Catalyst Game Labs Alpha Strike Box Set

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Basic rules for vehicles and infantry were added back in, with additional training scenarios for these unit types, titled "Veteran Training Scenario" and "Elite Training Scenario", respectively. The Record Sheets and Quick Start Rules booklets remained, and a "Painting and Tactics Guide" booklet was added that taught miniatures painting and some boardgame tactics. Like the first edition of the Beginner Box, this includes two fully assembled unpainted miniatures, cardboard standees to act as additional BattleMechs, one double-sided mapsheet, cardboard hex terrain meant to be used with the maps, the Quick-Start Rules for the game, color record sheets for several variants of the included BattleMechs, a set of MechWarrior cards, a short novella titled Golden Rule written by William H. There are 15 fold-up buildings with two different footprints and a variety of different heights, and 10 punch-out card trees. Representing the Inner Sphere on the eve of the Second Succession War, this map is the best way to start your path to becoming the First Lord as war once more consumes the Inner Sphere.

The first attack made by the Pouncer killed my Wasp, and through the game there was quite a bit of either a lot of damage happening or none happening. The Battletech Alpha Strike Box Set is the ideal introductory box set for this fast-moving modern take on the legendary BattleTech miniatures game. Finally, it offered rules for Battledroid construction (but not for vehicles) that were similar, but not quite identical, to the later BattleMech construction rules which would remain an integral part of all BattleTech boxed set rulebooks. With this box, you'll unlock powerful new factions and 'Mechs to expand your BattleTech experience and take part in a cataclysmic conflict which will rock the Inner Sphere.Particularly interesting are the 16-Page Universe Primer and the 24-page fiction novella “Chaos Theory”. The featured 'Mechs and scenarios remained the same as in the previous (fourth) edition, though the 48 cutout playing pieces (two for each of the 24 'Mech designs) had new artwork for them. Built by Kallon Weapon Industries, theErisis a mobile skirmisher perfect for the perpetual low-intensity conflicts in the former Free Worlds League.

Two of these Mechs have been fully redesigned (Wraith and Pouncer) while other seven are provided as new variants in new poses. Released in 2020 after a successful crowdfunding campaign, this box set served as an expansion to BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat.The rules by and large remain at the technology level of the year 3049, with some individual advanced rules provided, while the "current" year of the BattleTech universe was now given as 3085. The description of the BattleTech universe was moved to its own eight-page section at the end of the book. As the Clan juggernaut rolls across the core ward realms of the Inner Sphere, the House Lords scramble to shore up their defenses and devise some way to halt the invaders.

Having sold out the German edition of the Introductory Box Set, German licensee Ulisses Spiele GmbH found that they could not get new miniatures for the box, preventing a reprint.It also makes reference to the Rules Levels previously seen in CityTech, Second Edition, and states that the technology described in the BT4 game is Level 1, whereas Level 2 includes the technology available in 3058. The BattleTech Introductory Box Set was published in 2014 with miniatures for the standard group of 24 'Mechs that had been in several prior box sets. The 'Mech lineup remained unchanged since the 4th edition, and the three game scenarios remained the same except for changes to the map layout. In contrast, each plastic miniature prior to this had an integrated base that was molded directly as part of the miniature. It notes that BattleTech sourcebooks, scenarios and novels have brought the "present" year to 3055, but the associated technological advancements are "beyond the scope of basic BattleTech" and the rules remain at the 3025-era technology level.