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==Articles== | ==Articles== | ||
====Issue 114==== | ====Issue 114==== | ||
| − | Running Guns: Ground Vehicles for the BattleTech Game World By [[Margaret Weis]] and [[Kevin Stein]], ©1986 [[FASA Corporation]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine 114 (October 1986) | + | Running Guns: Ground Vehicles for the BattleTech Game World By [[Margaret Weis]] and [[Kevin Stein]], ©1986 [[FASA Corporation]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #114 (October 1986), pp. 78–82</ref> |
: The article is basically a preview of ''[[Technical Readout: 3026]]'' and focuses on three combat vehicles, the [[Hetzer|Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun]], the [[Harasser|Harrasser Missile Platform]] and the [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]. The statistics are correct but the fluff text of the vehicles is notably changed. For the Hetzer it is noted that "it has become standard practice to install robotic remote-control units in the Hetzer, using it as an unmanned scout vehicle". While the article is canon, all of it has been supserseded by later publications. | : The article is basically a preview of ''[[Technical Readout: 3026]]'' and focuses on three combat vehicles, the [[Hetzer|Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun]], the [[Harasser|Harrasser Missile Platform]] and the [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]. The statistics are correct but the fluff text of the vehicles is notably changed. For the Hetzer it is noted that "it has become standard practice to install robotic remote-control units in the Hetzer, using it as an unmanned scout vehicle". While the article is canon, all of it has been supserseded by later publications. | ||
====Issue 131==== | ====Issue 131==== | ||
| − | Role-playing Reviews, ©1988 by Jim Bambra<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #131, pp. 74, 76</ref> | + | Role-playing Reviews, ©1988 by Jim Bambra<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #131 (March 1988), pp. 74, 76</ref> |
: ''BattleTech'' game and ''MechWarrior'' game book reviews. | : ''BattleTech'' game and ''MechWarrior'' game book reviews. | ||
====Issue 144==== | ====Issue 144==== | ||
| − | Through the Looking Glass by [[Robert Bigelow]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine 144 (April 1989) | + | Through the Looking Glass by [[Robert Bigelow]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #144 (April 1989), pp. 70–79</ref> |
:This article features a review of Ral Partha's Regimental Command box set of miniatures that included the ''[[Cyclops]]'', ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]'', ''[[Zeus]]'' and ''[[Ostscout]]''. Also included was a reader contributed scenario, the Battle for Headquarters Hill. | :This article features a review of Ral Partha's Regimental Command box set of miniatures that included the ''[[Cyclops]]'', ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]'', ''[[Zeus]]'' and ''[[Ostscout]]''. Also included was a reader contributed scenario, the Battle for Headquarters Hill. | ||
====Issue 161==== | ====Issue 161==== | ||
| − | Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper<ref>''Dragon Magazine 161 (September 1990) | + | Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #161 (September 1990), pp. 103–107</ref> |
:Here’s something you can fight about! BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 1 | :Here’s something you can fight about! BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 1 | ||
====Issue 162==== | ====Issue 162==== | ||
| − | Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper<ref>''Dragon Magazine 162 (October 1990) | + | Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #162 (October 1990), pp. 103–108</ref> |
:Setting fire to the Galaxy: BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 2 | :Setting fire to the Galaxy: BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 2 | ||
====Issue 163==== | ====Issue 163==== | ||
| − | Through the Looking Glass – The Alternative Campaign Revisited: BloodTech by Robert Bigelow<ref>''Dragon Magazine 163 (November 1990) | + | Through the Looking Glass – The Alternative Campaign Revisited: BloodTech by Robert Bigelow<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #163 (November 1990), p. 106</ref> |
:Campaign Rules alternatives to supplement those printed in the previous two editions of the magazine. | :Campaign Rules alternatives to supplement those printed in the previous two editions of the magazine. | ||
====Issue 166==== | ====Issue 166==== | ||
| − | Tricks of the Trade, by [[Mike Speca]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine 166 (February 1991) | + | Tricks of the Trade, by [[Mike Speca]]<ref>''Dragon Magazine'' #166 (February 1991), pp. 16–18</ref> |
:A BattleTech Guide to Making Your 'Mechs Unique, it was an attempt to create rules for the BattleMech, fighter and Vehicle design idiosyncrasies that were highlighted in the Technical Readouts. | :A BattleTech Guide to Making Your 'Mechs Unique, it was an attempt to create rules for the BattleMech, fighter and Vehicle design idiosyncrasies that were highlighted in the Technical Readouts. | ||
::This article was translated to Spanish in the Dragon version of the Magazine in Spain, Number 4. | ::This article was translated to Spanish in the Dragon version of the Magazine in Spain, Number 4. | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 11 April 2023
| Dragon Magazine | |
|---|---|
| Product information | |
| Type | Magazine |
| Development | Tim Kask |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | TSR / WotC / Paizo |
| First published | 1976-2007 |
| Content | |
| Preceded by | The Strategic Review |
Dragon was one an official magazine published originally by TSR, Inc. for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It was launched as a monthly magazine in 1976. Although its focus was on other role-playing games, it occasionally ran a BattleTech related article. The material in the articles in generally noncanon, however one article in Issue 114, is an exception.
Contents
Articles
Issue 114
Running Guns: Ground Vehicles for the BattleTech Game World By Margaret Weis and Kevin Stein, ©1986 FASA Corporation[1]
- The article is basically a preview of Technical Readout: 3026 and focuses on three combat vehicles, the Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun, the Harrasser Missile Platform and the Schrek PPC Carrier. The statistics are correct but the fluff text of the vehicles is notably changed. For the Hetzer it is noted that "it has become standard practice to install robotic remote-control units in the Hetzer, using it as an unmanned scout vehicle". While the article is canon, all of it has been supserseded by later publications.
Issue 131
Role-playing Reviews, ©1988 by Jim Bambra[2]
- BattleTech game and MechWarrior game book reviews.
Issue 144
Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow[3]
- This article features a review of Ral Partha's Regimental Command box set of miniatures that included the Cyclops, Atlas, Zeus and Ostscout. Also included was a reader contributed scenario, the Battle for Headquarters Hill.
Issue 161
Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper[4]
- Here’s something you can fight about! BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 1
Issue 162
Through the Looking Glass by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper[5]
- Setting fire to the Galaxy: BattleTech Campaign Rules, Part 2
Issue 163
Through the Looking Glass – The Alternative Campaign Revisited: BloodTech by Robert Bigelow[6]
- Campaign Rules alternatives to supplement those printed in the previous two editions of the magazine.
Issue 166
Tricks of the Trade, by Mike Speca[7]
- A BattleTech Guide to Making Your 'Mechs Unique, it was an attempt to create rules for the BattleMech, fighter and Vehicle design idiosyncrasies that were highlighted in the Technical Readouts.
- This article was translated to Spanish in the Dragon version of the Magazine in Spain, Number 4.
Issue 185
References
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #114 (October 1986), pp. 78–82
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #131 (March 1988), pp. 74, 76
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #144 (April 1989), pp. 70–79
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #161 (September 1990), pp. 103–107
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #162 (October 1990), pp. 103–108
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #163 (November 1990), p. 106
- ↑ Dragon Magazine #166 (February 1991), pp. 16–18