Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

[Dannyalcatraz]

Several boardgames, really...

• Battletech (and in original editions, Citytech) - Mechs, tanks, platoons of infantry. a
• Aerotech/Battlespace: space fighters, dropships, later jumpships.
• Battleforce 1: alternate larger scale for battletech, with much reduced detail; Still, one mech or tank per token on the map.
• Battleforce 2: even larger scale; can handle entire planetary invasions.
• Succession Wars: Whole galaxy counters on map, regiments+ per counter.

I probably missed a few...

And the RPGs...

• Mechwarrior: RPG that can generate the scores used in Battletech, Aerotech, etc. A number of different versions, each mostly incompatible,
  • 1E is a GURPS knockoff - it worked
  • 2E is a "priorities" character design. it worked, too.
  • I cannot speak to later ones
• Mechwarrior: Destiny - alternate RPG, less detailed, makes use of reduced stats for tanks, space fighters, Mechs, etc. Intended to be more narrativist than

No. It's not a forgotten backwater approach.
It's a "We blasted ourselves back to the Information Age in 5 huge civil wars because we couldn't agree who would take over the Star League."
Later, the Clans, who didn't participate in the Succession Wars, come in with retained League Tech...


Can't say that it is. Only a few of the factions have anything like chivalric orders.
Still, it has an elitism to mechwarriors that is parallel to dark ages nights.


Were it not for the physics of projectile weapons, Battletech would be pretty straight-laced; that they get the size/range relationship backwards (Real world: Bigger guns go further; BT: smaller ones go further). It's not at all intended as humor.

I’m afraid you missed I’m referencing my immediately previous post. I’m well aware of the extant BT/MW games.

I was talking about a mechacentric game where there were analogues of low-riders, stance, neon/wrapped, rat rods, squat, etc. car cultures, making the already improbable batllemechs even more surreal.

For example, going into a battle in a modified MadCat with legs half as tall as normal, with a purple metal flake paint job with candy-apple red pinstriping, a neon kit, and a booming system.

Or a chromed-out Phoenix Hawk convertible.

Or an Atlas with a monster truck like extra big legs for jumping, plus a smoke generator system.

 

[Mezuka]

Some of my painted mechs:

 

[payn]

Some recent minis I'm working on;
Archer with burnt orange blaze for a desert drop.

Awesome with dark legs and lighter torso look.

Desert camo Banshee

Blue and Orange dress paint Catapult

 

[payn]

...annnnd I just bought two more mech packs.

• Inner Sphere Striker Lance: Blackjack, Jenner, Panther, Wolfhound
• Inner Sphere Support Lance: Cyclops, Thug, Dragon, Spider

 

[payn]

So, started going to open BT games at a local shop. Once a month they do a Solaris tournament and that has been a ton of fun.

During one of the open games, I fielded an Archer, Thunderbolt, and locust. Dudes with slow ass clan mechs laughed until my missile boats sat behind a hill and the locust spotted for them. Failed pilot checks are so fun. Of course, my teammate lost a heavy to a gauss shot to the cockpit. No other damage...

In the tournament, I started with a Valarie. I realize have distance weapons is ok, but better if you actually have mobility. I'm thinking of saving up and getting a spider so I can just run/jump all over. Try and build up some fame and money.

 

[TheHand]

So, started going to open BT games at a local shop. Once a month they do a Solaris tournament and that has been a ton of fun.

During one of the open games, I fielded an Archer, Thunderbolt, and locust. Dudes with slow ass clan mechs laughed until my missile boats sat behind a hill and the locust spotted for them. Failed pilot checks are so fun. Of course, my teammate lost a heavy to a gauss shot to the cockpit. No other damage...

In the tournament, I started with a Valarie. I realize have distance weapons is ok, but better if you actually have mobility. I'm thinking of saving up and getting a spider so I can just run/jump all over. Try and build up some fame and money.

That's pretty great!

How does the tournament work? Can you just pick any 4 Mechs or is there more to it?

 

[payn]

That's pretty great!

How does the tournament work? Can you just pick any 4 Mechs or is there more to it?

The Solaris Tournament has a lot to it! You start as a rookie mechwarrior with 3 mill credits. Basically gets you a light mech. They have a wide variety to choose from (Though clan stuff is very expensive and hard to get). You earn fame and character points by landing hits on turrets, targets, other players mechs. As you collect credits, you can buy abilities and other mechs. It's a blast!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Favorite Four Mechs, no particular order, 1984 rules:

RLF-3N RIFLEMAN.
ARC-2R ARCHER
MAD-3R MARAUDER
PXH-1 PHOENIX HAWK

 

[payn]

Favorite Four Mechs, no particular order, 1984 rules:

RLF-3N RIFLEMAN.
ARC-2R ARCHER
MAD-3R MARAUDER
PXH-1 PHOENIX HAWK

Not bad.

I like,
FS9-H Firestarter
CN9-A Centurian
GHR-5H Grasshopper
HGN-732 Highlander

 

[aramis erak]

WHAT!? Battletech by Hairbrained schemes is amazing. MW5 is not bad if you like FPS mech sim.

I HATE FPS games, excepting lightgun games.
it's really damped my tolerance for finishing the 3d zeldas. Breath of the Wild was so thematic that I got absorbed by the puzzles, but the TPS factor was just a general problem.