Battletech resources for those new to the game

[@fernandogarcia852]

+1 on Tex Talks Battletech. His videos are amazing.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

100% agreed. His stuff is awesome.

[@davidburke7085]

@@CrankyOldGamer Ya, I think the whole Tex talks series on Battletech is a critical asset to anyone who is really interested in the background of pivotal mechs and pivotal historical eras and battles in the BT universe and want to know some significant detail and take on those things because the Tex Talks videos do it well and are entertaining in the way he presents them. The videos provide a better feel, not just the basic facts for what the Battletech universe represents and why it supposedly works the way it does, because as many will point out, theres plenty about it that can be a puzzle in some ways. The reality is, the Battletech science fiction universe is probably one of the most detailed and chronicled fictional game universes there is. Endless novels and gaming resource articles have been written describing in great detail so much about it.

[@MathiasShaw637]

This is gonna be my first TT game.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Good luck! Battletech is so much fun. It's easy to pick up and a ton of giant robot smashy goodness.

[@spoilerwarning28]

I just bought the GOAC box. I can’t wait to learn then show my friends how to play.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Have fun! Its a great game!

[@pacecory1]

What we need is a good place to find record sheets, but also for Battle reports a lot of these channels don't play classic or are dead. Guerrilla Miniature Games seems to play classic though

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Yes GMG plays classic occasionally. Death From Above have great batreps but not classic.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

I think you can print sheets off Flechs sheets - web page you can check out if you havent seen that yet.

[@StarJudgeGaming]

Massive thanks for this! Just gotten in to BT as a thing having played Mechwarrior 5 just now and seeing a massive uptick in BT amongst 40k fans after GWs behaviour last year. Loving it. And this has been great to expand on learning.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Awesome! Im glad this was helpful. Stay tuned for more!

[@acehigh79]

The best place for lore is the black pants legion on KZbin. The ridiculous amount of knowledge tex possesses puts crit rocket and grim dark to shame. Plus tex talks battle tech is very entertaining.

[@Helcarexe26]

Thanks for the shout out for the information, you listed a few channels that I didn't know of for Battletech.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

You bet - thank YOU for so much awesome content!

[@Helcarexe26]

@@CrankyOldGamer You're welcome

[@darkstorminc]

Camo Specs also has a website that shows painted minis for each unit and faction.

[@death2all79zx]

Tex talks / black pants Legion

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Yes!!!! Love this guy. At some point Im going to publish my impression of Tex, Ive been working on my impersonation of his voice. :)

[@lightseeker4155]

DEATH FROM ABOVE! Just getting into Battletech again and they are fantastic I'll be checking these others out as well!

[@CrankyOldGamer]

They have the best batreps on KZbin as far as I can tell. Hands down.

[@denisrandall5355]

I enjoy listening to black pants legion on KZbin. They talk about important moments in battletech lore and the history of different battlemechs

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Indeed they do! Great resource for lore and flavor of the universe.

[@sqir09]

Cap'n Ed's Mech Hangar on facebook is also really good and he occasionally does live paint alongs.

[@maggiweber]

I love your channel, thank you

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Thank you so much!

[@xpluscollectorscrew]

Camospecs and unit color compendium both online great references for paint schemes.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Absolutely. I find myself going to UCC a lot to find the next color scheme I want to try out.

[@xtresive]

Thanks for the insights 👍👏

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Thanks my man!

[@PlasticraicGaming]

Just getting into it myself now mate. It seems the shite show that is current 40k and the promise of new Plastic redesigned mechs is a winning combination for Battletech.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

I respect 40k but its just one too many games for me. I'm quite enjoying the hard sci fi edge of Battletech.

[@darkstorminc]

Also, lots of good material on the main battletech forums.

[@terrainaholic]

awesome video .. Sue and I would love to meet you at adepticon :)

[@CrankyOldGamer]

YES!!!!

[@semperatis]

I'm on both of these FB groups,I'm only getting back into it after losing well over a Regiment's worth of stuff in a fire back in 2005. I'm sure that you'll know who I am from the two SHD's and the Valkyrie mech along with the old Battletech Compendium.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Oh im so sorry you lost all that battletech goodness! I hope everyones ok and you are on your way to a new collection!

[@Wraithcannon]

Lots of good stuff here, including building counters for the hex maps and rules. bg.battletech.com/downloads/ Sarna also has a downloads section with all kinds of goodies. www.sarna.net/files/ Last but not least, don't forget the Master Unit list. Critical for Alpha Strike players. www.masterunitlist.info/

[@CrankyOldGamer]

These are all great resources and I use them a lot as well.

[@spoilerwarning28]

Are mechs usable for both Battletech and alpha strike?

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Absolutely! Same universe and all the same machines, just a different style of playing the same game

[@monkeyfoo999]

Were can I get the mech minatures? Catalyst has a very limited selection.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Theres various places to get minis. The best place imho is Aries Games and Miniatures! Huge selection.

[@monkeyfoo999]

@@CrankyOldGamer thank you good sir. Getting back into the game. do you know if the rules by catalyst have stats for all the mechs sold by aries? Is there a book that gives them stats. sorry for all the questions just seems to be alot of information very spread out.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

No problem at all! You can get the stats for all the mechs various ways. One way is to get the TROs, or Technical Readout Manuals. That is an expensive way to get them but youll get some backstory on each mech. You can also get the record sheets from Catalyst, which are used in gameplay. Photocopy those for each game use, theyll have everything you need. You get some copies of these for the mechs you get in A Game of Armored Combat for the mechs in that box. Ill see if I can find a link of a record sheet resource for you.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Something line this: store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/battletech/products/battletech-record-sheet-3039-pdf

[@monkeyfoo999]

@@CrankyOldGamer Thank you very much good sir. This has been a big help, the link would help still more but I really am grateful for your help so far.

[@JoeBossRedSeven]

🍷🤖🎩DEATH FROM ABOVE!🏆😘💯

[@johngeer4557]

What town are you out of?

[@CrankyOldGamer]

I live in the greater Seattle area!

[@h347h]

What game mat is that?

[@CrankyOldGamer]

That is a Frontline Gaming Fatmat!

[@h347h]

@@CrankyOldGamer Thanks!

[@xpluscollectorscrew]

Grimdark's voice and manner of speaking irritates me...

[@CrankyOldGamer]

He does have a very unique cadence and tenor to his voice