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New Phenomena

Additional ways to populate your spcaescapes on the tabletop

By Unkown!

This is an expansion of the existing Battlezone Generator

from page 43 of the BFG rulebook. (Or the alternative

Generator from BFG magazine 14). Instead of re-rolling the

dice when a second planet is generated, you may roll a D6 to

generate a special celestial phenomenon. On a roll of 1-2, roll

for a Minor Hazard. On a roll of 3-4, roll for a Moderate

Hazard. On a roll of 5-6, roll for a Major Hazard.

D6 Roll Minor Hazard

1 Double Planet

2 Asteroid Belt

3 Valuables

4 Binary Star

5 Gas and Dust Belt

6 White Dwarf

D6 Roll Moderate Hazard

1 Debris Field

2 Temporal Vortex

3 Neutron Star

4 Comet

5 Plasma Cloud

6 Black Hole

D6 Roll Major Hazard

1 Alien Raider

2 Meteor Shower

3 Rogue Asteroid

4 Old Battlefield

5 Warp Beast

6 Supernova

DOUBLE PLANET

Usually planets are placed quite far apart, due to various

physical laws of the universe, but occasionally, particular in

younger star systems, planets may appear in very close

proximity to each other or may even share orbit.

Effects: A second planet is placed and treated as any normal

planet, as described on page 45 of the rulebook.

ASTEROID BELT

An asteroid belt, like the asteroid field, is formed out of the

fragments leftover from planet collisions during the creation

of star systems or the debris from the destruction of planets

and moons. Asteroid belts however tend to be much larger

and will often form an unbroken ring around their stars.

Effects: Aside from its method of placement, an asteroid belt

is treated as an asteroid field in all respects, as shown on page

44 of the rulebook.

Placement: Use the normal pebbles and unused kitty litter to

represent the asteroid belt. The belt extends in a straight line

from one table edge to the opposite table edge, running

parallel to the sunward table edge. It will be the normal

D3x5cm in width.

VALUABLES

Valuables represent two different results, which may be found

by rolling an extra D6. On a roll of 1-3 the result is Wreckage ,

on a roll of 4-6 the result is Hulks . Each is described below:

WRECKAGE (VALUABLES)

Wreckage fields are the sad remains of smashed and shattered

ships of all sizes. Too battered to be considered Hulks by any

standard, wreckage still presents a great deal of value to any

fleet stumbling upon it.

Effects: Aside from its method of placement, wreckage is

treated as an asteroid field in all respects, as shown on page

44 of the rulebook. In scenarios using Victory Points,

wreckage fields are worth D6 x 20 VP´s to the player Holding

the Field at the end of the battle.

Placement: Wreckage can be made up from small parts of

ships, metal plates, pieces of armour and the like – in fact,

you can probably make a sizeable wreckage field just by using

all the small items that are in the bottom of your bits box!

Nominate a point on the table and roll a scatter die. The

wreckage is 5cm wide and will extend for D6 x 5cm away

from this point in the direction indicated by the scatter die.

HULKS (VALUABLES)

Although broken and burnt out, the shells of former mighty

warships is still deemed a valuable prize for all sides in a

conflict. Weapons and internal components may be

salvageable and the scrap metal can be reused to build new

ships.

Effects: Hulks follow the rules on page 26 of the Battlefleet

Gothic rulebook. At the end of any battle that uses Victory

Points to determine who won, the player who is considered

to be Holding the Field, as described on page 66 of the

rulebook, will receive bonus Victory Points for the Hulks. 25

points will be given for every Escort and 75 points for each

Capital Ship.

Placement: You can model up your own Hulks if you wish,

but you can freely use any spare ships you have to represent

them instead. Place D6+2 Hulks, at least half of which must

be Escorts, within 20cm of each other. The Hulks are

stationary and will not move during the game.

BINARY STAR

Ancient Terra orbits a solitary star, but there is a great many

number of star systems, which contains two or even more

stars. These stars orbit each other around mutual centres of

gravity and the massive gravitational pull between these large

stellar bodies often prohibits the creation of planets,

although not always. Twin stars are the most common and are

known as binary stars.

