Who doesn't love civil war mechs. Delicious uziel, chimaera, Templar. Dusk haunter, this battle armor is normal stuff for iilkhan era. It looks like davion vs kurita, liao vs wolf, steiner vs horses, and kurita vs ghost bear. It sends a signal that alpha strike is taking off! Yay! I love the derpy proto guys! Wobbie mechs are going to fly off shelves.
I'm excited for all of these packs. Especially the Reaving and WoB packs. I hope they will release more protomechs in the future, I've always had a fondness for the little buggers.
Those Kurita, Hell's Horses and Wars of Reaving packs have to be my Personal Highlights. Protomechs go insanely hard on the Table, with the Boggart and Sprite possibly being gamebreaking in specific variants.
I've only ever played with the early Protomechs, but they were a nightmare to deal with. Personally I'd class them as battle armour, and list them as battlefield support under the new system they've created. They be then easier to destroy, but would still carry a punch.
Having potentially a pure Society based set to play is exciting for me. Those 3 weird Society omnis and a mix of protos should be fun to play on the table.
I wrote the pilot cards for the Davion Cavalry Lance! I'm very excited to get that in my hands! For the gun emplacements, I think we'll get a bit of a preview of them in the Mercs box, there'll be Battlefield support cards and counters for them in there.
Nice! I look forward to reading them! Out of all the packs that the emplacement one interests me most, as they could do dozens of interesting things for it. Even if it's just a gun on wheels.
Same. One of those 'Mechs I'd love to see redesigned by the new artists, as I think they'd do it justice. The old metal mini is too small as well given the fact it's technically just a lump of metal with a dog's head...
Really need the company of bug mechs sooner than three years from now. Really would like to see more boxes like that for other Iconic and ubiquitous designs from the succession wars.
If there wasn't so much weird simping for the urbie I'm guessing we'd have got this ages ago. Really didn't need a company of trashcans when they have their own lance pack, but everybody needs a bucket load of rusty insect mecha.
I'm really looking forward to the Capellan Force Packs. I hope we get atleast the Men Shen, the Jinggau and possibly even the Yu Huang. Do you know if anyone mentioned why they were not on this list? Have they not decided yet?
I think it was in one of the Pax Unplugged steams where TPTB said that the faction packs would be released w their Force Manuals. Maybe we’ll get some of the CapCom resculpts from IWM earlier than that?
Guessing they are still discussing what minis are going on, which may mean they don't want to commit to time frames on these forces as going with certain units may change/speed up their plans. I could pretty much come up with four force packs for the Capellans off the top of my head using the TROs between 3055-3067. Some absolute gold options.
@@AlxParrish Do you mean the MCCaron Lance pack or something else ;)? Was there any talk about IlClan/Wolf Empire vs Liao as a future storyline ;)? Because I'd love that.
@fabiusgallus It's because of faishi and black wolf armor sets. It would be very odd to release liao and wolf battle armor without Lance packs first.... unless they had something else in mind for those mechs. The alpha strike box set sold very well, and the aces box set is still in development. As liao vs wolf is the showdown most are interested in... this is just my pet theory.
Sadly there’s nothing here that makes me want to pull out the credit card. With the Snow Ravens as my Clan force maybe the Protomechs but they would have to be a significant improvement over the IWM minis.
I feel a little like that to be honest, but they are pushing into a period I really don't like very much, so it's cool. They've pretty much given me 80% of everything I wanted on tabletop anyway, so anything else is a bonus.
What’s the Fox patrol? I am curious about the story for this. 18:11 The OST series seems weird. I get where they’re coming from but like you said, should have all four in a box. 31:02 it feels like this is in response to kickstarter demand (as you say 30s later). I would still like non-ba infantry, even if it’s only mg posts, fortified buildings, halftracks/ifvs and the like due to the scale problems associated with humans. 39:05 I hope we see Manei Domni. I don’t like the specifics of the Jihad but the basic idea behind the cyborgs is sound. Plus I like how the clans and WoB explore transhumanism without going full cyberpunk. 45:55 Also good to role play Crescent Hawk’s Inception.
Fox Patrol is a mercenary unit who've been featured regularly in Shrapnel, written by Bryan Young. Their first four stories (originally published in Shrapnel issues 3,5,7, and 9) and a exclusive one have been collected in the Fox Tales anthology, and they were just featured in a serial in issues 13-16. They've proven very popular with fans, as a small, scrappy unit who only run a handful of ’Mechs and have little support.
Who doesn't love civil war mechs. Delicious uziel, chimaera, Templar. Dusk haunter, this battle armor is normal stuff for iilkhan era. It looks like davion vs kurita, liao vs wolf, steiner vs horses, and kurita vs ghost bear. It sends a signal that alpha strike is taking off! Yay!
I love the derpy proto guys! Wobbie mechs are going to fly off shelves.
I'm excited for all of these packs. Especially the Reaving and WoB packs. I hope they will release more protomechs in the future, I've always had a fondness for the little buggers.
