Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)

This article is about the the rulebook. For other uses of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, see Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (disambiguation).

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is a rulebook released by Games Workshop in 2003 for the game Battlefleet Gothic. It contained rules for every Warhammer 40,000 army not featured in the Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, and also had new rules for existing Battlefleet Gothic armies. The book also contained background and scenarios for the Third Armageddon War and the 13th Black Crusade.

Some of the articles in the book were also taken directly from Battlefleet Gothic Magazine

The majority of the book's contents were made available for download on Games-Workshop's official website.

Additions

The book introduced new fleets for the Imperial Navy, which are Armageddon, Bastion, Cadia and the Reserve of Segmentum Obscurus.

This book also collects the various rules on the many different fleets so that gamers could officially use them:

There are two new campaigns introduced in Armada:

Battlefleet Gothic Armada was distributed in a split (and incomplete) version on the Games Workshop web site.

To Cleanse the Stars: Vessels of the Imperium (archived from the original 14 February 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 11–34
Traitor Fleets: The Vessels of Chaos (archived from the original 14 February 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 35–48
The Pirate & The Alien: Eldar and Dark Eldar Vessels + The Green Tide: Ork Vessels (archived from the original 18 January 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 49–70
The Harvest Fleets: Necron Vessels + The Hive Fleets: Tyranid Vessels (archived from the original 18 January 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 71–94
To Unite The Stars: Tau Vessels (archived from the original 13 March 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 95–122
- Note: There is publishing error in the digital version of page 97 and is missing large amounts of text. The text is available on the paper version of the armada book, and on Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 19 (pg.14-16)
There is Only War: Conflicts of the 41st Millennium (archived from the original 18 January 2007, last accessed 26 February 2026) holds pages 129-160

**Publications for *Battlefleet Gothic*:**
In other media:
Rulebooks	Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook • Battlefleet Gothic Armada
Expansions	Warp Storm • Battlefleet Gothic: Invasion • Battlefleet Gothic - 2002 Annual • Battlefleet Gothic 2010 Compendium • Battlefleet Gothic Remastered
Expansions	Forge World:	Imperial Armour Volume Three • Imperial Armour Volume Six • Imperial Armour Volume Ten
Magazines	Planet Killer • Battlefleet Gothic Magazine
Magazines	Other:	White Dwarf • The Citadel Journal • Fanatic Magazine • Fanatic Online
Novels	Execution Hour • Shadow Point
Short stories	Ancient History • Incident at Stranivar • Wolf Pack
Comic	Battlefleet Gothic