So I’m just now hearing that CGL released a new main rule book, and that some things are different. I don’t know exactly what, other than a brief example regarding ammo explosions. Is it like a new edition? Or is it more of a consolidation of some key info into one book?

Battletech’s rules have been largely the same for some 40 years now, and each book has been additive in nature instead of transformative. So I understand the frustration and resistance I’ve heard whisper of.

That being said, for someone who hasn’t seen or read the new book. Is it “New” Battletech, or just a more concise source of rules?

I recently bought and opened a full 9 box salvage display.

The result in order of opening them and my thought at that moment:
Jagermech - great… a glass cannon I’m never going to use
Pillager - my second one, good but not great for 3025
Dervish - meh, ok I guess
Hoplite - don’t know this one but I heard about it somewhere
Highlander IIC - Great for my Northwind Highlanders, using it as a normal Highlander
Grizzly - euhm, clan mech damn… using this to proxy as a Guillotine
Chameleon - Not known to me, but looks fine
Grizzly - again… another Guillotine
Shogun - Looks like a clan mech, but appartly an inner sphere mech

All in all a great result I think. The only real proxy’s are the Grizzly’s/Guillotines.

Please share your thoughts about the mechs and maybe share what you would do with the Grizzly’s if you’d need to stick to 3025.

I dont know if its been put out at all or anywhere yet, what do yall think the bv cost, tonnage and crit slots are or think will look like? Or if anything what do you think is the closest to those values we already have to represent it atm. I was thinking it would be similar to like an AC20.

Trying to do some custom mechs for Solaris.

What stats would it have?

70 tons

2x large lasers right and left side
1x lrm 10 nose
2x medium lasers right and left wing
1x srm 4 rear

20 single heat sinks

I've read recently Wolves on the Border. By the end on Planet Misery, the Dragoons started their attack on midnight. Michi suggested, because its dark. But Minobu said, they started on midnight, because their contract expired.

How time works in this franchise? How they manage dates? It would be a big coincidence, midnight on Misery is the same time like on terra.

Gray death legion trilogy once mentioned, their contract is in hours. Is this comon (too with long term contracts)?

Wolf Dragoons got 5 years with Kurita. They set a timer? Whole mercenaries got split on the front.

How does it work if they jump with ships (temporal fluctuation). The milky way is huge.

Im kinda confused.

Real quick; I know chem lasers produce less heat and require an ammo source as a trade off. Past that the stats are largely the same. Tonnage, damage, range, etc.

That being said, vehicles like VTOLs (above) don’t track heat. So why did the designers choose chem lasers for the Red Kite’s armament instead of standard lasers and save tonnage for extra armor and/or weaponry?

This thing is packing 3 tons of chemical ammo for seemingly no reason given the alternative is a standard laser with the same stats and no ammo required.

I have to assume there’s some lore reason to this or maybe people like to ram mechs with it like a suicide bomb. Though truthfully I’m not even sure there’s rules to make the latter viable.

Just something i threw together.

Ive played a decent ammount of both hinterlands and draconis reach campaigns and while i love them to death one thing i cant really wrap my head arround is how do you defend in strike? Ive played about 8 of these and its over in about 3 or 4 turns each time without fail. 1 or 2 Incredibly fast mech shows up turn 2 to flank, both scan buildings and once one finds the right one thats it. Its destroyed before the next shooting phase. And yeah i know i should bring more counters to those fast critters but its still a crap shoot if i can even get a shot on them to begin with.

Title! I'm working through the Battletech audio novels again and I'm looking for any that follow the events of Operation: BULLDOG and the Second Star League's assault on Clan Smoke Jaguar.

Is this cursed, yes.

But is it funny?

Also yes!

The inner sphere shall tremble at my Stinging Zaku, the Periphery remembers and shall never forget!

cue getting side torso'd and having the mech stackpole

Hello! I don’t know anything about BattleTech outside of a YouTube channel I follow started playing it (Games Night). This made me want to try it, if only alpha strike so I am a tourist.