Effects: When determining which table edge is sunward, as

shown on page 44 of the rulebook, roll an extra D6 to

establish a second sunward edge. If the same edge is rolled

again, the stars are aligned and normal rules are followed.

Both sunward edges will have the same effect on shooting as

described on page 47 of the rulebook.

Eldar players must choose before the battle which sunward

edge to use for the purpose of movement. Their delicate sails

and engines must be fine-tuned to the correct stellar energies

to operate properly and there is a great deal of difference

between a hot blue giant star and a cold red dwarf.

GAS AND DUST BELT

The gas and dust belt is much like an ordinary gas and dust

cloud only many times larger. Often these belts are created

from very violent solar flares or when old stars burn out and

shed their outer atmosphere into space.

Effects: Aside from its method of placement, a gas and dust

belt is treated as a gas and dust cloud in all respects, as shown

on page 44 of the rulebook.

Placement: Use the normal flock or cotton wool to represent

the gas and dust belt. The belt extends in a straight line from

one table edge to the opposite table edge, running parallel to

the sunward table edge. It will be the normal D6x2cm in

width.

WHITE DWARF

The coldest, dimmest and smallest types of stars are known as

white dwarfs. They usually represent the final stage in a

normal star’s lifecycle, when it has used up its energy reserves

and begins to burn out. Planetary systems around these stars

can barely sustain life but mineral wealth or strategic

locations will often ensure that settlements are present.

Effects: As a result of the reduced illumination from the

white dwarf, the sunward edge will have no effect on

shooting no matter what Battlezone the battle takes place in.

Eldar movement works as normal of course.

DEBRIS FIELD

These are areas of space not unlike asteroid fields and such

like, created from leftover natural materials, fragments of past

battles or a combination of both. They are however

considered a lot denser and are therefore significantly more

difficult and dangerous to navigate.

Effects: Debris fields combine the effects of both gas/dust

clouds and asteroid fields, as described on page 44 of the

rulebook, so a ship trying to navigate through one will suffer

all the effects of having a blast marker placed on it and will

also have to make a Leadership test to avoid taking damage.

If the test is failed, remember that the ship will count as

having one less shield than normal, due to the gas cloud

effect, so this can prove to be very deadly to Escorts.

Placement: Debris fields can be made from either rocks or

parts of ships, surrounded by flock or cotton wool. Nominate

a point on the table and roll a scatter die. The debris field is

10cm wide and will extend for D6 x 10cm away from the

point in the direction indicated by the scatter die.

TEMPORAL VORTEX

A temporal vortex is identical to a warp rift, in the sense that

it is a hole in the fabric between normal space and warp

space. However, in addition to the distorting effect it has to

physical space, a temporal vortex may also affect time itself.

Captains moving their ship into it, run the usual risk of being

lost in the warp but successful navigation may bring valuable

time for repairs.

Effects: Any ship that moves into contact with the temporal

vortex, must pass a Leadership test on 3D6 to navigate it

successfully. If the ship passes the test, it may repair D3

damage points and/or criticals and thereafter be turned to

face in any direction. If the test is failed, the ship is lost in the

warp as described under warp rifts on page 45 of the

rulebook.

Placement: Use a round template of either paper or

cardboard to represent the vortex. It is D3x5cm in diameter.

NEUTRON STAR

When a star explodes in a supernova, the collapsing matter in

its core may coalesce and form a neutron star. A neutron star

is a very small, fast rotating, extremely dense object with a

strong magnetic field that emits regular and intense bursts of

radiation. The frequency of such bursts naturally makes both

travel and combat extremely difficult around these types of

stars.

Effects: A neutron star will emit an automatic radiation burst

at the start of each turn. Roll as normal for the intensity of the

burst and follow the description on page 47 of the rulebook.

COMET

A comet is a huge ball of compressed ice, dirt and other light

materials that originate from the fringes of star systems. They

usually move in various eccentric orbits that take them from

the coldness of deep space to the inner regions of star

systems. When a comet gets close to a star, the increasing heat

will melt away its surface, thereby creating its characteristic

tail of gas and dust.

