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Oh. And I’d assume it’s also a good method of approaching the enemy the fastest way possible. As you don’t need to rotate as much.

How did you get that mech? Salvage!

I, too, came to settle on Clan Hell's Horses as a main faction. I guess it's a good thing I grew up in the muscle car era and painting flames is second nature. Well met, Trothkin.

Wow thanks.!❤ . Mathematically correct. If you think about it you just squish the hexes more straight or in line to the target. Two lines intersect is clear cut. Plus you get to choose which way to count so avoid the clutter along one way. More tips please!

Played my first round of Alpha Strike on Hex Map when the Clan Kickstarter was delivered... It was a eye opener. Fast, fun, big and challenging. I love it! :-)

I'm also a big DCMS fan. And it's fun to put together thematically coherent units and figuring out how they work. My first showing with a Kurita unit loaded up with C3 was... not great. But there were some standout moments.

people play alpha strike without the hex matt? who are these people?!

This oddly enough one favorite lance next to the command lances and strikers lance.

Hyvää kontsaa, jos satut käymään kuopiossa joskus niin poppaa kuofin discon bt kannulle noottia. 😊

I fucking love the third set of rules. It just feels better. You don't lose all your damage if you miss, and you don't have to roll per hit.

In my experience, introtech mediums also take too long to kill each other due to heat limitations of introtech and poor damage output. Plinking at each other with 7 average damage per turn while either of you have ~150 armor can easily get tedious.

As a Statistics guy appreciate your doing looking at the numbers for us. Fascinating that you did it using Monte Carlo rather than doing the math. In either case I have to say after using the alternate die roll method last weekend in a convention game, even though the crits were more frequent, you are right it does fell more like BattleTech in granularity and at the same time felt it really sped up the game and kept up the pacing and excitement. Loved Classic BT,but, especially with Hvy and Aslt mechs felt like I was just chopping wood. Loving Alpha Strike and the alternate dice. I am going to try the Pilot Die method this weekend. I like rolling fewer dice and not having to search around to match up the colored dice.

I'm an Inner Sphere guy at heart, but when I got my hands on some Clan Mechs, I started looking around. I ended up with the Ghost Bears and fell into a deeeeeep rabbit hole researching their typical Mechs ^^ Luckily, their machines were some of my personal favourites (things like the Kodiak, Mad Dog and the Executioner), so that coupled with the interesting lore made for a great combination. Of course, since then I have begun to do the same for any faction I am interested in playing, so I've started to separate my collection into different boxes to become different forces, mainly based on the lore. Which also lead tome buying more Mechs. So... there's a bit of a risk right there ^^

You're missing out with not playing a Thug. The thug is a more powerful and durable Warhammer. Ugly or not, it's a good mech. Also, don't forget Proxys. You can use just about any mech as a proxy.

I am happy to have found your channel. I too have found 3d terrain pretty and makes the battle more immersive but does make finding lines of sight confusing and have been having to remove the 3d terrain to see the hexes underneath to confirm. Overall, great video and a lot of good wisdom in each battle.

Your ralli English was absolutely peak. Perfect. Obligatory torille!

Got my friend Jani to find me a copy post haste and he actually managed to find one in what looks like pristine condition. Thanks for sharing this video! Also, they did the same with all the Map Packs in our German releases, skipping the first one and going straight to the second (and onward from there).

One trick we use in my group is to put the record sheet inside a page protector and then use a dry erase marker to track your stats. When you’re done just wipe it off and you can use the sheet over again. Very useful in a campaign setting.

Awesome! I love this!

Raipe odottaa jo torilla!

Torille 😂

I didn't know Battletech has such a strong community in Finland. I live just below you in Estonia and have trouble finding people to play with. It would be cool to visit your gaming club sometime!

Hey, thank you soooo much! I'm really happy that you enjoy my apps. Some additional info: When you click on the "more" button at the bottom of the Recog Trainer screen, you can enable "Ace Spotter" mode (hard mode) and also set up a Time Attack game. Clicking on the "?" in the GATOR Trainer, lets you configure some stuff like dice colors. All of the apps were made for a mobile phone's vertical screen layout, which is why they look a little strange on a large computer screen 😅 And last but not least, on my website you can also find a free player aid PDF for classic Battletech, solo practice rules and a travel version of the game. Again, thank you for playing with the apps and creating Battletech content!

