BattleTech
BATTLETECH INNER SPHERE DIRECT FIRE LANCE
BATTLETECH INNER SPHERE DIRECT FIRE LANCE The Inner Sphere Direct Fire Lance is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic Batt...
View full detailsBATTLETECH COMSTAR COMMAND LEVEL II NEW
BATTLETECH COMSTAR COMMAND LEVEL II This expansion box serves up intermediate-level play, building off the recent, best-selling release of Battlete...
View full detailsBATTLETECH INNER SPHERE FIRE LANCE
BATTLETECH INNER SPHERE FIRE LANCE The Inner Sphere Fire Lance is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tableto...
View full detailsBATTLETECH: INNER SPHERE COMMAND LANCE
Recommended Ages: 13+ The Inner Sphere Command Lance includes the iconic Marauder, Archer, Valkyrie, and Stinger -no assembly required!- along with...
View full detailsBATTLETECH CLAN FIRE STAR
The Clan Fire Star is a collection of five plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Strike games. The box also provi...
View full detailsBattleTech: Clan Heavy Star
BattleTech: Clan Heavy StarThe Clan Heavy Star is a collection of five plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Stri...
View full detailsBattleTech: Inner Sphere Heavy Lance New
The Inner Sphere Heavy Lance is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Strike games. The box ...
View full detailsBATTLETECH ALPHA STRIKE BOXED SET New
BATTLETECH ALPHA STRIKE BOXED SET Clashing Armies The commline ablaze with determination. An army of war-forged metal titans on the heights. The ...
View full detailsBATTLETECH FORCEPACK WOLF'S DRAGOONS ASSAULT STAR
BATTLETECH FORCEPACK WOLF'S DRAGOONS ASSAULT STAR Product Description: The Wolf's Dragoons are the most well-known and respected mercenary command ...
View full detailsBattletech Clan Ad Hoc Star
Battletech Clan Ad Hoc StarThis expansion box serves up intermediate-level play, building off the recent, best-selling release of Battletech: A Gam...
View full detailsBATTLETECH CLAN COMMAND STAR New
Recommended Ages: 13+ The Clan Command Star includes the Dire Wolf, Summonder, Stormcrow, Mist Lynx, and Shadow Cat -no assembly required along wit...
View full detailsBATTLETECH INNER SPHERE HEAVY BATTLE LANCE New
BATTLETECH INNER SPHERE HEAVY BATTLE LANCE The Inner Sphere Heavy Battle Lance is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic Ba...
View full detailsBattleTech: Clan Heavy Battle Star
BattleTech: Clan Heavy Battle StarThe Clan Heavy Battle Star is a collection of five plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop ...
View full detailsBattletech Inner Sphere Support Lance
Battletech Inner Sphere Support LanceThis expansion box serves up intermediate-level play, building off the recent, best-selling release of Battlet...
View full detailsBATTLETECH CLAN HEAVY STRIKER STAR New
Recommended Ages: 13+ The Clan Heavy Striker Star includes the Gargoyle, Hellbringer, Mad Dog, Ice Ferret, and Viper -no assembly required- along w...
View full detailsBattletech: A Game Of Armoured Combat New
This new box set is a reimagined classic of the world’s greatest armored combat game and includes all you need to jump in. Both new and long-time p...
View full detailsBATTLETECH COMSTAR BATTLE LEVEL II New
BATTLETECH COMSTAR BATTLE LEVEL II This expansion box serves up intermediate-level play, building off the recent, best-selling release of Battlete...
View full detailsBATTLETECH: CLAN INVASION CORE BOX New
BattleTech: Clan Invasion brings remolded Clan and Inner Sphere Mechs to players’ tabletops, adding additional content to BattleTech: A Game of Arm...
View full detailsBattleTech: Clan Support Star New
The Clan Support Star is a collection of five plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Strike games. The box also pr...
View full detailsBATTLETECH INITIATIVE DECK
Enhance your battlefield tactics by substituting the Initiative Deck for the standard Initiative roll. Poor initiative position awards stronger str...
View full detailsBATTLETECH PROLIFERATION CYCLE BOXED SET
BATTLETECH PROLIFERATION CYCLE BOXED SET In 2439 the Terran Hegemony unleashed the Mackie—the first BattleMech—setting off an arms race across the ...
