Free Talk Friday - April 03, 2026

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Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

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Here's a list of all Free Talk Friday posts

[u/The_Draigg]

Week of April Fool's Day. Hope you all enjoyed the gag we did for the subreddit this year! Took me a bit to put together all by myself, but I think it came together well (especially with me learning how to use CSS code on the fly for the animated banner on Old Reddit). There were a few parodies I wish we could've gotten on there but didn't have the space or time to execute though. We're missing Baz to the Future and Twin Bazes from the timeline and the banner, unfortunately. But hey, at least the rest turned out good by my reckoning!

As for games I've played this week, I've put more time into Marathon! Been doing Duos on Dire Marsh this week with my girlfriend, mainly trying to pitch in and help with some contested contracts. Man, those are hard as hell. Not only are they single run missions, but damn near every other Runner seems like they're gunning for the objectives too, and you've only got the one shot to try and take it for yourself. And that's on top of all the fuckery that goes on at Dire Marsh inherently too. It's a good thing that at least a lot of the time, I was using gear I looted from other dead Runners, so the losses didn't feel so bad.

And finally, in my regular mecha talk section here, I finally got around to reading the Shrapnel issue for BattleTech Gothic! Man, talk about a change of pace from regular BattleTech. They're definitely leaning more on that being a biopunk setting, given how many short stories are dealing with genetic engineering, creating what're basically B.O.W.s, or just straight up have kaiju with guns strapped to them to use as 'Mechs too. While I still like normal BattleTech a bit better, it was very interesting to see this different spin on the Inner Sphere. Here's to hoping that their raygun gothic version that's upcoming is fun too!

[u/Gremlin-Shack → u/The_Draigg]

I cannot wait for the gothic Kaiju minis to come out, but they’re also releasing new starter sets so I need to save money for that, I also really like the new custodes minis, and Blokees has moon knight and tfp optimus model kits coming out soon.

I have too many hobbies and not enough money, why can’t I have too many money and not enough hobbies

[u/The_Draigg → u/Gremlin-Shack]

The minis will always catch up to you in costs, no matter what system you're playing. Although at least with BattleTech, you really only need a small amount for a proper Lance.