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Now this comes from a Rumour Engine, which is always something I take with a pinch of salt. But….

Rumour Engine 28 October 2025 wrote: Unless this is a Warhammer Age of Sigmar miniature, which it might be. Oooh, maybe it’s Necromunda – House Cawdor loves this stuff. Less likely to be Blood Bowl, but you never know.
Wait! Maybe it’s Battlefl–
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Now I’m not gonna pretend GW isn’t beyond just winding us up. But it is a “missing” game system, and one pretty well regarded. I really hope it is a genuine tease and that BFG is set to make a return.

Being into my Heresy stuff I’d be happy with a Heresy version. But of course, a 40K set one would have the wider appeal. So…yeah. What do we reckon?

If it sticks to the same scale, I’m sure there’s plenty of folk who’ll embrace a mass plasticification of their fleet. The original Chaos and Imperial Crusisers still hold up today in terms of relative detailing and modularity. But the bigger one’s and Escorts? I’d be all over those in plastic.

I was around when Battlefleet Gothic was first released. Never got into it in the 90s but if it comes back they definitely have my attention.

A 40K Battlefleet Gothic would be great, though my money's on a Horus Heresy setting, if it gets released at all. If it is set in the Horus Heresy then I won't be buying into the game, Imperium vs Imperium just doesn't float my boat.

I also think it's a bit of an odd way to tease the release of the game. The rumour image looks like a 28mm scale mace, not very starship like.

Doubtful. First time I heard "Battlefleet is coming back" was back when Betrayal at Calth got released from the Edinburgh store manager, and it's been in the water every time another specialist game gets new stuff.

They've done a few "blatant" BFG teases in the past few years that all turned out to be nothing :(

Might be the stinger at the end of the forthcoming preview show? Like they did with Legions Imperialis what feels like forever ago.

A heresy era BFG would get dull quickly, hopefully they don't go down that path.

"Wait - you play Battlefleet Gothic?"

"No, I just like to read Warprift. If you have Warprift - you don't Battlefleet Gothic!"

Seriously, the fanzine is wonderful to read but I wouldn't buy into BFG as I much prefer other games. Therefore, BFG is happening and will be well supported and remain in the 40K era, just to spite my wish for Space Hulk or a new 40K Quest.

Man-O-War...on the other hand...IS something I would buy into. Therefore...it won't happen.

Maybe Boarding Actions gets an update?

HH: Boarding Actions?

Yeah, this would be the big jump back in game for me. Absolutely loved it back in the day. Had a gorgeous Eldar fleet along with Chaos, Imperials and a wacky Ork fleet. Im sure it will return one day Im just not sure its anytime soon The only games prolly farther out would be Gorkamorka and Inquisitor.

How often have previous rumour engine texts hinted at future releases? I've always thought of them more as in-jokes than actual hints. Maybe I'm wrong about that?

If it's real I think a third (fourth?) Heresy game would be to much. 40k version would be a lot more interesting.

I’m trying not to be too credulous, but it seems an oddly specific tease/leg pull. The message would’ve been funny in the rumour engine way without being quite so unambiguous.

I have 0 interest in speciality games when gw insists on locking them into heresy and therefore just a marine/imperial wankfest.

With the rumours of a plastic warhound coming to heresy, it further locks away things that other factions could have. We won't see revenants or Gargants in plastic if warhounds are HH only.


Gothic was my favourite gw game, my screen name comes from it (it was historically the worst Eldar corsair escort...}. But unless they give HH more freedom than just marine on marine, BFG will stay dead to me.

I think a HH setting might have been the original intent, however after the less than stellar sales of Legion Imperialis, much of the complaints being the HH exclusive setting, and the generally unfavorable reception to HH 3rd edition, I feel like they'd push it forward, at least into the scouring since it's the new thing they're going to be focusing on and/or up to the war of the beast to get at least a few Xenos factions in on it for wider appeal.

 Hellebore wrote:
I have 0 interest in speciality games when gw insists on locking them into heresy and therefore just a marine/imperial wankfest.

With the rumours of a plastic warhound coming to heresy, it further locks away things that other factions could have. We won't see revenants or Gargants in plastic if warhounds are HH only.


Gothic was my favourite gw game, my screen name comes from it (it was historically the worst Eldar corsair escort...}. But unless they give HH more freedom than just marine on marine, BFG will stay dead to me.

Have to say, excellent use of wankfest. But I agree.

https://spikeybits.com/battlefleet-gothic-rumors/


Great summary of BFG rumors starting in 2023, into 2024, and July 2025.

 Hellebore wrote:
warhounds are HH only.

They aren't.

 Hellebore wrote:
Gothic was my favourite gw game, my screen name comes from it (it was historically the worst Eldar corsair escort...}. But unless they give HH more freedom than just marine on marine, BFG will stay dead to me.

