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Had to look up the Aquagladius. The basic model is a bad design. An aquatic mech with a Taser. Tasers cannot be used underwater. Effing brilliant.

Now strategically, I can see a need for specialist mechs like these, but for the typical CBT or Alpha Strike game, it is of limited use. Still, if I thought it looked cool I'd get it, but I don't like its looks.

 Ghaz wrote:

 Charistoph wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
Sarna has a list of 29 Solaran ‘Mechs so unless they drop some of them then they’ll have to be in each box (and all four ‘Mechs in the ForcePacks would need to be Solaran ‘Mech) in order to get them out in a timely manner.

So 15 Solaris "Essentials" boxes with another "custom" 'Mech used to fill the last slot with 15 double-sided maps and terrain options?

I'm sure that would be a seller without having to do a lot of selling.

The problem lies in the timing, If Target only has one box every six months to a year that would take seven and a half to fifteen years to get it all released...

Which would fit a slow release schedule such that "all the abusable tech combinations" of "Solaris 31XX" will have a chance to be normalized in the normal game.

Still, having Target being the first seller is a bit of a downer, in my opinion. Hopefully like the current B&N exclusives, they'll be available to other local and foreign wholesalers in a "short" period of time.

Target isn't going to get all the solaris 7 stuff, this was a one time deal. future S7 stuff would be released elsewhere

And who said anything about doing this through Target?

 Charistoph wrote:
Still, having Target being the first seller is a bit of a downer, in my opinion. Hopefully like the current B&N exclusives, they'll be available to other local and foreign wholesalers in a "short" period of time.

In the video above, Randall is talking in the range of years if it happens.

BrianDavion wrote:
Target isn't going to get all the solaris 7 stuff, this was a one time deal. future S7 stuff would be released elsewhere

This is all theoretical and based on Target being happy enough that they will want another Essentials box sometime in the future. Keeping Solaris VII with Target just makes sense to me.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Had to look up the Aquagladius. The basic model is a bad design. An aquatic mech with a Taser. Tasers cannot be used underwater. Effing brilliant.

The Aquagladius dates back to 2005, predating the original Tactical Operations book by three years. I'm not sure what rules the weapon had at that time.

EDIT: An update from the BattleTech Forums:

Cubby wrote:Back on track with a fresh thread, y'all.

BattleTech Universe - in late-stage layout
Brush Wars Season 1 - art submitted, layout on deck
BattleTech: Encounters - at the printer
Legends II - writing mostly complete, fact-check underway
Hot Spots: Hinterlands - writing complete, in fact-check, art getting underway
Force Manual: Davion - in layout

Lorcan Nagle wrote:Dice game using the same core system as Encounters: Shadowrun and the Bravest Warriors games CGL published in the past. It's a push your luck mechanic. I have the Shadowrun one and it's a fun casual game for cons or when you've got a spare 30-45 minutes.

 Ghaz wrote:

Highlights?

 Charistoph wrote:
Which would you rather all see next?

Solaris 7 with new arena maps and updated ruleset?

Operation Bulldog with Inner Sphere Omnimechs?

Stuff actually released over here.

Over here?

Your flag has the United States. That's where everything BTech gets released, more than anywhere else.

Albertorious is based in Spain I believe. The flag is wrong, and it usually isn’t. Unfortunate timing though

 Flinty wrote:
Albertorious is based in Spain I believe. The flag is wrong, and it usually isn’t. Unfortunate timing though

It could also be affected if a VPN is in use.

 Ghaz wrote:

 Charistoph wrote:
Still, having Target being the first seller is a bit of a downer, in my opinion. Hopefully like the current B&N exclusives, they'll be available to other local and foreign wholesalers in a "short" period of time.

In the video above, Randall is talking in the range of years if it happens.

BrianDavion wrote:
Target isn't going to get all the solaris 7 stuff, this was a one time deal. future S7 stuff would be released elsewhere

This is all theoretical and based on Target being happy enough that they will want another Essentials box sometime in the future. Keeping Solaris VII with Target just makes sense to me.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Had to look up the Aquagladius. The basic model is a bad design. An aquatic mech with a Taser. Tasers cannot be used underwater. Effing brilliant.