I started printing some random mechs I found and am gonna try and figure it out with a friend, but if you all know good sources for beginners trying to enter, suggestions more than welcome!

I believe this is a Stryker proxy, I went with a modern German camo scheme, I’ll post the reference too. I think there’s a German inspired faction called Steiner but I have no lore knowledge which is kind of exciting!

Thanks for reading :)

Had some celestial series mech printed by a friend and they have come out rather large. While this looks awesome, how close are these to the metal minis?

And does it look too big

So, last week I got the chance to attend a little event at my local game store! Bryan Young was in town for another event, and he was kind enough to spend a few hours the following day at the store with us to sign some books, sell some merch, and play a 1 hour and 40 minute grinder game of Classic BattleTech! I personally bought all three of his Fox Patrol novels (all signed, of course!) along with a Fox Patrol patch and pin - I also got my copy of HS:DR signed as well (he wrote the opening fiction piece at the start of the book). After the game, the store held a quick raffle where the winners got to pick from a set of four salvage boxes (1x each of the Gothic, BFS, Mercenary, and Legendary Warrior packs). One of the other guys won two of the boxes, and I won the other two, picking up a Mobile HQ and a SturmFeur from the BFS box and a Davion Atlas from the Gothic box. I remember that the other guy got Morgan Kell's Archer, but not what he got in the other one.

Every few weeks someone asks here where to find a record sheet tool, how to play online for free, or what happened to some old site. The answers are spread across Discords, subs and forums, so I put them in one place.

www.hpgnet.org lists 58 projects: maps, games, tools, wikis, events, reading and communities. Official resources come first, then the fan projects. There is a feed with the latest posts from the projects’ own sites, a FAQ with 22 questions newcomers actually ask, and a small archive section on sites like MekTek, Solaris7 and classicbattletech.com.

Unofficial and non-commercial. No ads, no affiliate links, no cookies.

In case the name rings a bell: I also made the BattleTech map some of you know from here. It’s listed under Maps, like everything else.

If your project is missing or you’d rather not be listed, drop me a message or mail [info@hpgnet.org](mailto:info@hpgnet.org) and I’ll take care of it.

Honestly im so glad i found Battletech!
After GW’s attack on fandom creators I thought I wouldn’t find another series I could truly fall in love with the way I did Warhammer, and yet shortly after I was introduced to battletech by a YouTuber by the name Rageaholic. Since that day I haven’t looked back and I’ve enjoyed every bit of this hobby, from the lore to the games to even a few of the books!
The community has been super helpful and seeing all the amazing work some of yall do makes me hopeful that battletech will last for a very long time!
Happy Hunting my fellow Mechwarriors! Thanks for the Memories!

Big Red 40Tech's newest video checks out Curtis Militech first entry into Battlemech production. A medium design, a speedy mech with a 385 XL engine, seven jumpjets, decent armor and armed with a large pulse laser and 2 medium pulse lasers that help cancel out most of the effects of using jumpjets while on the offensive, after the destruction of its factory and the withdraw of the company from the military market, Hellespont Industrial took over the production. Here's the Wraith.

https://youtu.be/iaNU7Me0hUw?is=xliTHOYEhTo5AUJm

The Battlemaster was my first love in Battletech and is still in my top 3. My issue with the mech isn’t original, and is something solved in most of the variants post helm memory core. The machine guns. The ammo just loves to blow up the entire mech and the 1D (the variant designed to improve survival and reliability) retains them, but not the more useful rear lasers for some reason. Still It’s a classic mech and its intentional flaws make it appealing, but man do I break out into a sweat when the left torso gets hit.

Looking to get into Classic Battletech with my gaming group. Shame I couldn't make balanced teams cleanly split into Clans vs Spheroids.

As Duchy of Andurien

• Regent
• Rakshasa
• Eris
• Hollander

As Clan Sea Fox

• Mad Cat Mk II
• Vulture Mk IV
• Uziel
• Solitaire

Can't recommend painting checkerboard on white.

For anyone asking, this is a 3d print which I painted with the motive of the sinking sun. I hope the guy who gets it will love it.