Effects: The comet is treated as an asteroid, as described on

page 44 of the rulebook, so any ship that comes into base

contact with it must pass a Leadership test to avoid taking

damage. The tail is treated as a gas/dust cloud, also on page

44, with the exception that it will block line of sight due to its

greater density. At the beginning of each turn, the comet will

move 10cm towards the table edge furthest from its initial

placement. When this edge is reached, the comet is

considered to have reached its zenith and will begin moving

back the same way.

Placement: Use a small piece of polystyrene to represent the

comet itself (you can use a ice cube, but that will quickly get

messy) and flock or cotton wool to show the tail. The tail is

teardrop-shaped and is approximately 20cm long and 5cm

wide at the broad end, (about the same size as the flame

template from 40K, which can effectively be used instead).

The tail must be placed so that it touches the comet with the

pointy end and pointing directly away from the sunward

edge.

while hulks, blast markers and pieces of ordnance moves

10cm pr. turn. There is no change in the facing of any object

moved in this manner. Any object that touches the sunward

edge is considered to have been sucked into the black hole

and is instantly destroyed. After the movement, the player

whose turn it is, must roll on the following table to establish

whether a new tabletop feature appears on the table edge

opposite the black hole.

D6 Roll Result

1 Nothing

2 Nothing

3 Nothing

4 Gas/dust cloud

5 Asteroid field

6 D3 Gas/dust clouds

Because of the immense gravity pull, any ship on the board

may make a free 45’ turn at the beginning and end of its

move, but the turn must always be made towards the

sunward edge.

ALIEN RAIDER

Operating on its own obscure agenda, an alien raider may

occasionally interfere with ships of other races and in some

cases may even take part in open conflicts. For what reason is

hard to fathom, but safe to say is, they bring an element of

unpredictability to the already complicated situation that

battles are. (There are many alien races present in the

universe, so naturally there are a great many more types of

raider ships than the one example described below. Any ship

type can be used including Fra´al and Demiurg vessels).

Effects: The alien raider will move and shoot at the start of

each turn by the player who is not moving his own ships. It

may not go on special order and will always fire on the

nearest enemy ship (enemy being in this case, the player who

is not controlling the raider). Furthermore it will not

disengage during the battle, if it reaches a table edge, it will

automatically turn 180 degree and continue its move in the

opposite direction. This particular alien raider is used by a

lizard like race, known as the Sardonite. Imperial scholars has

calculated their home world to be located somewhere in the

sparsely populated southwestern part of Segmentum

Tempestus. It has the following profile. (see below.)

The proton disruptor used by the Sardonite is a powerful

weapon that fires an intense beam, alternating protons and

electrons, designed to do heavy damage to a ship’s electrical

system.

It is fired like a Lance but on a roll of 6, all shields on the

target are overloaded and shut down automatically (place

blast markers to indicate as normal). Any hit will cause an

automatic critical, but the roll on the Critical Hits Table is

made with just a D6 instead. Against Eldar and Dark Eldar

holofields/shadowfields, the proton disruptor will hit as

normal but the save is only made on a 4+.

Placement: Any type of leftover ship that is not used in the

battle can be used to represent the raider or you can scratch

build your own type. The raider will face in a direction

indicated by a roll of a scatter die.

PLASMA CLOUD

Though quite similar to ordinary gas and dust clouds, in

terms of origin and appearance, plasma clouds presents a far

greater hazard to space travel. They consist of dense

superheated gasses and highly charged particles, which

resemble processes taking place inside stars, albeit on a much

smaller scale.

Effects: Plasma clouds will block line of sight due to their

greater density. Any ship in base contact will count as having

a blast marker and must pass a Leadership test on 2D6 to

navigate it successfully or 3D6 if on All Ahead Full special

order.

Escort ships may reroll the Leadership test. A ship that fails

the Leadership test suffers a Fire critical hit. Torpedoes and

attack craft squadrons which move through a plasma cloud

will be destroyed on a D6 roll of 4+.

