Hex numbers - purpose?
Hey all, I’ve been casually playing battletech for… 30 years-ish? One thing I never put much thought into is what the hell are the numbers in the hexes for? Can someone enlighten me? Thanks!
Show me your mechs
My posts get a decent amount of votes and comments, so I know there are mechwarriors here. Show off your stuff.
Which clan is best?
I am used to the Succession Wars era, but am coming around to the Clan Invasion era. Based simply on the insignia and the basic summary I lean towards Diamond Sharks, but if I am to adopt a clan as a faction, what does everyone suggest as the best and why?
Is an Urbie a viable rearguard for an assault mech?
I am not a smart man....
Best Battletech books?
I’m relatively familiar with the setting, but I’ve never actually sat down and read any of the books....
What is CGL's official stance on 3D printed minis?
I know the general consensus is that proxies are okay, and I am aware that CGL doesn’t seem to care about people printing minis for themselves. I just want to get my facts straight before I open my mouth to my fiancee who runs an etsy store that does 3D printing....
Atlas online.
Album with rear....
Can you DFA a vehicle?
I got the chance the other day, couldn’t find a vehicle kick table
Combined Arms
Hello all! I’ve been playing a fair amount of AGoAC and I’ve decided to start looking into running tanks, hovercraft, and such. What’s a good resource to learn the basic names of the units and their loadouts? I assume there’s a TRO or it’s in TW, but I wanted to start by asking here....
How did you discovered Battletech ?
I first discovered Battletech from the Harebrained Schemes game (loved the Shadorun games) then i found Tex from the black pants legion YT channel and fell in love with the universe, played a little of mech warrior (stopped because it keep crashing my computer) and now i considering reading the books.
Garbage Mechs?
Hey everyone, new to Battletech and know barely anything about the lore....
Anyone run a Mechwarrior: Destiny game and have tips?
Hey everyone, just trying to help keep this instance afloat while we wait for the system to keep powering up......
RPGs for battletech
For a long time I’ve tried to get a good RPG setting going for BT. I know there’s an already written RPG for the game but tbh I don’t really like it. For a while, I thought about making a bare-bones RPG myself that used the same base mechanics scaled down, but I found it was just too crunchy and slow. Now, I’m thinking...
First time painting...any recommendations for easier paint schemes?
So I've decided after playing for a year or two that I'm finally going to try painting my minis. I've held off because frankly I have terrible artistic and fine motor skills and I don't want to ruin my mechs....
Are there any 3d models available for battletech mechs?
My brother would like a 3d printed chess set
Override_Shutdown: a community for mech video games
In the migration from Reddit to Lemmy, I noticed there was no equivalent to r/OutreachHPG here. Because of this I made my own community....
local bookstore had some BT books for sale
I picked up both books of the Capellan Solution for my kid. Wondering if anyone has read these… They look like the usual “not groundbreaking literature but entertaining” kind of fare. Anything they should read before hand?...
Do you keep your mech lance/star boxes?
I’ve managed to build up quite the collection of mechs over the past couple years, and I have kept most of my mech boxes, too. I am starting to kind of run out of space....
Alpha Strike house rule suggestion: AMMO#(+#,+#,+#)
So, my thought goes like this: ENE mechs get extra safe-spots on crit-tables, but kin/msl mechs get no bonuses whatsoever except an infinite supply of ammo. Would it break the game to, say, give the King Crab something like:...
Battletech Record Sheets v1
After years of using the old sheets (and getting tired of filling in little bubbles) I decided to redesign them for our group. They liked them so I figured I’d share them here as well. We use a paperclip to track heat on the right hand side....
BTA 3062
Shortly after my previous post about BEX, my merc company folded due to a lack of funds....
Reddit Refugees
So…how many of y’all here come from the rotting Caracas that is Reddit?
Closed out my kickstarter order for mercenaries...
… now I just have to wait a friggin year or whatever for my quad mechs (and I guess some other stuff)....
Looking for vehicles? Reaper CAV is not terrible.
My kid, who is a terrible degenerate clanner, runs hell’s horses as their main. Thus, they have a neverending thirst for things with treads and wheels instead of good solid stompy legs like Kerensky intended. Ironwind metals are a little fragile for an eleven year old (paint chipping etc) so I’ve been looking for stands in...