In June, I bought one of the Black Knight Clanbuster premium miniatures from Catalyst Game Labs. These premium miniatures are multi-part plastic kits for design variants that are not covered by the main pre-assembled plastic miniature line. The Black Knight Clanbuster was the first one offered for sale, and a Stormcrow TC variant will be […]
BattleTech is a relatively complex game and you make a lot of tactical decisions while playing it. Here are some things that I try to keep in mind while playing that will hopefully help you in your own games. I’m going to assume that you already know the basics of how to play. If not, […]
It is a great time to get into BattleTech. The game is enjoying a renaissance with updated miniatures, regular product releases, new novels, and the setting moving into a new era. Why BattleTech? BattleTech is a tabletop game centered on 12 meter tall war machines known as ’Mechs. Piloted by talented MechWarriors, these giant walking […]
In case you missed it yesterday, Catalyst Game Labs announced their first post-Kickstarter force pack. The Wolf’s Dragoons Assault Star is a Barnes & Noble exclusive that comes with an Annihilator, a Timber Wolf, an Archer, a Rifleman, and a Blackjack. The Annihilator is entirely new, the Archer and Blackjack are new variants (ARC-2W and […]
You Wolves have no honor, so we will resolve this in a Circle of Equals. I call for a Trial of Grievance! MechWarrior Lex I recently picked up a lunar map sheet as an impulse buy, so I decided that I should play a quick game on it. In order to keep with the map’s […]
With wave 2 miniatures from Catalyst Game Labs’ Clan Invasion Kickstarter now being delivered, it’s time to start the work of divvying them up into factions, picking unit color schemes, and doing a lot of painting. As I was working on figuring out which ’Mechs I wanted to put in each faction, I was spending […]
