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I played a game of this a couple months ago and this question has been bugging me.

Why is it called battletech classic? Why not just battletech? To my knowledge, there isn't some kind of battletech advanced or something...

I believe at one point BattleTech was released as a "clicky" game, hence the "classic" and far superior version.

mattyboy22 wrote:I believe at one point BattleTech was released as a "clicky" game, hence the "classic" and far superior version.

Yup, that's the reason. WizKids' game MechWarrior is an extremely simplified mech combat game in the BattleTech universe, using pre-painted minis on clicky bases. Classic BattleTech is the original, genuine wargame (and yes, far superior).