun to play and which require reserves and/or specialist ships. These two will stand in as Inquisitorial cruisers, or maybe Adeptus Custodes cruisers from Battlefleet Indomitus. I love how the design calls back to the original ships from Space Fleet!

Here is the entire, reinforced Battlefleet Vastus, in all its glory.

More pictures below the fold.

Here come the final reinforcements for Battlefleet Vastus, for now at least!

The showstopper is obviously this awesome 3D-printed Emperor-class Battleship, the sister to Invictus. Look at all those launch bays.

She’s not arrived alone, but the rest is below the fold.

Stay tuned, as the ships of Battlefleet Vastus will be sailing en masse very soon!

Here are three new cruisers to reinforce Battlefleet Vastus, along with the escorts in my last post.

I am working on some new ships to reinforce Battlefleet Vastus, and the first to leave drydock are two squadrons of escorts: some Firestorm Rapid Strike Vessels, and some more Cobra Destroyers:

The veterans among my readership may notice that the Firestorms are not the frigates from Battlefleet Gothic released in 1999, but the cruisers of the same name from Space Fleet, the forerunner to BFG, which was released in 1991.

Stand by for more BFG hobby content in the near future!

Towards the end of last year, some of us in the North Kent Legions Imperialis group started talking about Battlefleet Gothic. A few of us had either played it in the past or were interested in starting. And as a result, last night I was able to haul Battlefleet Vastus out of drydock and launch it into the Void to bring the Emperor’s retribution to the filthy Xenos!

2025 was a busy year! In fact, it might be one of the busiest hobby years of my life. Here are the stats…

These tanks both look awesome and are awesome on the table. I think four is enough, even for the Covenant of Ruin!

I have some Mastodons in the queue, and will definitely get some Saturnine units and Fellblade/Falchion/Glaive squadrons, but my main priority for Legions Imperialis for now is building out my Dark Mechanicum army, so stay tuned for updates!