3 Grots - WTF is... Battletech? (And Alpha strike)

Join The Blood Angels Commander, The Chief Librarian and Sanguiinius in this episode as we look at the Battletech universe, what it is how to play it and why its so cool (giant stompy mechs is why)
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[@BigGrim78]

It's a fab game that I have to play more frequently. Got a Lance of Davion Mechs painted. Wanna do more and some Clanners. Clan Ghost Bear I think. :)

[@tonyirvingaudio]

I'd quite like to do the nova Xi galaxy scheme...

[@eddon1281]

The Federated Suns is French and Britain. The Free World League is like Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia, etc.

[@clintbarger8990]

There is also an advanced version of battletech .

[@clintbarger8990]

Playing Pre Clan invasion is the best version.

[@tonyirvingaudio]

I would agree but I'm a filthy clanner....@@clintbarger8990

[@energyfitness5116]

Battletech is Game of Throne in Space, minus dragons and zombies. Davion = Mary Sue...IN SPACE! Cant keep up with the number of atrocities of other Houses commit, which is weak. The Medieval EU. You know, Kings, Queens, Knights, Friar Tuck. Do you like weddings? Just be sure to have an iron clad prenup, you know, in case something bad happens, which likely wont happen. Favorite Weapon: Dakka! And more Dakka! Favorite Mech: Victor, Jagermech Steiner = Teutonic Mercantile Knights...IN Der SPACE! Their atrocities are their generals, which three actually have combat(paintball matches count as combat) experience. At least they roll Commando. There is nothing as liberating as scouting in an Atlas while not wearing under trousers. Favorite Weapon: Assault Mechs. Favorite Mech: 100 tons Liao = Space Commies for the People's Republic of the Capellan Confederation. Atrocity??? Then enemy shouldnt have tried to firewall our cyber attack! Each Citizen has no less than three Apparatchiks monitoring them at all times! Thats a commitment to security! What they may lose in territory, they gain in INFORMATION! Favorite Weapon: Electronic Counter Measures. Favorite Mech: Vindicators, Ravens, and anything with advanced Spyware. May or may not have weapons. No the pilot wont flee, they have an explosive device implanted into their crotch that prevents such cowardice. Kurita = Most Honorable Samurai of Space Shogun in Space! You will show respect! For great honor, commit honorable atrocity, which is permitted on their own citizens if there is advantage. Fun Fact: Kuritans may kill their supervisors if it brings gain and honor to the Shogun as long as they do it with a katana. Favorite Weapon: Any mech with a sword that isnt a Medium and/or also has a Dragon tattoo. Favorite Mech: Dragon, Grand Dragon, Samurai Gundam with (metal - not laser)sword Marik = Not sure if Austro-Hungarian -Turk - Indians +/- USA Hussars ...In Space! How DARE you attack my cousin and take his planet's shit! ONLY IM ALLOWED TO ATTACK AND TAKE MY COUSIN'S SHIT!... un-LESS..., say i have an idea - my friend still owes me 3 Cicadas. You pay me 30 Million Cbils and ill help you invade my friends homeworld, all i want is the Cicadas, you keep the rest. Deal?!?!? Favorite Weapon: Lazer Beams. Favorite Mechs: Trunch-Buckets and Awesome. Every Marik owns an Awesome. Yes, they are and live up to the name. Comstar = Forgotten descendants of ComCast and Ma Bell...IN(between) SPACE! This is Comstar Customer Service with a friendly reminder to pay your fucking internet bill or we will invade your shit and not let the Spacing Guild transport your trade goods. Nevermind the Bene Gesserit breeding a Blake. Favorite Weapon: Phone Bills. Favorite Mech: white painted ancient advanced mechs with tech Comstar removed....er um, ...tech everyone else forgot. Please take this quick survey on your Comstar experience and we will credit your planet's central bank with a 5 C-Bill coupon! We value your customer loyalty! Periphery = Pirates! In Space! Retched hives of villainy and scum. The Matriarchs of Cannabis are devoted to space tourism of the most extreme decadent kind. Nothing is taboo. Taurians like bulls. Rum runners, scallywags, and frankenmechs. Wealth beyond measure, Oulander. Clans = Space Mongols with far superior robots, steroids, and a tarded honor code. Their champion was named Malthus. Powerful and fearsome right up to the goal line, then they choke and drop the ball. Because some of them bragged they could score without even holding the ball... Wolf = if Davion wasnt Mary Sue enough for you AND you want God Mode Plot Armor. Smoke Jaguars = Atrocity? Huh...we call that maintenance. Jade Falcon = Air Force snobs but in robots. Slave! Prep my Summoner for battle! Those orphanages will feel the wrath of my ER PPC! Ghost Bear = powerful raging-bear violencegasm and good clean family fun

[@3Grots]

Well summed up! - I feel battle tech should have more zombies, surviving the zombie apocalypse in a mech with no drops hip could be a wicked rpg session

[@energyfitness5116]

@@3Grots Protomechs for zombies??? With AI pilots?

[@3Grots]

Yes. 100% yes

[@ZombieSexmachine]

out of all the miniature games out there its the most affordable

[@3Grots]

Quite probably, very decent value miniatures

[@ZombieSexmachine]

@@3Grots I love that my miniatures for battletech well always be usable. One thing that made me not stick with 40k was rule and army changes that made my army unplayable.

[@3Grots]

I know the feeling - 70% of my collection went legends with 10th... Tony