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Battlefleet Gothic

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Battlefleet Gothic is a miniature wargame of space fleet combat that Games Workshop produced from 1999 to 2013, with Andy Chambers as its primary developer. It is a spin-off of the science-fantasy setting of Warhammer 40,000, and each player commands a fleet of large spaceships belonging to one of several spaceborne factions. As in other miniature wargames, the warships are represented by miniature models. They are moved around a playing field, usually an area of about four feet by six feet standing for a region of space, on which players also place miniature planets, asteroids and other obstacles. Players take turns manoeuvring their fleets toward different objectives, and cunning, strategy and the luck of the dice decide the winner. The game is set roughly 38,000 years in the future, and its name comes from an in-universe fleet of the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man that protects the Gothic Sector from alien and supernatural foes. Games Workshop no longer supports the miniatures and rulebooks, but two video game adaptations have appeared since the tabletop game was cancelled in 2013.

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Game Type (category)
Tabletop Game 1
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Two-Player 1
Origin Year
1999 1
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Source Battlefleet Gothic (Wikipedia)

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1. Battlefleet Gothic (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, first sentence
    produced by Games Workshop from 1999 to 2013
  • Lead, first sentence [game-type-category]
    is a space fleet miniature wargame
  • Infobox, players
    players = 2+
  • Derived From: Warhammer 40,000, Lead, first sentence [derived-from]
    A spin-off of the science-fantasy setting of Warhammer 40,000
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