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Game mechanic-wise, BattleTech has always played out more like a traditional miniatures wargame game, and there are miniature models involved, plus the rules are just more in tune with a traditional table-top wargame than most boardgames I’ve ever played. On the maps are higher and lower elevation levels, and various other terrain features can be found clearly marked within the hexes, all of which affect movement and gameplay. They’re also more durable than the old paper maps. These used to be paper, but now they’ve produced them like a traditional board game stock, which folds out nicely for easy setup and storage.

#Battletech introductory box set full#

The Record Sheets is really where the bulk of your record keeping and micro-management takes place.Īlso BattleTech is and always has been considered a board game, as it utilizes hex maps, but nice full color maps with hexes superimposed on top of the full color terrain visuals. Using the Quick Start Rules players don’t need to keep track of the Heat management, and the sheets are smaller with less information on them, making it easier to learn most of the gameplay basics with. There are also two different Record Sheets provided in the box, one is meant to be used with the Quick Start Rules, the other is the primary Record Sheets used throughout all of the rule-sets available for BattleTech. In this Introductory Box Set there’s a pamphlet called Quick Start Rules and then there’s the larger Introductory Box Set rulebook. There are several levels of rules for BattleTech which allow players to gradually increase the level of complexity. Now in 2011 Catalyst simply refers to the brand again as plain BattleTech minus the Classic prefix. In the early 2000s BattleTech was revived as Classic BattleTech, this was so that there was no confusion between it and Wizkids’ Mechwarrrior CMG game at the time. Today Catalyst Game Labs is the sacred holder of the BattleTech flame. Mechwarrior was also the name of the original pen and paper RPG from FASA (the company originally responsible for BattleTech). Wizkids also had a very successful CMG (Collectible Miniatures Game) called Mechwarrior Dark Age, which was based in the BattleTech universe, set about 60+ years in the future, and it used a different ruleset and a different range of larger scale pre-painted plastic miniatures.

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A pilot of a giant robot in the BattleTech universe is called a Mechwarrior, and there have been countless PC and console games based on the BattelTech universe called Mechwarrior over the past 25 years as well.Īll in all, this really is the best and most impressive starter set for BattleTech they’ve ever released. If you’ve ever heard the term Mechwarrior, that’s also derived from BattleTech. Lucas I believe had something to do with the name change to BattleTech, because he had the rights to the name “droids” so BattleDroids was reborn as BattleTech. It was initially called BattleDroids, but a certain Mr. For readers who aren’t aware of just what BattleTech is, let me give you a short and sweet introduction… BattleTech is the original giant robot bashing tabletop game of sci-fi strategic battlefield combat. The release date is set for March 30, 2011, but I just so happened to get my hands on the product a little early. After a two year delay I can report that the new Introductory Box Set, which will still be called the 25th Anniversary Edition will soon be among us!

The original plan was to release a 25th Anniversary Edition to coincide with the actual 25th Anniversary. It has been a while since there’s been an Introductory Box Set available for BattleTech.

It’s not hard, it’s just very different and in-depth. Although the game just got easier with this release, but requires really taking some time to give it a shot to fully “get it” too. It’s huge, it’s heavy, and a good deal at $50.įailed Basic: The basic 24 plastic models won’t impress most miniature model enthusiasts. Passed Inspection: Includes 26 plastic models. BattleTech 25th Anniversary Intro Box Set – Miniatures Game Review By Rod WhiteĬlassic BattleTech Introductory Box Set.