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I think those look pretty funny, I hope we do get BT scale kaiju, but worse comes to worse those look perfect for pirate mechs in BT proper.

From Dale 'Wondergecko' Eadeh's Facebook page

Since the cat is out of the bag re. Battletech: Gothic, I finally (after patiently waiting for almost a year) get to show what a treat these are to paint. Enjoy, y'all.
(This is a prototype print, and I'm CSO Wondergecko, to pre-answer some questions.)

I'm not very sure how I feel about this new box.

M.

I'm not terribly impressed, its not bad in its self per say but it seems to me that its effort that could have been used to get more canon mechs into plastic sooner

It screams of the same generic grim-dark gothic stuff other companies put out as alternatives to GW's stuff. "It's a KV2 tank! But with gothic arches!" In this case, it's a 'Mech, but with tusks and gothic greebles!

The Marauder looks nice, could be something found out in the Periphery, but the rest, not my cuppa.

Ugh.
This stuff isn't in the BT lore is it? Please don't let it.

I have an idea... Print the damn rulebooks.
My Alpha Strike Commander's Edition has been on back order since 14th November 2023.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
This stuff isn't in the BT lore is it? Please don't let it.

No - as it says on the box it's "A BattleTech Continuum Game", an alternate realty.


It seems to have got quite a hostile reception from some corners of the Internet...

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Ugh.
This stuff isn't in the BT lore is it? Please don't let it.

I have an idea... Print the damn rulebooks.
My Alpha Strike Commander's Edition has been on back order since 14th November 2023.

They printed it and sent them all the copies to QML who are not sending them back until the merc KS is fulfilled. They've not done another print run in the meantime so people can actually get the book that want it.

Well that's rad. CGL is a big enough company to work on more than one thing at a time, and there's tons of other stuff already announced as coming. Last year's Kerenskycon revealed basically half a decade's worth of force packs.

The Aces box is also super nice.

 lurch wrote:
I'm not terribly impressed, its not bad in its self per say but it seems to me that its effort that could have been used to get more canon mechs into plastic sooner

Things like this are often done to try and casually convert people interested in other franchises into the game. This one is aiming to get grim-dark-gothic players from Trench Crusade and GW into the Mechwarrior universe. Even just one box of token models purchased or a boxed game set can be enough to get people to step over the threshold and make that first purchase. Then once invested you've more chance of getting them to spend more on the core game.

MTG has been doing it for a while now with loads of their cross-over brand cards

It's not a bad thing to try as long as it doesn't detract resources from the main game so the hate it's attracting is baffling to me, but I guess it's due to the mess that was the merc KS, and how angry are some fans at Catalyst (For the record I think Catalyst mismanaged the KS but I'm not angry to the point of throwing the baby with the bathwater)

M.

Looks like a high effort april fools

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Looks like a high effort april fools

That's my takeaway too. Like the Disney Princess or WWII supplement, just more high effort with actual miniatures attached to it. But I honestly like it-it's an alternate Universe, so if you don't like the Lore, just toss it aside-it's irrelevant to the Battletech setting and isn't pretending otherwise.

The miniatures on the other hand look pretty good to me. Unlike the LAM Urbanmech, these look like they'll be perfectly useable for normal games. The different aesthetic styling seems like a nice option to have duplicates of mechs on the table stand out than just an alternate pose, and the kitbashing potential is obvious.

If this is going to be a recurring thing, (and indicators point to 'yes)-then I guess we know where we might expect to see those Battletech sculpts based off the Japanese art that was talked about a couple of months ago.

I get why, but I really hate the spider needs a flight stand.

I love it when people/groups take big swings at very creative and out-there ideas, so I have no problem at all with this. The money is pouring in right now, they can do all kinds of wacky stuff while the iron is hot.

I think the minis themselves will work either way, they can be Word of Blake 'Mechs, or pirate 'Mechs, or quirky mercenaries. Also I made up my own version of the Battletech universe as head canon for my forces and games, so I definitely don't have any reason to mind Catalyst doing likewise.

beast_gts wrote:

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
This stuff isn't in the BT lore is it? Please don't let it.

