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Welcome to the 31st Century
BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game — a science-fiction universe spanning 40 years of tabletop wargaming, hundreds of novels, and multiple video games. Set in a far future of feudal star nations and towering war machines called BattleMechs, it is a universe of endless conflict, complex politics, and deeply human stories told at the scale of giants.
40+
Years of Universe
300+
Novels & Stories
4,000+
BattleMech Variants
Tabletop
Play the Tabletop Game
Command lances of BattleMechs across hex-grid battlefields. Choose your record sheets, roll your dice, and feel every hit location. Multiple game scales — from two-player skirmishes to full campaign systems.
BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat Alpha Strike — fast-play large battles Free Quick Start Rules Find a demo near you
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Fiction
Read the Fiction
Almost since the first box set in the 1980s, BattleTech has produced novels, anthologies, and short stories. Over 300 books span a thousand years of in-universe history — and dozens are available free. Start with one free novella and go from there.
Free fiction — start here, no cost Shrapnel Magazine — quarterly fiction Novels by era — find your entry point Browse the full fiction archive
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Video Games
Play the Video Games
BattleTech has powered some of the greatest mech games ever made. From the acclaimed MechWarrior series to the BATTLETECH turn-based strategy game, there's a digital entry point for every type of player.
BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes, 2018) MechWarrior 5: Clans (PGI, 2024) MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (PGI, 2019) Full video game history
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