View full detailsBATTLETECH KELL HOUNDS STRIKER LANCE
BATTLETECH KELL HOUNDS STRIKER LANCE From their very first days, the Kell Hounds - and their infamous founding brothers, Morgan and Patrick - took ...
View full detailsBATTLETECH URBANMECH LANCE FORCE PACK
BATTLETECH URBANMECH LANCE FORCE PACK Loved and hated in equal measure, over the last four decades the UrbanMech has become the mascot of BattleTec...
View full detailsBATTLETECH NORTHWIND HIGHLANDERS COMMAND LANCE New
BATTLETECH NORTHWIND HIGHLANDERS COMMAND LANCE Unleash the Northwind Highlanders Command Lance! Included is the new Gunslinger, re-posed and jum...
View full detailsBattletech is a tabletop wargame that simulates futuristic warfare between giant robots called "BattleMechs." Players use miniatures and terrain to create battlefields and engage in tactical battles. The game is set in a fictional universe where powerful noble houses fight for control over the Inner Sphere, a region of colonized space. Battletech has inspired numerous video games, novels, and other media adaptations, and has a dedicated community of fans who continue to play and expand upon the game's lore and mechanics. Overall, Battletech offers a rich and immersive gaming experience for those who enjoy strategy and sci-fi themes.
Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What is BattleTech?
The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech (originally named BattleDroids) by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III and has since grown to include numerous expansions to the original game, several board games, role playing games, video games, a collectible card game, a series of more than 100 novels, and an animated television series.
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2. What scale are BattleTech miniatures?
3D miniatures in BattleTech generally uses a 1/285 or 6mm scale, though the consistency of scale can vary between or even within certain miniature lines.
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3. Who owns BattleTech?
BattleTech is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs.
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4. What is BattleTech gameplay like?
At its most basic, the boardgames of BattleTech are played on a map sheet composed of hexagonal terrain tiles. The combat units are roughly 12-metre-tall (39 ft) humanoid armored combat units called BattleMechs, powered by fusion reactors and armed with a variety of weapons. Typically, these are represented on the game board by two-inch-tall miniature figurines that the players can paint to their own specifications, although older publications such as the 1st edition included small scale plastic models originally created for the Macross TV series, and the 2nd edition boxed set included small cardboard pictures (front and back images) that were set in rubber bases to represent the units. The game is played in turns, each of which represents 10 seconds of real time, with each turn composed of multiple phases.
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5. What is the setting & lore of BattleTech?
A detailed timeline stretching from the late 20th century to the mid-32nd describes humanity's technological, social and political development and spread through space both in broad historical terms and through accounts of the lives of individuals who experienced and shaped that history, with an emphasis on (initially) the year 3025 and creating an ongoing storyline from there. Generally, BattleTech assumes that its history is identical to real-world history up until approximately 1984, when the reported histories begin to diverge; in particular, the game designers did not foresee the fall of the Soviet Union, which plays a major role past 1990 in the fictional BattleTech history. Individual lifestyles remain largely unchanged from those of modern times, due in part to stretches of protracted interplanetary warfare during which technological progress slowed or even reversed. Cultural, political and social conventions vary considerably between worlds, but feudalism is widespread, with many states ruled by hereditary lords and other nobility, below which are numerous social classes.
Above all, the central theme of BattleTech is conflict, consistent with the franchise's wargaming core. Interstellar and civil wars, planetary battles, factionalization and infighting, as well as institutionalized combat in the shape of arena contests and dueling, form the grist of both novelized fiction and game backstories.
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6. Are there BattleTech variants & expansions?
The game's popularity spawned several variants and expansions to the core system, including CityTech which fleshed out urban operations, infantry, and vehicle combat, AeroTech which focused on air and space-based operations, and BattleSpace which detailed large spacecraft combat. FASA also published numerous sourcebooks, known as Technical Readouts, which featured specifications for new combat units that players could select from. However, despite the large number of such pre-designed BattleMechs, vehicles, aerospace units and other military hardware, the creators also established a system of custom design rules, enabling players to generate their own units and field them in combat. In addition to game rule books, FASA published several background books detailing the history, political and social structures of various factions in the game.