Great vid.

He is a really enthusiastic guy and open for feedback. =) He hit like a bomb on the German Discord and was very well received.

Neat

Horse's are cool, if you like the Clans. But choosing an Inner Sphere faction is the best choice. While im no fan of House Kurita, the really do have some of the coolest mechs! My Factions are Comstar and im juuuuussssttt starting a Clan force. Haven't settled on one yet though i like Hell's Horses, Snow Raven, Ghost Bears (won't be the Bears though as that's my son's faction), and maybe Ice Hellions. Probably settle on Hell's Horses though gh, as combined arms are my play style. Plus the red and yellow and mohawks are effing cool! The Ballius is ugly AF thoygh so ill skip that haha😂

Factions are only important for your color scheme. What you field is what you wanna field.

It is a fun way to pass time. For example, if you are on a long commute to work.

This is FANTASTIC!!! I absolutely love it. I feel like I'm going to have find some way to use this. Great find! I definitely missed a few playing along with you, lol.

The reason rolling once has the same odds as MAR is because 2d6 has the same probability curve as 2d6. If you roll 100 times and compare it to rolling 300 times, you'll get about the same percentage of 7 or better. The only difference is in gameplay when the result of a single attack matters more than what the average is. Because 0 *or* 5 damage is more swingy for one roll than 0 *to* 5 damage. But they MUST have the same average because they're both 2d6 vs the same target number. The same with the Pilot Die, it is a D6, and you're adding it to another D6. MDR is the only one with different output, and only a bit really. That one surprised me, I'd missed the implications of the minimum damage 1 when reading the book.

RIP the article you reference is gone.

Monthly Battletech in Helsinki, you say... Would there, perhaps, be a discord group or facebook or what-have-you?

We've got this thing we do where we play a sort of 'limited' format game with blind boxes where you pick some blind boxes and play with one of the mechs inside for prizes. Over time it's turned into a not just an event for the game store but a trade event where folks bring their piles of grey to trade, so even if you end up opening mechs you don't like you can usually find something you will!

I imagine this is a must in Europe, since CGL goes out of its' way to make it hard for overseas customers to obtain their products at a reasonable price

Nice and concise!

what discord channel are you using for battletech?

> You can choose light Lyran lance No, you can't.

Love the video, subbed! For your Kuritan mechs, what paints and colors did you use? Also basing material? I’m looking to do a first themed unit and love the colors I also ended up picking up the support lance for the same reason you did, Kuritan force but went in the direction of Sword of Light scheme

Shocked they haven't added breasts to the mechs with a penis and come pre-printed in gay pride colors

I learned I hate fighting the black python

Hi I have been getting into Battletech and tabletop wargaming lately first time after high school. I live in Tampere, but visit Helsinki for work often enough. What Battletech related Discord were you talking about?

The box set is a "Kurita" force - The Cyclops and Thug are "Comstar" Lend Lease mechs to the DCMS, Post 4th Succession war.

You videos are great, I particularly enjoy the videos about the often confused rules and how to speed up the game. Keep it up!

Totally agree with this, and the added bonus is that it leads to your minis having stories behind them. I have three mechs that a friend from my hometown gave me when I was back visiting (a Griffin, a Bushwacker, and a Crockett) because he didn't particularly want them, so I used them as a test for a generic green scheme that worked out pretty well. They are now permanent residents of my BattleTech travel case and some of my favorite models to run.

I have this fear of blind boxes. I always tend to get trash minis, or multiples of the same type. With this video I am reminded that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure so I can resume my purchases in the hope to trade for mechs that I want!

You always have a good take!

this is a very good and reasonably comprehensive video. Within the scope of the video the only thing that I would have added would be examples of partial cover/woods for mechs against vehicles/infantry that are on 1 level higher than the elevation the mech is standing on. The mech would still get partial cover because while the vehicle/infantry is on ground 1 level higher it is still at "head" height of the mech therefore partial cover or woods still apply. A video about LOS near or on the edge of terrain would be a good companion piece to this one.

the book that comes with, a game of armored combat, has a page showing examples of LoS, and asks you to figure them out, but fails to give you the answers, so you just have to assume you are correct so this video was very helpful

Excellent video!