However, the legal landscape is nuanced. Because GW has abandoned the IP (releasing the miniatures' CAD files as "print your own" and allowing fan rules), most of the war-gaming community operates under a "preservation" ethic. Here is the breakdown:
Since the tabletop game is officially out of print (OOP), various community-led projects have archived and updated these rules in PDF format: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebooks 25 Feb 2021 — battlefleet gothic armada pdf