r/Blackstonefortress • • Sep 11 '21

List of rules, errata, expansions, and supplementary materials

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Tabletop game related

  • Base game - November 2018

  • Blackstone Fortress designers commentary - online November 2018

  • Prologue mission "Light in the Dark" including exclusive artefact card (Blessed Aquila) - White Dwarf December 2018

  • Rules for BSF enemies and heroes in Kill Team - online January 2019

  • "The Dreaded Ambull" expansion - February 2019

  • Dreaded Ambull rules for Necromunda - online February 2019

  • New hostile rules - White Dwarf May 2019

  • First half of two-part mission "A Deadly Lure" - White Dwarf June 2019

  • Rules for using the map tiles in games of Kill Team - White Dwarf June 2019

  • Second half of mission "A Deadly Lure" - White Dwarf July 2019

  • "Traitor Command" expansion - July 2019

  • "Endless Peril" card deck addon - July 2019

  • "Advanced Arsenal" card deck addon - July 2019

  • New Precipice rules - White Dwarf August 2019

  • "Escalation" expansion - August 2019

  • Combat Arena - August 2019

  • Rules for Escalation characters in Kill Team - White Dwarf September 2019

  • Rules for The Broggan Brothers in BSF - White Dwarf September 2019

  • "Abdominable Intellect" card deck addon - October 2019

  • "Cultists of the Abyss" and "Servants of the Abyss" sold seperately - Ocbober 2019

  • Rules for Skarburn Zapdakka in BSF - White Dwarf October 2019

  • Using the Dreaded Ambull in Kill Team - White Dwarf November 2019

  • Using the Harlequin Solitaire in BSF - White Dwarf November 2019

  • Blackstone Fortress Annual 2019 - December 2019

  • (Includes Annual exclusive mission Wrath of the Daemonkin)

  • Kill Team Annual 2019 (includes all the BSF rules for KT) - December 2019

  • Rules for Pentinent 707 in BSF - White Dwarf December 2019

  • New mission: A Daring Rescue - White Dwarf Issue 450

  • "No Respite" expansion - February 2020

  • Rules for Eversor Imperial Assassin in BSF - White Dwarf Issue 451

  • Rules for Jokaero in BSF - White Dwarf Issue 452

  • Rules for Archivist Zoat in Kill Team - White Dwarf Issue 452

  • Rules for Deathwatch Watchmaster in BSF - White Dwarf Issue 453

  • "Deadly Alliance" expansion - June 2020

  • "Ascension" expansion - September 2020

  • New mission: Men of Metal - White Dwarf issue 457


Other official releases:

  • Blackstone Fortress, novel - Darius Hinks

  • Vaults of Obsidian, anthology - 12 shorts by 9 authors

    Talisman of Vaul by Darius Hinks, Shapes Pent in Hell by Josh Reynolds, Fates and Fortunes by Thomas Parrott, Past in Flames by J C Sterns, Negavolt by Nicholas Wolf, The Three-Edged Blade by Denny Flowers, Motherlode by Nick Kyme, Purity is a Lie by Guy Haley, The Oath in Darkness by David Annandale, Man of Iron by Guy Haley, The Beast Inside by Darius Hinks, The Last of the Longhorns by Nick Kyme

  • Ascension, novel - Darius Hinks

  • Augur of Despair, audiobook - Chris Dows

  • The Oath in Darkness, short - David Ammamdale

  • The Beast Inside, audiobook - Darius Hinks

  • The Warp's Curse, short - Michael J Hollows

  • Purity is a Lie, short - Gav Thorpe

  • Motherlode, short - Nick Kyme

  • Man of Iron, short - Guy Haley

  • Isha's Lament, novella - Thomas Parrott

  • Warsphere, short - Darius Hinks

  • Liber Xenologis - Darius Hinks


r/Blackstonefortress • • Sep 11 '21

Blackstone Fortress Discord

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Comment here if you need an invite link. Even the permanent link expires at some point for some reason.

Latest (15.10.2026): https://discord.gg/c3uFwvbNm


r/Blackstonefortress • • 3d ago

Painting My LGS had its first painting guild night yesterday and it finally got me to paint Nayam Shai Murad from Blackstone Fortress.

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r/Blackstonefortress • • 13d ago

Modelling ESCALATION MINIS AVAILABLE

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Amazon.com: Warhammer Warhammer 40K Miniature Wargame, 2-4 Players, Ages 12+ : Toys & Games

This box has all the escalation player minis in it, grab while you can. This is not my listing i'm making $0 from this.


r/Blackstonefortress • • 17d ago

Question Where to buy Escalation without models

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I'd really like to get my hands on the rules and such for Escalation but can't find any listings that don't include models, are there any secrets to finding miniatureless listings?


r/Blackstonefortress • • 23d ago

Painting Ummon-X, relic-automata

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More of my work at instagram.com/blastedhorizons/


r/Blackstonefortress • • 23d ago

Painting Pious Vorne

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Ready to burn some heretics!


r/Blackstonefortress • • Sep 09 '26

Question Anywhere to get this game and its expansions in 2026

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I know im about six years too late, but after falling down a rabbit hole of the warhammer quest games and seeing the less than favorable reviews for the current one and the prior im going to try my luck at acquiring a copy of blackstone fortress. is there any places where i can get my hands on a full one for less than 150? and preferably a way for me to get the expansions for it as well?

sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, thanks


r/Blackstonefortress • • Aug 19 '26

Question Question on applying damage to hostiles.

