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>castle rat into the real preorder Man of impeccable taste. That band fucking rocks

Buy some product, try to play it, download another thing, figure out what else you need or want with it, get comfortable.

a Raven 3L, Bushwacker P2, Marauder 2R, Shadowhawk 2D2

it might be overkill but I buy 2 of each box.

I'm new to the game and really appreciated this video! I picked up the 40th anniversary Beginner Box and the Alpha Strike box to try both out so I have plenty of minis but I want the full classic rules. People have recommended Total Warfare but after hearing your review, I'll start with the PDF of A Game of Armored Combat. Thanks again!

The Clans ruined the table top game. Made for great lore, but the game balance was never as good after the Clan tech was introduced. Too much power creep.

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You sold me on the manual I was wondering where to behin

Rulebook and some mapsheets are all you need for CBT. Othello pieces with stickers make excellent unit markers.

Thx for this amazing video. Really helped me getting grip on the rules before my first game.

Battletech was my gateway drug to miniature wargames and high-complexity board gaming, but finding people to play with in college was difficult, and until this month I ihadn't played the tabletop game in 30 years. So happy to see the resurgence the game is seeing right now. And after years of 40k prices, being able to buy a full force for $25 is refreshing. As a side note, looking at the Beginner Box on the Catalyst website, the cover art is different now, but the contents appear to be the same. They may have updated the box art as part of the Mercenaries release push.

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Classic BattleTech was the most complex tabletop of it's time. So many things to keep track of, so many tables and charts, so many rules to read. I always wanted to build a smart table to display a map and do all the math, charts, heat scale, all of it, for you.

I have original BattleTech, (AND a copy of BattleDroids the original name and rules for the first year it was out). Also tons of books from the next 20 or so years. All the real classic stuff. Made by Ral Partha and its adjuncts. Why do I need to upgrade to a whole new game? (and spend hundreds of dollars for the same rules). And hundreds of mech, vehicles, troops, and elementals (Back in the day when they cost about $2.5 and not the godawful prices set today).

Hmm I cant leave any bad coments about Catalyst in short dont buy from them. This guy seems a shill Don’t buy Catalyst products but then pre owned, or PDF pre owned, printed. Iron Wind Metals are fine, Thats Ral Partha in the UK

I heavily disagree first off all don’t buy anything from Catalyst. You need 3 recorcess to play battletech. 1. The rulebook “Total Warfare” used or “used” pdf 2. Megamek a download from their website. This is one of the greatest community recorcess developed. From it you can print record sheets of any unit, and even search them through parameters like equipment or movement. (You can finally alot of interesting new toys this way!) megamek itself will alow you to play but does the rolling for you. Not a grest tool to learn but its other recourses such as sheets a mechlab, and even tools to run a campaighn are great! 3. Miniatures, Iron wind Metals known as Ral Partha overseas of the USA. Have all the old prints! And not a cent goes to catylist but instead straight to tops, otherwise I recommend printed minis or buying used!

We started playing local a lot even alpha strike over magic on fridays. Your videos were great to help some friends and new players get the ball rolling / knowing where to start, thank you

The absoloute only reason to get the starter set is the map and the mechs. The best way to start is agoac as it has 8 mechs two maps and the actual rules for battletech.

Great info! Ok so I have picked up AGOAC, essentials box, couple inner sphere force packs and BMM pdf. I want to play classic battletech with introtech inner sphere mechs. What other pdfs would you recommend to pick up for learning about each of the mechs I probably already have? TROs and rec guides are extremely confusing. Do I want Rec guide vol 1 classics? or succession wars TRO? Would succession wars record sheet pdf be helpful? thanks for any help!

as someone who recently returned to Battletech after a 10 year hiatus I started with the two mech starter box (Griffin & Wolverine) and 2 force boxes 2 years ago I've found a good local group to play with and it's been good since

Good video but inquiring minds want to know... what's in the candy cab

I found myself wanting to see what was in each box, rather than hear a rundown

I still have my 4 fasa boxes (Battletech, Reinforcements, Citytech and Aerotech, and the 3025 readout), but now that I'm falling in love again with the game and the universe after decades of not touching it at all, I'm really tempted with the new miniatures and rulesets.

screw target exclusives. Somehow a store located in the US gets a global exclusive like that that can't be sold anywhere else.

Somehow wasn't aware of the Target exclusive Essentials box. Thanks for the heads up. I've been trying to get a Battlemech Manual for a while now, but they are sold out everywhere.

