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Following the successful release of Shadowrun dice, Q-workshop now has the license to release BattleTech-related dice.
“There’ve been so many great dice released for BattleTech over the years,” said Randall N. Bills, Managing Developer for Catalyst Game Labs. “So when Q-workshop started talking about BattleTech, I immediately had grandiose plans for how to […]
Continue Reading →The victim of a devastating cosmic impact and war, Manassas is still one of the Inner Sphere’s safest planets, except for the so-called “Dead Zones” dotting the world. In Touring the Stars: Manassas, players will learn about the famed Manassas Run, an annual world-spanning treasure hunt for valuable LosTech where anything goes and the […]
Continue Reading →Theodore Kurita, samurai tyrant of the mighty Draconis Combine, is celebrating his sixty-first birthday. Topping the guest list is an unlikely bunch of high-tech troublemakers: Camacho’s Caballeros, the toughest team of mercenary MechWarriors the Inner Sphere has ever seen. But their invitation is more than merely social. Theodore’s powerful cousin, “Uncle Chandy,” has recruited […]
Continue Reading →Truebirth – Born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan’s fearsome BattleMech war machines.
Freebirth – Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their truebirth superiors. Depised for their imperfections, they […]
Continue Reading →After a great Open Beta, the final Combat Manual: Mercenaries book is at the printers and the PDF/Print Preorder is now available! (If you previously purchased the Beta PDF, you should’ve already received an email for a free upgrade to the final!)
Some soldiers fight for king and country, some for honor and glory, […]
Continue Reading →The enigmatic Draconis Combine industrialist “Uncle Chandy” Kurita owns property on planet Towne. Upon hearing news of the secret Black Dragon Society’s plans to invade, Uncle Chandy dispatches Cassie Suthorn and Camacho’s Caballeros to protect his holdings there and organize the local militia to defend against the anticipated attack.
To the Caballeros’ surprise, Towne […]
Continue Reading →David McCarthy returns to Kathil a hero—one of the few surviving members of the First Kathil Uhlans, who fought so fiercely in th wear to defeat the Clans. But David returns from Clan space with haunting memories of the cost of victory…
With the Federated Commonwealth on the brink of civil war, David joins […]
Continue Reading →A stark world on the fringes of the Inner Sphere, Bone Norman’s desolate, haunting geography can spook even the most experienced warrior. A sleepy backwater planet for most of its history, Bone Norman vaunted to the front lines of the Clan Invasion and Jihad. In Touring the Stars: Bone-Norman, players learn about the planet’s interesting […]
Continue Reading →In the 31st century, the BattleMech is the ultimate war machine. Thirty meters tall, and vaguely, menacingly man-shaped, it is an unstoppable engine of destruction.
In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors. The result of generations of controlled breeding, Clan Warriors pilot their BattleMechs like no others.
In the 31st century, […]
Continue Reading →From the moment Decision at Thunder Rift published in 1986 for BattleTech and Into The Shadows published in 1990 for Shadowrun, novels became an integral part of each universe. Unfolding a living arrow of time where the universe changed and progressed, while also presenting different sides of each story: all the shades of grey.
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