Battletech

[Inspector Fowler]

Hey guys.

My favorite part of painting 40K is always the Dreadnaughts and Terminators and the like. I frequently imagine myself as a mech by sucking my hands into my sleeves and stomping around making rocket noises.

With the announcement about Mechwarrior Online I was wondering if Battletech still has a strong following. When I take a break from painting Black Templars I was considering another 40K army as a break but I have also been eyeing this.

What do you guys think? Is there still enough presence for this game in your area to get a pickup game going, or is it mostly dead?

[Panthera]

Battletech is still a thing!

Catalyst games has been doing an amazing job with keeping the game up to date. The newest boxed set is an incredible deal, 26 miniatures, rules and heavy board-game style maps. If you can find it, though.

http://bg.battletech.com/

[Dahzer the Cosmic Fool]

you can also find a pretty big online following of the game ones here: http://www.mektek.net/
you can dl the board game and also mw4 from there, there was also another group that made the board game digital but i cant seem to remember where they are on the ol web

[Panthera]

Megamek is what you're thinking of, and it's really great: http://megamek.info/

[Dahzer the Cosmic Fool]

ya thats the second one

[Inspector Fowler]

So, wait, those guys run an online version of the board game so you can learn the rules without buying the game first? Sort of like I have been wishing 40K would finally do? Hmm. That's interesting.

[Dahzer the Cosmic Fool]

well actually both those sites are fan made, but they are both from what i remember and have found they are the board game as close as possible, and mechwarrior 4 actually became a free game a while back when mechwarrior 5 was announced and mektek aquired the files for downloading, so i believe neither are actually connected to the makers of the board game or computer games


but yes fowler you can download those and try it out for a while before you ever have to buy the game (i know mektek is online capable, and im sure the other one is megamek also has a SP version with scenarios and such). Mektek was alot simpler when i muddeled around with it btw

[barnEbiss]

I just got the battle-tech Introductory box set and am enjoying cleaning the models off getting them ready for undercoating :)

[Tayaya]

I just got this box set as well. I am terrible at painting minis, though, so I may commission a co-worker to do that (he only charges like $1-2 per mini, depending on the mini). Right now I'm just looking forward to playing some battletech again!

[Panthera]

I've started work on one of the minis in the boxed set and have found it a bit difficult because of how misshapen the fine detail is up close. Probably won't look good next to my pewter mechs sadly.

[Ghostbear]

I have a monthly Battletech game. :)

[Pale Ale]

I have a monthly Battletech game. :)

I now, officially, hate you.

[Ghostbear]

I can live with that.

*fires a large laser through Pale Ale's cockpit*

[Panthera]

The local group is starting up a Battletech campaign using A Time of War. Should be interesting.

[Ghostbear]

We're currently playing through the Wolf's Dragoons vs the Combine stuff from the 4th succession war.

[Pale Ale]

I can live with that.

*fires a large laser through Pale Ale's cockpit*

that was most of my cockpit armor you cunt!