I play HH. And not Marines.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Hellebore wrote:
warhounds are HH only.

They aren't.

 Hellebore wrote:
Gothic was my favourite gw game, my screen name comes from it (it was historically the worst Eldar corsair escort...}. But unless they give HH more freedom than just marine on marine, BFG will stay dead to me.

I play HH. And not Marines.

You play imperium. Imperium vs imperium..marines vs marines. There's even less of a difference in HH than there is on 40k.

I'd love an Ork game called waaagh where it's just Ork klans on klans with bespoke aesthetic model designs for you to collect. But Orks aren't imperium so screw them I guess.

The rumour for a plastic warhound is that it will be HH locked. I hope it isn't but that's the rumour. They've already locked epic to HH so I am not 100% confident they won't do the same to BFG or the warhound.

 Tawnis wrote:
I think a HH setting might have been the original intent, however after the less than stellar sales of Legion Imperialis, much of the complaints being the HH exclusive setting, and the generally unfavorable reception to HH 3rd edition, I feel like they'd push it forward, at least into the scouring since it's the new thing they're going to be focusing on and/or up to the war of the beast to get at least a few Xenos factions in on it for wider appeal.

I certainly like to moan about Epic’s Horus Heresy setting any chance I get. Is that concern widespread though? Has Legion Imperialis really had disappointing sales? A genuine question, I have no idea whether it has or hasn’t.

Unfortunately I think if LI is selling badly GW are more likely to can the whole endeavour than move the setting to 40K.

Setting Battlefleet Gothic a few thousand years further than Horus Heresy would certainly be a step in the right direction. It wouldn’t help my dream of a Tyranid fleet much though.

El Torro wrote:

 Tawnis wrote:
I think a HH setting might have been the original intent, however after the less than stellar sales of Legion Imperialis, much of the complaints being the HH exclusive setting, and the generally unfavorable reception to HH 3rd edition, I feel like they'd push it forward, at least into the scouring since it's the new thing they're going to be focusing on and/or up to the war of the beast to get at least a few Xenos factions in on it for wider appeal.

I certainly like to moan about Epic’s Horus Heresy setting any chance I get. Is that concern widespread though? Has Legion Imperialis really had disappointing sales? A genuine question, I have no idea whether it has or hasn’t.

Unfortunately I think if LI is selling badly GW are more likely to can the whole endeavour than move the setting to 40K.

Setting Battlefleet Gothic a few thousand years further than Horus Heresy would certainly be a step in the right direction. It wouldn’t help my dream of a Tyranid fleet much though.

I think it's less well received than expected from my anecdotal observations. Only GW and high up sales people will have a clear answer.

BFG has fewer SKUs than LI would have so I think they could support a starter set plus a box of ships or two for each faction.

There are 101 different LI products sold right now, and while some of them are bases that's a LOT.

A Heresy-era spacecraft boardgame might work, but that's as far as they could go with it - a prelude to BFG.

The downside would be new giant sized ships that didn’t work on the tabletop…

My fear is that if they release BFG, they'll repeat their mistake and set it in the Heresy era, once more excluding the most interesting factions in the game.

My wallet's fear is that they'll get it right and I'll need an Eldar Fleet, a Tyranid Fleet, a Votann Fleet and enough Imperial NPC ships for the cool kids to smash.

If a heresy game I will just ignore it, I just can’t care much for that setting at all.

But otherwise I would go nuts and buy too much! Please GW sell to me a few eldar tau and ork fleets !

 Apple fox wrote:
If a heresy game I will just ignore it, I just can’t care much for that setting at all.

But otherwise I would go nuts and buy too much! Please GW sell to me a few eldar tau and ork fleets !

Which Tau?

Beautiful Forgeworld Tau ships or horrible looking GW Tau?

Kroot Warsphere!

I really doubt it. I can't recall even once that the text in these rumour engine photos actually meant anything, it's just whatever silly comment they come up with. In this case it just seems to be a joke where that's one of the most absurd suggestions for what this could be for.

I really would like a new BFG game, but unfortunately I expect they'd set it during the Horus Heresy which would be just such a shame.

As a note of hope, to make the stock price continuously go up they do have to expand their product offerings to cause more spending from existing customers, and create spending from low or no frequency tabletop gamers currently uninvested in their main offerings.

Though they definitely would just make a joke to get people riled up. Then again, it's quite a non-sequitir as a joke.

Getting preemptively upset over what is at best a rumor seems a waste of energy. For efficiency's sake wait until they actually announce that it is actually BFG coming out and that it is in fact the HH setting, then expend yourself at your leisure.

Every time this or Mordheim comes up I find myself baffled and confused. You don't need to wait, or speculate, or fantasize: they're right there. The rules are free, there are endless 3rd party and printable minis, there are online communities to help you find games - if you like them then just go and play them, you don't need GW's permission.