Hello SG forum,
I have recently returned to BFG after many a year of absence and have been gathering all the amazing work that has been done here and else where so that I have the most up to date info on the game. Chief amongst these is the 2010 Compendium, which is an extremely useful document which I intend to spread around my gaming group.
There is one area though with which I am unclear, and given the lack of questions on it I fear I am being a bit dense - use of the Powers of Chaos Fleet lists.
The pdf file "m201007_BFG_Powers_of_Chaos.pdf" has the four chaos gods/legions fleet lists (berserker fleet, pleasure fleet, etc.) but I don't really understand how these are used, despite the explanation on page 116. How do I (can I?), for example, put together a Berserker Fleet to represent a World Eaters Fleet with the Conqueror as flagship?
Are these lists intended for use with other chaos lists as add-ons of sorts, specifically only for use as Reserves in other Chaos lists? The list of available ships for the Powers Lists as shown doesn't seem stand alone - no Escorts, no Grand Cruisers, only a single class for Heavy and regular Cruisers. What am I miss-understanding here?
As I understand so far, there are 3 Fleet Lists for Chaos:
1 - Gothic Sector Chaos Incursion Fleet (Main Rulebook, Ships of the Gothic Sector)
2 - Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade Fleet (Armada Rulebook, Traitor Fleets)
3 - The Plaguefleet of Nurgle (Powers of Chaos WD article - presumably superceded by the 2010 Compendium list? Or is this the basis for the 2010 Lists?)
I appreciate the BFG: Revised document(s) clears this up by combining all of this into one clear section, but I believe BFG: Revised, but its nature, differs from BFG: Original as it were. I'd like to get a clear understanding of this so that I can present the two things clearly to my group.
Thanks for any help and sorry if this is a dumb question!
Cheers,
H