Placement: Plasma clouds are placed just like gas and dust

clouds, as described on page 44 of the rulebook. Use the

normal flock or cotton wool to represent the plasma cloud

but paint it in a slightly different colour to offset it from

standard gas and dust clouds.

BLACK HOLE

On very rare occasions, when a super heavy star eventually

dies and explodes in a supernova, the resulting collapse of its

core may result in the creation of a black hole. A very small,

extremely massive object with a gravity pull so strong that not

even light can escape it. Any object approaching too near a

black hole will find itself unable to turn back and be

obliterated into its component atoms in mere seconds.

Effects: At the start of each turn every ship, hulk, blast

marker, tabletop feature and piece of ordnance will move

towards the sunward edge, which in this case is actually the

edge of the black hole and considered the “point of no

return”. Ships and tabletop features moves 5cm pr. turn,

ORK RAVAGER ATTACK SHIP ....................................................................................40 points

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELDS

ARMOUR

TURRETS

Cruiser/8

25cm

ARMAMENT

RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR

FIRE ARC

Port/Starboard Proton Disruptor

30cm

Left/Right

Prow Proton Disruptor

30cm

Front

METEOR SHOWER

Considered to be one of the greatest natural threats to space

travel, meteor showers can spell doom for any ship unlucky

enough to fly into one of them. Although very similar to

ordinary asteroid fields they differ by moving through star

systems in random orbits that are both hard to detect and

map out on the space charts. Captains are well advised to

keep their distance.

Effects: A meteor shower is treated as an asteroid field, as

described on page 44 of the rulebook, with the exception of

two things. The meteor shower will move 2D6cm in a random

direction at the start of each turn and any ship or squadron

caught in it, must pass their Leadership test with a penalty of

–1, to navigate it successfully.

Use the scatter dice to determine the random travel direction.

Placement: Use the normal pebbles and unused kitty litter to

represent the meteor shower. It has the same size as normal

asteroid fields, typically D3x5cm wide and D3x5cm long.

ROGUE ASTEROID

Most asteroids are situated together in large groups such as

rings or fields. There is however some, usually larger types,

that tumbles through space alone and in very eccentric orbits.

These objects are considered to be highly dangerous by

spaceship captains, as their random moves can result in

disastrous collisions.

Effects: The rogue asteroid will move 2D6cm in a random

direction at the start of each turn, determined by the scatter

die. Any ship base that is moved over or comes into contact

with the asteroid is in danger of a collision and must pass a

Leadership test to avoid being hit. If the test is failed, work

out the collision as a ram attack with 8D6 damage. The

asteroid will only sustain superficial damage and is not

affected.

Placement: Use a single asteroid counter or one cut out of

polystyrene on a small round base.

OLD BATTLEFIELD

An old battlefield represents two different results, which may

be found by rolling an extra D6. On a roll of 1-3 the result is

a Deadfall Torpedo Salvo, on a roll of 4-6 the result is a

Derelict Minefield. Each is described below:

DEADFALL TORPEDO SALVO (OLD BATTLEFIELD)

Deadfall torpedo salvos may occur in two ways, either

deliberately as traps or accidentally from misfired salvos of

earlier confrontations. In the first case the deadfall is set up

and hard-wired to hone in on any (preferable enemy)

approaching ship. In the latter case, the salvo will lurk in wait

with a minimum of fuel left, waiting for a suitable target to

pass and then activate for one final time.

Effects: A deadfall torpedo salvo will have a random strength

of D6+2. Any ship or squadron, but not hulks, approaching

within 30cm of the counter will be immediately targeted.

Move the counter directly towards the ship in the next

ordnance phase and resolve the attack as for normal

torpedoes. Thereafter, the counter will move 30cm in a

straight line at the start of every ordnance phase.

Placement: Use one torpedo counter, with a random

strength as detailed above.