The Aquagladius dates back to 2005, predating the original Tactical Operations book by three years. I'm not sure what rules the weapon had at that time.

EDIT: An update from the BattleTech Forums:

Cubby wrote:Back on track with a fresh thread, y'all.

BattleTech Universe - in late-stage layout
Brush Wars Season 1 - art submitted, layout on deck
BattleTech: Encounters - at the printer
Legends II - writing mostly complete, fact-check underway
Hot Spots: Hinterlands - writing complete, in fact-check, art getting underway
Force Manual: Davion - in layout

Lorcan Nagle wrote:Dice game using the same core system as Encounters: Shadowrun and the Bravest Warriors games CGL published in the past. It's a push your luck mechanic. I have the Shadowrun one and it's a fun casual game for cons or when you've got a spare 30-45 minutes.

Solaris 7 isn't going to be kept exclusive to target... that said I sincerly doubt they'll put the unique S7 mechs out in plastic, CGL knows they're niche.

Again, this is what a HYPOTHETICAL continuation of the Solaris VII line at Target could look like. No one is saying that it’s happening, just how they think CGL and Target should do it in this ‘What if…’ scenario.

Liya International has posted over two dozen short videos on their YouTube channel of the Mercenaries minis in production. Some of the minis being assembled are the Goliath, Warrior H7, JagerMech and Scorpion.

Something to go along with your BattleTech T-shirts:

Quite the game tonight.

i got a new terrain mat with the idea of changing thigs up a but and did we ever. the only thing we didn't use in this game was conventional infantry and WIDGEs

clan bandits with toads providing support for a few mechs. battling it out against mostly inner sphere vehicles. we brough aerospace, VTOLs, hovercraft a couple different naval assets, amphibious tanks, and a single bhargest 4T. the clanners lost the madcat and pouncer while the star commander in the masakari took a nap under water. when the bandits ran low on ammo they picked up the remaining toads and left. the IS side was down to the 2 boats a drillson and the ASF.

Good God... wet navy assets? Now that's something you don't see every day. Or year.

Where's the mat from?

deep cut studios...and yes a sea skimmer and a mauna kea


everybody seems to know tablewar or FLG when it comes to game mats, but pworks workshop, gamematEU and deep cut studios make some really interesting ones.

 aphyon wrote:
deep cut studios...and yes a sea skimmer and a mauna kea

everybody seems to know tablewar or FLG when it comes to game mats, but pworks workshop, gamematEU and deep cut studios make some really interesting ones.

It is a nice looking mat. Tempting, though I do not use riparian terrain that often. Of course, if i had such a mat I might use such terrain more often.

I've got 9 mats (7 6x4s and 2 4x4s) and all of them come from Gamemat.eu

I want to get one of Tablewars' geomats so that any mat can be a BTech mat.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Over here?

Your flag has the United States. That's where everything BTech gets released, more than anywhere else.

Here in Spain. I can't really say why or how the flag that appears is the U.S. of A.'s

This just appeared in my inbox and I figure some here might be keen.


Deadly Prints have done a bunch of special effects for Battletech!!

STL for 3D printer owners
https://deadlyprintstudio.com/producto/battletech-a-game-of-armored-combat-fxs-bundle-digital

Physical for everyone else
https://deadlyprintstudio.com/producto/battletech-a-game-of-armored-combat-fxs-physical/

Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

Not to mention a laser that somehow has muzzle flash on that Locust...

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

Ever since I thought about AMS in Battletech, drunken missile flights make more and more sense.

Drunken missile flights are built into the rules. Why did you think there was even a 'missiles hit' table in the first place?

They should make a set for the Yeoman.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

The formal term for this is an Itano Circus.

chaos0xomega wrote:

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

The formal term for this is an Itano Circus.

Thank you. I had a feeling there was a proper term for it, but I did not know it.

chaos0xomega wrote:

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Ah, classic Macross: rockets going all over the place and somehow converging at the target.

The formal term for this is an Itano Circus.

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