BattleTech Goes Gothic! Will Grimdark Mechs Draw In The Warhammer Crowd? #OTTWeekender
April 4, 2025 by avernos
It's OTTWeekender time! BattleTech from Catalyst Game Labs is going grimdark with a new Gothic set coming soon that fires up their Continuum Series. Will this new set be enough to bring in the Warhammer 40K crowd who might want to try out tabletop wargaming with BattleMechs going up against demons?
We have a chat about BattleTech: Gothic and what you're going to be getting inside the new set. We also have a look ahead at what else Catalyst Game Labs have planned including a Steampunk set, an anime-inspired option and more! Make sure to check out Martin's channel, TheHobbyLodge!
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As always, dive into the comments and tell us all your thoughts about the show this week and what we chat about!
Tabletop Gaming News
Here is some of the wargaming, tabletop and miniatures news this week that caught our eye and made us go "ooooh!"
- New Starter Sets & More From Star Wars: Legion - Star Wars is getting something of a boost this year from Atomic Mass Games with Starter Sets and more
- Watch Out For Telesis Games' Lunar Wars On Gamefound - A brand new Sci-Fi game featuring sculpts from the Space Marine master, Bob Naismith
- BattleTech Gothic Launches New Continuum Series Of Games - Could this be a new set of BattleTech miniatures to draw in Warhammer 40,000 fans?
Let us know if something from this week made you "oooh!" and if we missed anything!
Indie Of The Week - Dark Fantastic Mills
Gerry has a look at some amazing terrain from Dark Fantastic Mills which can be picked up as STL Files but also as physical miniatures covering all manner of genres including some of the biggest Sci-Fi and Fantasy wargames.
Check Out More From Dark Fantastic Mills
Dark Fantastic Mills do some glorious terrain that can be assembled in a modular fashion to build all sorts of tabletops. They also do some great products like trophies and objective markers which can be used for your games.
More Tabletop Gaming News
See what else we found in the news this week that we wanted to talk about!
- Brilliant New Warcrow Miniatures From Corvus Belli - Are you going to be giving Warcrow a go as one of its new factions?
- Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! Launches From Warlord Games - Venture into the era of the War Of Independence with Warlord Games
- Brand New Heroes & Villains Coming For Marvel: Crisis Protocol - What do you make of these new and returning miniatures? Is a Starter Set now on the cards?
Are you going to be swayed into playing a new game based on what you've seen here?
Tabletop Gaming Crowdfunders
Join us to take a look at some of the new crowdfunding campaigns that you can get your hands on right now covering Pulpy 80s nostalgia and some Weird World War battles.
- Night Terrors by Crooked Dice - Hit all those nostalgic moments with a great set of miniatures and a new Feature Pack from Crooked Dice
- Reichbusters Reloaded by Monolith Board Games - A revamped and updated version of the hit Weird World War board game
Could you be tempted to give 7TV a go with the Night Terrors set or will you be getting stuck into the updated version of Reichbusters from Monolith?
Make sure to dive into the comments and let us know what you think of this week's show!
Have A Great Weekend!
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Almost backed Reichbusters the first time around. Very tempted now as I’m in a WW2 era of gaming… Bolt Action and Achtung Cthulhu.
It’s about £180 with postage, but there’s a lot of plastic in there and big campaign.
I have just backed the upgrade pack to bring my original all-in ks to the modern version, looking forward to going back to the game.
I don’t think it will draw the GW Legions/Epic players away, wholly – but I may dabble …
I hope i win🤞🏻
When I saw Battletech Gothic I thought it was an April Fools parody of Battlefleet Gothic.
Have a wonderful weekend.
you were not alone
Nice 👍
Happy weekender all
Was tempted by reichbusters, then the G I Joe game had the nostalgia levels off the scale but by think I might just back this Luna wars for something a little different at a bigger scale for me.
Still making progress on my epic napoleonics, I plan some gardening and pulling the stack of spurs out tomorrow and drinking in the sunshine. It’s been a long busy week.
The Han Solo miniature looks more like Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly to me.
Was fun to be involved thanks for having me on.
New Black Powder… Nice
Let’s hope Reichbusters is handled better than it was by that absolute shower Mythic Games
Yay weekender time’s folk’s ✨️🔮✨️
Ooh you guy’s starting a fansonly channel 🤔🙆♂️🤦♂️🤭
M.O.O.N.👩🚀
The terrain would be good for LotR an the crab house’s could be evil Smurfs
They have a Comic Book Crisis Protocol now? Oh my!
Between Revolution and the new legion starters I need a second job
Good one guy’s
The Star Wars legions boxes are very interesting to start, but I don’t know if I will pick up a box with all the models I already have.
Was Ash Barker involved with Lunar wars, I think I have seen several vids on his platform.
I like the look of the new Warcrow releases. There are no special rules for mounting/dismounting.
Well, damn you guys. You convinced me to back reichbusters last time, when I wasn’t originally interested. I wasn’t going to back for the upgrade pack, but you just convinced me to do that too. I hope the campaign system is better thought through this time.
Hmmm. What could I do with a 2nd Project X?
Nice 🍀 hope to win 🍀
Star Wars Legion looks a much more tempting sight now that they have remastered the core miniatures. I still prefer the look of the Fleet troopers for the Rebellion. If they get a starter set I might just jump back into the Star Wars universe.
With you on the name Battle Fleet Gothic not Battle tech Gothic.
Yeah, I too was hoping for a re-release of BFG!
Not just MCP but Reichbusters too… 🙃
Thanks Gerry, now I cannot unsee that Mr. T chain on the Atlas!
The town MDF from Crooked Dice is very tempting, may look out for when released and build a 80s town bit at a time for some down the road Terminator action.