DERELICT MINEFIELD

Derelict minefields may be centuries old and are most often

uncharted remains of former defences long forgotten. In

some cases they may even have been laid out by a race no

longer present in the area. As can be expected, derelict

minefields are as dangerous to any ships approaching it, due

to its lack of maintenance.

Effect: A derelict minefield works in much the same way as a

normal minefield, as described on page 143 of the rulebook,

except that any mines released from it will track the nearest

ship of any fleet.

Placement: As the rules dictate, the derelict minefield must

be placed near to another tabletop feature, so the players

must decide randomly which one. If no other feature has yet

been rolled for, pick the first one that comes along. Use the

scatter die to determine the direction of its final placement. It

will cover the usual area of D3x5cm by D3x5cm.

WARP BEAST

There are many horrors that stalk the empty void of space and

even though space is vast, it happens once in a while that an

unlucky ship attracts the attention of a hungry or angry space

monster. When tales of such warp beasts are reported and

linked with certain areas of space, most captains will go to

great lengths to avoid these places altogether.

Occasionally though captains will have little choice when

battle commences. (Warp beasts vary a great deal in size,

appearance and demeanour, so naturally there is a great

many more than the one example described below. For more

ideas, check out the article on warp beasts in Warp Storm).

Effects: Roll a D6 at the start of each turn, on a roll of 6 the

beast appears and will move towards the nearest ship at the

start of each subsequent turn including the turn were it

appears. It can turn freely and will ignore all types of other

celestial phenomena. This particular beast is known as The

Horned Monstrosity of Talmanos. It appeared in the Talmanos

system more than 20 years ago but has so far managed to

evade all attempts by the imperial navy to hunt it down and

destroy it. The beast has the following profile and a special

Huge Horn attack.

T ype/Hits Speed Armour

Cruiser/6 25cm 6

Huge Horn: If the Horned Monstrosity of Talmanos moves

into base contact with a ship it will attempt to ram it with the

massive horn that juts from its bone encrusted forehead. Roll

a D6, on a roll of 4+ the horn skewers the unfortunate target.

Roll 6D6 to see how much, if any, damage is inflicted. For the

purpose of the ramming attempt itself, the Horned one is

always considered to be on All Ahead Full special order.

Placement: Any monster type of creature can be used

although the size shouldn’t be more than what can be placed

on a small round base. The beast will appear in the middle of

a random table edge.

SUPERNOVA

When a very large super heavy star nears the end of its life, its

massive centre will collapse in on itself and self-destruct

spectacularly, instantly vaporizing any and all planets orbiting

it. This event, known as a supernova explosion, is one of the

most destructive natural occurrences in the universe and the

resulting interstellar shockwave can have a profound negative

impact on all life in the vicinity of several light years. (These

rules are meant to cover the supernova shockwave effect in

neighbouring star systems, as any ships caught in the actual

supernova blast would be blown to smithereens, creating a

very boring battle).

Effects: Both players must roll a D6 at the start of each turn.

If the result is a double, the shockwave of a nearby supernova

explosion has reached the battlefield. Roll a D6 to determine

from which table edge the shockwave originates. All ships are

automatically placed on Brace for Impact special order and all

shields will overload and shut down (place blast markers to

indicate). Each ship will also receive a hit on a roll of 4+ on

a D6 (which it may try and save with the Brace) and all

ordnance is automatically destroyed. Furthermore, the

intense radio interference will reduce both players

Leadership value by half, (rounding fractions up). Fortunately

once the shockwave has passed it will not happen again and

no further rolls are made.

Note: On some (hopefully) rare occasions, the above

phenomena’s may result in contradictory situations, but in

most cases players should be able to solve these problems

easily with a little imagination. For example in one game, we

rolled up both a Binary Star, which was not on opposite table

edges, and an Asteroid Belt. We simply decided to bend the

asteroid belt 90 degrees halfway down the table so that it only

touched the two table edges that were not sunward.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

We don’t know who wrote this! It was inherited from Matt Keefe’s criminally unorganised BFG article folder, and

unfortunately, it didn’t have the author’s name in the word file either. So, if you wrote this, then please get in touch and we’ll

give you the deserved credit!

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