It is the 31st century, a time of endless wars that rage across human-occupied space. As star empires clash, these epic wars are won and lost by BattleMechs®, 30-foot-tall humanoid metal titans bristling with lasers, autocannons and dozens of other lethal weapons; enough firepower to level entire city blocks. Your elite force of MechWarriors® drives these juggernauts into battle, proudly holding your faction’s flag high, intent on expanding the power and glory of your realm. At their beck and call are the support units of armored vehicles and power-armored infantry, wielded by a MechWarrior’s skillful command to aid him in ultimate victory. Will they become legends, or forgotten casualties? Only your skill and luck will determine their fate!

BattleTech: The Game

BattleTech at its core is a board game; players move pieces on a hex-grid mapsheet, which simulates combat between various military vehicles in the thirty-first century. Unlike tabletop miniatures games, which use three-dimensional (3-D) terrain and rulers to approximate movement and combat, the core BattleTech game rules use specific, codified movement and combat ranges within a mapsheet’s hex grid.

Nevertheless, any game system that uses three-dimensional miniatures (the plastic miniatures found in the BattleTech Introductory Box Set or the complete line of BattleTech metal miniatures sold by Iron Wind Metals) looks better when played on 3-D terrain-hence the photos used in the box set and core rulebooks. Three-dimensional terrain also enhances the feel of the game. When using 3-D terrain, however, players should note that BattleTech requires hex-grids.

BattleTech: More Than A Game

BattleTech is much more than a board game as presented in the BattleTech Introductory Box Set. Vibrant, strong and still growing after twenty years, the fictional universe and the valiant struggles of its dynamic human characters, set against a far-future battlefield, has endeared it to millions of fans and will continue to do so into the future.

For More Information

More information about BattleTech is available at ClassicBattleTech.com. Additionally, you can dive right in to find out more about what the universe of BattleTech is all about by downloading the free BattleTech Universe Book; a 48-page, full-color sourcebook in PDF format. Then, you can download the 24-page, full-color BattleTech Quick-Start Rules for free, which will have you playing in minutes.

For retailers (and new fans, once they’ve tackled the Quick-Start Rules), our list of Introductory Products should give you an idea of products that are suitable for players new to the game.

BattleTech Contact Information

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