Future Wars

Future Wars
Product information
Type	Magazine
Development	Herb Barents
Publication information
First published
Content

Future Wars was a fan-made, unofficial BattleTech magazine that ran for 40 issues and a "best of" issue. It is considered apocryphal for the assumption that the publisher held a license from FASA to publish BattleTech content; otherwise, it would be outright non-canon.

Known content:

Issue 22

"Vehicles, Katachen Variants, New Mechs" (44 pages)

Issue 23

"Heavy Mechs"

Cover: B&W Illustration of 5 Mech walking through a valley with buttes. An Unseen Warhammer in the foreground.

Issue 24

"Star League Tech, Heavy Mech Design" (44 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of 3 Mech in the midst of urban combat. Perhaps an Archer, Crusader and Thunderbolt.

Issue 25

"Dropship Construction, The Lotus Eaters" (48 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of an unknown Mech or Power Armor and tagline "The Dawn of a New Age With… The Kin!"

Issue 26

"This Issue: Scenarios"

Cover: B&W Illustration of 8 futuristic officers and mechwarriors simulating a wargame.

ARTICLES: A Matter of Balance; Critical Slots; Real Mechs; Shorts; Heavy Mech Modifiers; Battletech Playing Strategies; Point-Blank Enterprises; C.H.M.R.A. Chimera; KL-8 Kali; Operation Deep Scout; more.

Issue 28

"Let's Get Personal, Infantry, Role Playing, New Mechs" (48 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of a futuristic solider in reflective sunglasses.

Issue 29

"Solaris VII Issue" (48 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of a Hatamoto-Chi with right arm weapon directed at the reader.

ARTICLES: Trends and Directions; Butterfly 30 ton mech, Role-Playing Opportunities in Battletech; A Tale of the Black Panther Legionnaires (fiction); Armor Allocation According to Hit Probabilities; Solaris VII In Depth (2 Articles); Tactics in the Arenas; Berserker BZK-3R; Review: Mecha!, ToastMaster BLR-1F, Birdman BCA-1A, Ogre OGR-3E, Ice Man III ICMN-3, Grand Reaver GND-1R

Issue 30

"BattleForce! New Scenarios, New Units, New Mechs" (48 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of a stylized anime Mecha with left hand outstretched toward the reader.

Issue 31

"Aerospace Issue, New Fighters, Silent Death, Star Warriors"

Cover: B&W Illustration of an Aerospace fighter… probably a Chippewa.

Issue 32

"New Mechs, New Technology"

Issue 33

"The Clans, New Tech, ClanTech on Solaris"

Issue 34

"Lance-Based Tactics, Kin Smashing, The 113th American Division"

Cover: B&W Illustration of urban combat featuring a Mech that may be an Ostroc or Ostol.

Issue 35

"Allah's Hammer, Mech Shields, The Free Worlds Alliance"

Cover: B&W Illustration of defiant unknown Mech with a prominent gun held high in the right hand.

ARTICLES: Mekton Review (8 pages), Allah's Hammer (fiction and scenario), Review: Mekton RAFM mecha figures (3 pages), BattleTech to Palladium Robotech Conversions, 3050 Liao Civil War (2 pages), The Real Mechs (Quirks of the Blackjack, Hatchetman and Clint, 1 page), Mech Shields (3 pages), Stupid Weapon Tricks (2 page weapon analysis), Black Gorilla 75 ton Mech, Gremlin GMN-1 15 ton mech, Hellraiser HLRZ-3, IT 65 ton mech (The name is literally "IT"), The Gauss Platform (slow 100 ton vehicle), Labyrinth LBY-4D 60 ton mech, Viper VPR-IIx 30 ton mech, further 3 pages of Mekton advertisement and a record sheet.

Issue 36

"Campaign Rules, Dropship Construction, 9 New Mechs, 3 New Dropships, 7 Reviews" (56 pages)

Cover: B&W Illustration of a standing mech similar to a Locust.

ARTICLES: BattleTech Campaign (6 pages), 10 pages of various dropship articles, Review: Metal Magic's Former Imperial Robot Legions (suitable proxy mechs), Reviews and Articles: BattleSpace, BattleForce, Tactical Handbook, Succession Wars board game, Princess Ryan's Space Marines miniatures game, Blazer BLZ-R1, First Born 6 ton mech, Brimstone FRE-ND, Marauder III MAD-6A (XL engine ERPPC, AC/20), Ottawa 70 ton clan mech, Punisher clan Assault Carrier, Stormbringer STB-3R, Thunder TDR-3R, Tornado TOR-1D