Those Kurita, Hell's Horses and Wars of Reaving packs have to be my Personal Highlights. Protomechs go insanely hard on the Table, with the Boggart and Sprite possibly being gamebreaking in specific variants.
I've only ever played with the early Protomechs, but they were a nightmare to deal with. Personally I'd class them as battle armour, and list them as battlefield support under the new system they've created. They be then easier to destroy, but would still carry a punch.
Having potentially a pure Society based set to play is exciting for me. Those 3 weird Society omnis and a mix of protos should be fun to play on the table.
Excellent overview, nice to see this highlighted all in one place. This is an exciting time to be a Battletech fan!
Thanks! It is indeed. Much excite!
I wrote the pilot cards for the Davion Cavalry Lance! I'm very excited to get that in my hands!
For the gun emplacements, I think we'll get a bit of a preview of them in the Mercs box, there'll be Battlefield support cards and counters for them in there.
Nice! I look forward to reading them!
Out of all the packs that the emplacement one interests me most, as they could do dozens of interesting things for it. Even if it's just a gun on wheels.
Good mechs on the way. Love the Pluto shirt!
I thought of you when all those mad Jade Falcon options dropped :)
Pluto is a planet, and on this topic I shall not be swayed...
Words cannot properly express my excitement for those Kurita mechs
I'm so glad they are doing it. I'm not a massive DC player, but if I were that's what I'd want...
I love the hauptman so much i hope your prediction manifests!
Same. One of those 'Mechs I'd love to see redesigned by the new artists, as I think they'd do it justice. The old metal mini is too small as well given the fact it's technically just a lump of metal with a dog's head...
@duskhaunters3025 that's where my appreciation for those new era of battletech comes from, all the re-scaling. Big mechs look big now thank goodness
Really need the company of bug mechs sooner than three years from now. Really would like to see more boxes like that for other Iconic and ubiquitous designs from the succession wars.
If there wasn't so much weird simping for the urbie I'm guessing we'd have got this ages ago. Really didn't need a company of trashcans when they have their own lance pack, but everybody needs a bucket load of rusty insect mecha.
I'm really looking forward to the Capellan Force Packs. I hope we get atleast the Men Shen, the Jinggau and possibly even the Yu Huang. Do you know if anyone mentioned why they were not on this list? Have they not decided yet?
I think it was in one of the Pax Unplugged steams where TPTB said that the faction packs would be released w their Force Manuals. Maybe we’ll get some of the CapCom resculpts from IWM earlier than that?
Guessing they are still discussing what minis are going on, which may mean they don't want to commit to time frames on these forces as going with certain units may change/speed up their plans.
I could pretty much come up with four force packs for the Capellans off the top of my head using the TROs between 3055-3067. Some absolute gold options.
I think it's implied the next box set is wolf vs liao. Perhaps combining with aces?
@@AlxParrish Do you mean the MCCaron Lance pack or something else ;)? Was there any talk about IlClan/Wolf Empire vs Liao as a future storyline ;)? Because I'd love that.
@fabiusgallus It's because of faishi and black wolf armor sets. It would be very odd to release liao and wolf battle armor without Lance packs first.... unless they had something else in mind for those mechs. The alpha strike box set sold very well, and the aces box set is still in development. As liao vs wolf is the showdown most are interested in... this is just my pet theory.
Interesting that they theoretically wouldn't put the hitosume Kozo with the Rokurokubi, as they are sorta designed to run together
Sadly there’s nothing here that makes me want to pull out the credit card. With the Snow Ravens as my Clan force maybe the Protomechs but they would have to be a significant improvement over the IWM minis.
I feel a little like that to be honest, but they are pushing into a period I really don't like very much, so it's cool. They've pretty much given me 80% of everything I wanted on tabletop anyway, so anything else is a bonus.
i wish they would just do the thresher ii instead of the regular thresher
Berserker 3025. Glad it is going to be in a set.
Same. I think a lot of people feel this way.
What’s the Fox patrol? I am curious about the story for this.
18:11 The OST series seems weird. I get where they’re coming from but like you said, should have all four in a box.
31:02 it feels like this is in response to kickstarter demand (as you say 30s later). I would still like non-ba infantry, even if it’s only mg posts, fortified buildings, halftracks/ifvs and the like due to the scale problems associated with humans.
39:05 I hope we see Manei Domni. I don’t like the specifics of the Jihad but the basic idea behind the cyborgs is sound. Plus I like how the clans and WoB explore transhumanism without going full cyberpunk.
45:55 Also good to role play Crescent Hawk’s Inception.
Fox Patrol is a mercenary unit who've been featured regularly in Shrapnel, written by Bryan Young. Their first four stories (originally published in Shrapnel issues 3,5,7, and 9) and a exclusive one have been collected in the Fox Tales anthology, and they were just featured in a serial in issues 13-16.
They've proven very popular with fans, as a small, scrappy unit who only run a handful of ’Mechs and have little support.
@@lorcannagle cool, thanks. I’ll have to check it out.
If these had been available for purchase in Backerkit during this Kickstarter, I'd be bankrupt now.
Ha!
Thanks for doing this!
My pleasure!