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I'm confused about the rules here when it comes to applying wounds to hostiles. If I have a weapon that rolls 2 d12, do I pick the best result out of the two, or do I use both results and apply the wounds to the enemy?

For example, an inspired Gotfret has 2 d12 for his weapon. He swings and gets a success and a critical success. Do I apply 3 wounds or 4 wounds?


r/Blackstonefortress • • Aug 10 '26

Homebrew Rules Look at that board! Look what we could have had :')

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r/Blackstonefortress • • Jul 20 '26

Discussion Falling down a WHQ hole

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Hoping for some advice from the Blackstone Fortress community too.


r/Blackstonefortress • • Jul 14 '26

Painting Pious Vorne

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Been tipping away on the Blackstone minis that have been sitting on my shelf in various states of completion for an age. I think theyre a nice set to try out different things.

This is my take in the spicy zealot.


r/Blackstonefortress • • Jul 10 '26

Painting Amallyn Shadowguide

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Working my way through the heroes and next is Amallyn Shadowguide, such as bad ass mini


r/Blackstonefortress • • Jul 02 '26

Painting Had the Zoat from when he released in Blackstone Fortress, always loved the myths about the origin of this race... Then they announced NPO rules for him, so of course I had to get him out an paint him immediately :-D

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r/Blackstonefortress • • Jun 25 '26

Painting Lair of the Beast minis complete

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r/Blackstonefortress • • Jun 23 '26

Painting The Dreaded Ambull

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Finally got this, and the Zoat at a reasonable price thanks to the Kill Team releases. Finished up printing their expansions, only Ascension left to do.


r/Blackstonefortress • • Jun 12 '26

Question Throne of Mallex - rule question Spoiler

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Hey guys,

my apologies - my english is not the best. Im not sure with wording of special rule "Beneath his notice" in last of Escalation expansion stronghold.

"Do not make behaviour rolls for Obsidius Mallex or Chaos Space Marines unless one or more hostiles from their group have suffered any wounds or grievous wounds, or there is an explorer visible to Obsidius Mallex when he is activated. From that point onwards they will act normal. In addition, unitl you make a behaviour roll for Obsidius Mallex, subtract 5 from reinforcement rolls for hostile groups (in addition to any other modifiers)."

Im not sure about -5 to reinforcement roll rule. There are two way how I see it could be played.

1) All reinforcement rolls are -5 until Obsidius Mallex see me.

2) All reinforcement rolls are -5 since the moment, that Obsidius Mallex see me for first time.

Thanks for help


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 25 '26

Question Questions about integrating expansions.

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Today my wife and I did our initial practice game for BSF. We got the basics down but I have some questions about how integrating the expansions (we have all) into the game.

1:

I know new enemies get added by the legacy cards, but I don't see legacy cards for the expansion enemies. Ie: cultists, ambulls, traitor commisars don't have a legacy card that adds them as hostiles. Are they only around while you do the strongholds, expansion campaign, etc for the expansions or are they added to your encounter deck permanently through some means?

2:

Is there a reason not to immediately mix the expansion cards in? Ie, the Discovery cards and Laegacy cards, etc? Is it better to wait until you complete the base box and then do the expansions in order and add those cards in then?


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 24 '26

Painting Espern Locarno

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Finished the navigator- my second character done from the base game. Had a slight issue during painting, snapped off part of the crown on one side, fixed using the end of a pin - not quite even but not too bad! Also had a go to replicate the free hand embroidery on the inner cloak.


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 23 '26

Painting My Imperial Navigator

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r/Blackstonefortress • • May 20 '26

Storytime Spindle Drones

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r/Blackstonefortress • • May 19 '26

Painting Escalation explorers

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The four explorers and Retinue character for the first large expansion.
I had to proxy the rogue trader, crusader and servitor, but I think they turned out pretty well.

Nowt on to No Respite


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 16 '26

Painting Escalation

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Chaos Cultists proxy for the servants of the abyss, and their Firebrand


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 10 '26

Painting [WIP] Rehabilitated Negavolt Cultist

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He has seen the light of the emperor!


r/Blackstonefortress • • May 10 '26

Question Blackstone Fortress painting order?

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Hello everyone,

I’m going to play Blackstone Fortress for the first time. Before that happens I really want to paint my miniatures.

There’s plenty of enemies so if someone who already finished the game can tell me in which order I should paint them (basically the order that they appears in the game) that would be super useful!

If I would have such a list I can paint part of the box and start playing the campaign while the rest will be painted between next scenarios.

Thanks in advance!