Commando Quarterly

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Commando Quarterly
United We Conquer
Product information
Type Magazine (PDF)
Development Jason Weiser, Anthony Hardenburgh (Editors)
Primary writing Various contributors
Pages 36-54/issue
Cover Artwork Various artists
Illustrations Various artists
Publication information
Publisher FanPro Commandos
First published 2003-2006
MSRP free download
Content

Commando Quarterly (subtitle: United We Conquer) was a magazine dedicated to the BattleTech franchise. Intended as a quarterly magazine, seven digital issues were published between 2003 and 2006 in PDF format. After the first four issues, the title changed to "Commando Quarterly - The FanPro Commando Magazine."

As "Commando Quarterly" the magazine was largely written from an in-universe perspective, featuring tactical advice, planetary worldbooks, and game scenarios for BattleTech-based tabletop combat, along with advertisement pages from fictional in-universe firms and reports on worldwide events run by the FanPro Commandos.

For issues 5-7, the magazine changed its title to "FanPro's Commando Quarterly", abandoned the in-universe viewpoint and added material for Shadowrun.

It was distributed via the now-defunct www.commandohq.com website which offered the files for free download.

Canonicity

Commando Quarterly initially identified itself as a BattleTech fanzine created by the FanPro Commandos. The Commandos' semi-official position implies that the magazine was published with FanPro's consent, and could therefore be considered an official publication which, however, does not meet the current criteria for canon and would hence have to be regarded as apocryphal.

A disclaimer in the third issue states that "WizKids LLC" {sic} is the owner of the IP and has granted permission to the magazine to use BattleTech material, but does not endorse nor is affiliated with Commando Quarterly in any official capacity whatsoever.

When it shifted formats, it added a disclaimer that All writing herein is speculative and non-canon.

Issue 67-01 (Summer 3067)

  • Contents
    • An Uncivil Civil War
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Pandora
    • Tactical Analysis: Light 'Mechs on the Modern Battlefield
    • News From the Front: Pandora
    • Simulator Tech: Terrain
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Blooding on Pandora

Issue 67-02 (Autumn 3067)

  • Contents
    • Brother Against Brother (short story by Jason Weiser)
    • Monte Diablo: Both Sides Speak
    • Monte Diablo in Memoriam
    • Ye Olde Paint Shoppe - The Basics of Weathering
    • Spaceship Recognition Charts
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Tortuga Prime
    • Tactical Analysis: Medium 'Mechs
    • News From the Front - Tortuga Prime
    • Simulator Tech: Weaponry - How to Make a Rotary Autocannon
    • Simulator Tech: Martial Olympiad
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Recon, In Force
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - The Hunt for November-231
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Vive la Patrie!
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Chasing Death
    • Commando Painting Gallery

Issue 68-01 (Spring 3068)

  • Contents
    • An Unlikely Place
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Sigma Mare
    • Tactical Analysis: Heavy 'Mechs
    • News From the Front - Sigma Mare
    • Simulator Tech: Assessment - NAIS Midterm Exam
    • Simulator Tech: NAIS Answers
    • Simulator Tech: Brainstorm - Scenario/Event Ideas
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Lazarus Rising
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Siege of Fire Base San Antonio
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Things That Go Bump in the Night
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - A Lesson in Betrayal
    • Commando Painting Gallery
    • Trading Shots - The Commando Quarterly Marketplace

Issue 68-02 (Summer 3068)

  • Contents
    • There Were Two (Jason Weiser)
    • The Banshee's Lair (Buster G. McCall)
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Worldbook: Ronel
    • Tactical Analysis: Battle Armored Infantry
    • Crafty Commando - DropShip
    • News From the Front - Ronel
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Gear
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Survival Pack
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - Guns, Guns, Guns
    • Commando Painting Gallery
    • Trading Shots - The Commando Quarterly Marketplace

Issue 1 (October 2005)

  • Contents
    • Senility, Madness, and Minis - A Shadowrun Primer for New GMs and Minis
    • 15 Tips for New Shadowrun GMs
    • Painting Shadowrun 25mm Miniatures
    • January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos
    • Prometheus Unbound
    • Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • What's On Deck
    • Event Happenings
    • Firebase Listings
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Yance I
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Jihad and the Making of New Ghosts
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment
    • Bodyguard of Lies - The Kervil Campaign
    • Kick the Can - Anti-'Mech Tactics for PBI in BattleTech
    • Quarterly Puzzler: Interstellar Players
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Yance I
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Halstead Station III
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Kervil

Issue 2 (January 2006)

  • Contents
    • 2005 Year in Review
    • Shadowrun Missions in 2071 - Welcome to Denver
    • Classic BattleTech 20 Questions
    • January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos
    • How to Make a 'Mech Recovery Vehicle
    • Banshee Hunt
    • Chaos Unleashed - Resisting Arrest
    • Chaos Unleashed - One For the Money
    • TRO: Vehicle Annex - Sneak Peek - Heavy Law Enforcement Vehicles
    • TRO: Vehicle Annex - Sneak Peek - Hover Racers
    • Bang! You're Dead - A Look at the Bounty Hunter and His Crew in Miniatures Form
    • Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • What's On Deck
    • Event Happenings
    • New Firebases
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Poison Ghosts
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Claws of the Dragon - Allah's Revenge
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment
    • Bodyguard of Lies - The Kervil Campaign
    • Kick the Can - Doctrine and Tactics for Unarmored Infantry
    • Quarterly Puzzlers: Mercenaries Supplemental II
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Piedmont
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Ormstown
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Quentin
    • Tactical Analysis - Assault Class BattleMechs

Issue 3 (April 2006)

  • Contents
    • Blasting Bicson (Shadowrun adventure)
    • A Guy Walks into a Bar on Solaris VII (1-page BattleCorps preview)
    • An Unknown Past (Shadowrun fiction)
    • Making A Statement (Shadowrun adventure)
    • Poison Ghosts (BattleTech fiction)
    • Q&A: Total Warfare - An Interview with Randall Bills
    • Lazarus Inbound (BattleTech fiction)
    • Victory At TempleCon
    • Tactical Numbering Schemes
    • Sword and Dragon Preview
    • Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • What's On Deck
    • Event Happenings
    • New Firebases
    • Quarterly Puzzlers - Shadowrun Missions in 2071
    • Word Scramble - BattleMechs Circa 3025
    • Last Painter Standing
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Altair
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Caph
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Epsilon Eridani
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Fletcher

Credited Contributors

References

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