No - as it says on the box it's "A BattleTech Continuum Game", an alternate realty.

It might tangentially have something to do with the Black Marauder.

It's right up there with Urbie LAMs and romance novels and cookbook to me, I've no plans to get any of them but I don't mind them being out there. They're fun and different and all of them feel very much like april fools jokes they decided to run with. You don't have to engage with any of them.

I'm really stoked about the Aces box! Plastic turrets, bunkers and a coop/solo-play campaign! I'm absolutely all over that. And that Thor looks like a close-enough version of Nicolai Malthus' mech to go up against the Sommerset Strikers box set

So they said at kerensky con that the celestial box set was delayed till 2026 because of the aces box set but then announced the gothic set that seems like it's effecting the main line right there.

Catalyst Game Labs wrote:Explore BattleTech's first alternate universe with BattleTech: Gothic!

BattleTech: Gothic takes place during The Endless War. When humanity's Golden Age collapsed, humanity entered an unending civil war. But they were not alone, for vicious Abominations of flesh and steel rose up to enter the fray!

#mecha #grimdark #demons #alternateuniverse #AU #BattleTech #miniatures

I'm in for the possessed Urbanmech for sure..

 NH Gunsmith wrote:
.... who asked for Battletech Gothic lol?

Me. Very much me. Battletech I got into as a kid, 40k an adult, and I love alternate history. This is everything I have ever wanted.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Behold, Battletech Gothic:

Spoiler:

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Theres a trailer (sorry for the xitter link):

https://x.com/Lutra_Gaming/status/1903880821402161374

Ohh this looks fun - I do enjoy alt universes (so much better than retcons) - be handy for converting other systems as well - like for my Adeptus Titanicus units or Cthulthutech

Alpha Strike is my main game, and I love Battletech and I think this is cool. It gives an alternate universe for people to play in that want aliens and grimdark and what not. I don't personally care about that, I like the Battletech Universe for what it is, but I'm excited for have different skinned mechs to use for non-conventional mercenary and pirate forces, especially with customizable parts. I think that will make some really colorful companies.

Catalyst Game Labs wrote:
The Endless War sweeps the Human Sphere and you are mustered to fight. But you need to know the horrors you'll face on the battlefield, be they BattleMechs, Abominations, or the great powers of humanity.

This is the universe primer to learn all about BattleTech: Gothic!

https://bit.ly/BT-Gothic-Signup
https://bit.ly/BT-Gothic-Primer

#mecha #grimdark #demons #alternateuniverse #AU #BattleTech #miniatures

From Ray Arrastia, BattleTech Line Developer on the BattleTech Forums on the future of BattleTech Gothic:

Ray Arrastia wrote:This is a one-off. The continuum line, if we proceed, will be a series of one-off, reimagining the BattleTech in a series of different genres and aesthetics. Two versions in early development are Rockets and RayGuns and Anime (not final title).

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Okay, would love to see the anime take on BattleTech. ??

 BrookM wrote:
Okay, would love to see the anime take on BattleTech. ??

According to Ray Arrastia, the Mad Cat is in the anime style...

Hmm, really hoped the emplacements would be more bunker-complex and less turrets. Don't really know if I want these now.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Ugh.
This stuff isn't in the BT lore is it? Please don't let it.

I have an idea... Print the damn rulebooks.
My Alpha Strike Commander's Edition has been on back order since 14th November 2023.

Apparently it's an alternate universe with a dark religious gloss and small-scale kaiju attacks.


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 BrookM wrote:
Okay, would love to see the anime take on BattleTech. ??

Ah... you are familiar with the Unseen, what they originally looked like, and where those designs came from, right?

 Shadox wrote:
Hmm, really hoped the emplacements would be more bunker-complex and less turrets. Don't really know if I want these now.

I think the turrets from the Harebrained game bled too much into the classic game aesthetics.

M.