Choose Your Route Into The BattleTech Universe

January 29, 2019 by brennon

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Catalyst Game Labs has been showing off some of the different ways you can delve into the BattleTech universe. The first of these might be the most obvious with the Beginner Box.

Battletech Beginner Box - Catalyst Game Labs

This boxed set comes with all the things you need to have a go at BattleTech for the first time. You get your hands on two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules set, maps and cards which will represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice and more.

If you want to just smash each other to pieces and get a feel for the miniature game rules this could be a good start.

Beyond that, however, you can also get a look at BattleTech: A Game Of Armoured Combat.

Battletech A Game Of Armoured Combat - Catalyst Game Labs

This box contains a few more miniatures and various different options for those looking to dive into the universe. They are looking at this as the option for those that want to explore the game as a miniatures property, or something like a role-playing game.

Finally, another of the recent releases was Shattered Fortress.

Battletech Shattered Fortress - Catalyst Game Labs

Inside this book, you'll find...

"Shattered Fortress chronicles the twilight of BattleTech’s Dark Age, as nations are thrown into turmoil and predators circle the broken remnants of the Republic of the Sphere. This volume provides a year-by-year look at pivotal turning points in Inner Sphere, offers a peek behind the curtain of Fortress Republic, and reveals the fateful decisions that will ultimately decide the future of the Inner Sphere."

One of the things that strikes me about the BattleTech universe is just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to the fiction. This is one of those avenues into that world and gives you a good primer on some of the background for this world you can get stuck into.

I won't pretend to know everything about BattleTech and in fact, I know very little, BUT this looks like a great place to start.

Are you tempted to delve back into BattleTech?

"Are you tempted to delve back into BattleTech?"

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