Thanks for spreading the word. 😉 Have been a fan of the classic for a very long time. I can still remember the 12 that nobody talks about.

battletech has been using the same rules for 40 years. while 5 editions have been released, only a couple of clarifications have been made. if you are getting started, the 'A Game of Armored Combat' is the best value. it will teach everything you need to know for mech v mech combat. the only book you need to get, is 'Total Warfare'. it covers most of the other units used in the game (infantry, armor, vtol etc) these are currently being produced by CGL (Catalyst game labs). however, there are two older books that literally cover everything, including design and construction rules. both are from the 90s and available on ebay for less than the total warfare book. Fasa 1640 'battletech compendium'. and Fasa 1701 'battletech master rules'. these are far better layouts of the rules in a book about 1/3 the size of total warfare. as far as 'Clan invasion: Reinforcements' box. it's priced at $39.99, but CGL has had this on sale for $24.99, for over a year. it comes with 196 heavy card stock mechs. if you get the starter box or essentials box and use the $20 off code, this becomes $4.99. an absolute steal. the mech sheets are available online thu 'master unit list'. simply print and play. to save printer ink, many players put the sheet in a page protector and use dry-erase markers. this is a good overall vid for new players trying out this game!

Good video.

Beginner boxes are good almost as a demo. After several games with QS rules, players are normally ready for the AGoAC rules. So either just foot in door or for younger players, or maybe time crunch situations where you still want to do classic. The lack of heat definitely means it favors energy mechs. If you consider that AGoAC is around $45, and Clan Invasion is $40, together they would be $85. If you can get Alphastrike box for $65 (pretty common) you get the same number of mechs with the same Clan/IS distribution, excluding the 2 "awkward" elemental points. But IS battle lance and IS command lance (forcepacks) are probably where the best vale is at ($3-4 per minature).

A Game of Armored Combat should be your first purchase. The essentials and beginner boxes are solid for the new mech options. Clan Invasion box is good for those who want to expand to clans but not essential. Honestly AGoAC and the Beginner Box gets you going until you know more of what you actually want.

AGoAC, then battletech manual or total warfare if you intend to learn vehicles.

In my opinion, you need the AGoAC box. The Essentials and Beginner Boxes are nice add-ons, since they have different 'mechs the AGoAC doesn't (Rifleman, Centurion, and the Vindicator from the new BB). After that, once you've learned the game's basics and want to go further, get the Total Warfare book and start looking at Force Packs that speak to you. I'll be getting the Alpha Strike box soon so I have a few Clan 'mechs on hand, and because I want to learn AS anyway. Also, in reference to your calling it a Timber Wolf instead of a Mad Cat, there are very few Clan units that I will call by their Inner Sphere name over their Clan name. But the main one is the Cauldron-Born. So much cooler than Ebon Jaguar.

As a victim of the shipping scam on the latest Battletech kickstarer by Catalyst Game Labs I strongly suggest people do NOT support this company.

Game of Armored Combat is the best to start with imo for the price. Though of the 3 Beginner/essentials box, the Vindicator one is the best imo. If you are starting out, start with 2 mechs per side. Lance on Lance or 4 v 4 is a daunting task for any newer player. My intro games usual involve 2 Medium mechs per side. Yea the BattleMech Manual is more streamlined compared to Total Warfare. Get both, but get the BMM first before total warfare. When you are ready for combined arms with vehicles and the like, go for the Total Warfare book.

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You can just buy the Alpha Strike Counters pack, which has all the roads, ponds, and buildings from the Alpha Strike game. All for the low, low, price of around twenty-five bucks.

I love your idea to make bases for these buildings that represent rubble once the building is destroyed.

"If you are not playing the game, the you are still not playing the game." Love that quote.

Thank you!

The best part about this video is that you have shown so many people that you can start from nearly anything just to play. A very good video explanation and break down!

Can you please tell me what you used for terrain. Like what to buy? It looks like you have just glued felt onto cardboard cut out pieces?

thanks so so so so much!, is really hard to find well explained tutorials for this game and i love how you take your time to show us all the core rules and how the game works, i want to show this game for friends and this help me a lot how to deal with the basics, thanks so much and greetings from Mexico!

Really enjoyed the videos man hope you post more. Thank you

This is a great break down thank you

This is a fantastic breakdown. Thank you so much.

Have the book, but no time to read it! Just asking: does facing matter? I mean no armor diagram! so No? and everything can see 360-unless blocking LOS to Target? a simple Yay! or Nay will suffice! Still decing to get into this part of BT. TY For your time!

It's really helpful to see this played through. Thanks for taking the time

Looking forward to more battletech video uploads in the future! Earned a sub and I couldn’t be happier!

the Synthwave came in hard at one point and im not gonna lie i didnt pay attention to the hatchetman details but damn. video was great, i played a game of armored combat a couple of weeks ago, been dying to use my Alpha strike command book i bought soon haha (Building upto 500 PV Jade Falcons right now)