Difference between revisions of "Battletech Game Systems"

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This article lists products that are considered to contain the current Battletech rules.
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This article lists products that are considered to contain the current Battletech ruleset. Those in the Advanced and Expanded categories are optional, typically not tournament legal, but are available for a deeper game experience.
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==Box Sets==
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* [[BattleTech Beginner Box|Beginner Box]]  - Abridged ruleset
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* [[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat|A Game of Armored Combat]]
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* [[BattleTech: Clan Invasion|Clan Invasion]]
  
 
==Core Rulebooks==
 
==Core Rulebooks==
* [[Total Warfare]] (or [[BattleMech Manual]] for Mech gameplay only)
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* [[Total Warfare]] (or [[BattleMech Manual]] for BattleMech only gameplay)
* [[Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition]]
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* [[Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition]] - Abstracted gameplay for faster and/or larger games
  
 
==Advanced Rules==
 
==Advanced Rules==
* [[Strategic Operations: Advanced Aerospace Rules]] (optional)
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* [[Strategic Operations: Advanced Aerospace Rules]]
 
* [[Tactical Operations: Advanced Rules]]
 
* [[Tactical Operations: Advanced Rules]]
* [[Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment]] (optional)
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* [[Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment]]
  
 
==Extended Rules==
 
==Extended Rules==
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* [[TechManual]]
 
* [[Campaign Operations]]
 
* [[Campaign Operations]]
 
* [[Interstellar Operations: BattleForce]]
 
* [[Interstellar Operations: BattleForce]]
* [[Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras]] (optional)
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* [[Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras]]
* [[TechManual]] (optional)
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==Role-Playing Rules==
 
==Role-Playing Rules==
 
There are 2 different systems that are used for Roleplaying in Battletech. ''A Time of War'' is more along the lines of a traditional system, where ''MechWarrior: Destiny'' focuses more on a narrative system.
 
There are 2 different systems that are used for Roleplaying in Battletech. ''A Time of War'' is more along the lines of a traditional system, where ''MechWarrior: Destiny'' focuses more on a narrative system.
  
* [[A Time of War]] (Core)
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* [[A Time of War]]
* [[A Time of War Companion]] (Advanced)
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* [[A Time of War Companion]]
* [[MechWarrior: Destiny]] (Core)
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* [[MechWarrior: Destiny]]
 
 
==Notes==
 
* What rulebooks/rulesets that are considered ''optional'' is those that introduces rules that are used for specific types of gameplay
 
  
 
[[Category:Game Rules]]
 
[[Category:Game Rules]]

Revision as of 16:57, 5 June 2022

This article lists products that are considered to contain the current Battletech ruleset. Those in the Advanced and Expanded categories are optional, typically not tournament legal, but are available for a deeper game experience.

Box Sets

Core Rulebooks

Advanced Rules

Extended Rules


Role-Playing Rules

There are 2 different systems that are used for Roleplaying in Battletech. A Time of War is more along the lines of a traditional system, where MechWarrior: Destiny focuses more on a narrative system.