![]() ![]() Small correction: the Game of Armoured Combat does not come with a Stinger. Not incredible (compared to higher end plastic minis), but better than the IWM (imho). Thanks to ru for starting the TR 3025 discussion as that definitely lit a fire for me to check this world out again and I’m really enjoying doing so and can’t wait to actually play some games.Ĭlick to expand.The new plastic minis are quite good, honestly. So all in all, that’s kind of where I am right now. Back in the day I had experimented some with a conversion of Battletech to a true miniatures system and it did work pretty well but not 100%. I also appreciate that it’s a true miniatures system and doesn’t rely on a grid. Maybe a different feel from Battletech proper but it looks like a much better implementation than Battleforce was, at any rate. I haven’t played Alpha Strike yet but have dabbled through the free basic rule PDF and it looks like it might be worthwhile. I’m not quite as fussed with having official models for these as there are a number of appropriate SF models in this scale.Īll that aside, I’m also considering which system to play around with or even whether I might mess around with both. One thing I do want to get into a bit more this time is playing around with combined forces, not just ‘Mech on ‘Mech but including more vehicles and infantry. I also have the current boxed set coming which includes 8 more (Battlemaster, Awesome, Catapult, Wolverine, Shadow Hawk, Locust, Commando and Stinger) so I’ll have pretty good options to play around with right off the bat as I consider what else I may want to pick up. Just to check them out I did order one of the Lance packs that was available, containing the Warhammer, Rifleman, Phoenix Hawk and Wasp. The main drawback to them is they only seem to come in Lance/Star packs and availability seems kind of spotty, but I’m patient and can wait for reprints. So with that, I have some thoughts about where I want to take my re-entry into this world and maybe some questions about what it looks like right now.įirst up is miniatures, I had dabbled in Mechwarrior: Dark Age when it was out and I recall that at that point Battletech was renamed as Classic Battletech to differentiate it, with Ironwind Metals taking over miniature production from Ral Partha, which it looks like they’re still doing, in metal.Ĭonfusing things a bit is that Catalyst seems to be doing their own line of minis in plastic and the scale, while close, doesn’t seem to be completely consistent between them and the style definitely is not.įor ‘Mechs, I’m planning on sticking with the plastics, I like the style of the redesigns and while I loved the Ral Partha minis back in the day, many of those sculpts have not aged well, the internal scaling of the Catalyst line seems more consistent, too. Do they have a name for that, btw? ISTR back in the day there was Levels 1, 2 and 3 with Level 1 being the basic 3025-era stuff, Level 2 being the more advanced Inner Sphere and Clan stuff and Level 3 being more an anything goes that included more 'experimental' kind of items. That's just as well because while I may change my mind at some point, right now I'm basically only interested in the 3025-era. ![]() Oddly I still have my 3025//58 record sheet books but not the 3050. I still have a handful of minis but none of the better metal figures, mostly the cheaper plastics that came in various boxed sets and a few of the books. I'm figuring this can be more general talk about anything and everything to do with these games.įor my part I played a lot of Battletech back in the day, starting with the 3rd Edition boxed set which came out in 1992, and probably through the early aughts, gradually dropping off, selling off a lot of my minis and books over the years. As mentioned in the 3025 TRO WIR thread I had thought about trying to start up a new thread for more general discussion about the game(s) rather than cluttering that one up with too much off-topic stuff, so here we are. ![]()
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