“We’ve completed our analysis of the Republic Armed Forces, sir.” Brodie McIntosh, CEO of Cosara Weaponries, looked up from a datapad recounting the latest Premier footie league match between the Terrible Tarans and the Glasgow Goblins. He grunted at the score—the Tarans had lost, as usual. “Aye, what have ye got?” McIntosh’s aide, Robert Downs, […]
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Most of my BattleTech interaction has been through video games, and since I’m a generally fairly private person, I didn’t get out much. But then I rediscovered the joys of tabletop BattleTech (mostly thanks to Alpha Strike) and now I’m interested to see what in-person BattleTech looks like. And what better way to do that […]
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I’m still on the market for a quick and easy way to get my grey BattleTech miniatures tabletop ready. My most recent experiment involved contrast paints, but they seem to be more trouble than they’re worth. The initial coat looks good and makes those panels really pop, but closer inspection reveals numerous flaws that have […]
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As you may or may not already know, I’m a big proponent of Alpha Strike, the tabletop miniatures version of BattleTech. Unlike Classic BattleTech, Alpha Strike allows you to sit down at a table, place anywhere between five to ten miniatures, and play out a full engagement in about an hour (sometimes even less, depending […]
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“Ma’am? There’s a call for you,” said the inflight attendant as he offered a small headset. Dhriti Puri had only just sat down aboard the Princess-class luxury liner Endless Self-Indulgence. She was honestly surprised it had taken the idiots at Vinning Engineering and Salvage Team this long to interrupt her vacation. Dhriti held her breath […]
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Sarna moves! DLC arrivals! Fan projects! Big industry news! It’s a May unlike any other! So much news that I’m desperately trying to keep the word count to a minimum. But BattleTech has other plans. So I’ll stop running my actuators and dive straight into all the BattleTech news for May 2025. Sarna Has A […]
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Everybody loves the Ghost Bears. Maybe it’s their focus on the family, or how they turned into one of the Inner Sphere’s few semi-functioning democracies in the ilClan Era (a minor disagreement about said ilClan notwithstanding). There’s just something about these big, cuddly protectors that draws in fans, so it makes sense for PGI to […]
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“And the last of the salvageable materials can be viewed here,” Technician Warner motioned to the bottom of the datapad held by Star Captain Bijon Tseng. As the XO of the Second Tyr Assault Cluster, administrative matters such as battlefield recovery and salvage fell to him. The battle for Karston had been well-fought, with the […]
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I’m excited about a lot of new products coming to BattleTech this year, but chief among them is BattleTech: Aces, the upcoming product that turns a game of Alpha Strike into a solo or cooperative experience. Those of us who got in on the Mercenaries Kickstarter got a preview of this product, and after one […]
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I know this sort of flies in the face of some very good advice from a certain Hitchhiker’s Guide we’ll talk about later, but the whole tariffs thing made me panic-purchase a new computer earlier this month. The good news is that I now have a top-of-the-line machine that’s going to absolutely crush the new […]
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Do I need to describe the beauty, convenience, and value of HexTech to you at this point? Of course not. I think HexTech has long since conquered the hearts of BattleTech players with its fully painted and ready-to-play terrain that fits neatly onto your hex-based game boards or playmats. But the great minds at Gale […]
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I recently took to the table again, this time with the trusty forces of Clan Ghost Bear. ProbableKoz and I decided that we wanted a bigger Alpha Strike battle, so we each dropped 750 PV on the table. Having just completed my first battle armor project for the Year of Battle Armor, I wanted to […]
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Late in 2017, I took a good look through the unassembled and unpainted BattleTech models in my collection, and I came to a decision about something I really wanted to see in 2018. One of my favorite parts of the BattleTech universe and game is Battle Armor, and I have collected a ton of it. […]
Read More →This year brings with it new gaming goals and challenges. One of the chief goals that I have set for myself is to properly chronicle and record every game of BattleTech and Alpha Strike that I play on the tabletop this year right here on Sarna. On December 31, 2018, I want to look back […]
Read More →At the time of writing, we’re already a couple of days into December, which means time is quickly running out to get some BattleTech related goodies for your gaming buddies, for your significant other, or hey, even for yourself! I’ve taken a bit of a look around, and here are a few good places to […]
Read More →Back on November 4th (just shy of five weeks ago at the time of writing) six Middle Tennessee area MechWarriors descended on one location to fight it out in a series of matches that would determine who was worth of the title “Gunslinger”. With the gracious hosting of The Game Cave in Hermitage, TN, I […]
Read More →Interested in getting to play some more BattleTech? Inspired by the beta of the BattleTech video game? Do you have that itch and need to scratch it? Great!
Read More →So yeah, this one is coming is pretty late. I do apologize to the readers out there. After GenCon got really hectic for me professionally, and, well, it is what it is. At this point, the game has progressed a bit past the improvements of the then new patch that Jordan and I discussed, so […]
Read More →Most of the games we play in real life are big for a while on release, and then that’s it. They die down sooner or later. There are a lot of reason a game fails to make it long term. Maybe the people who played the games turn to others. Perhaps the game never sold […]
Read More →On December 3rd, over in the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada, Piranha Games is hosting a day long BattleTech and Mechwarrior themed convention. A variety of events and fun stuff is planned. Many guests from various community members and companies are planning on attending, such as Jordan Weisman and Randall Bills or online media personalities […]
Read More →In my previous “vs.” article, I compared two second line BattleMechs, the Rabid Coyote and the Ursus. You can find that article here if you would like to read my analysis on the match-up. In this installment, we again take a look at a pair of second line Clan BattleMechs, but these two are very different from our previous […]
Read More →You wouldn’t think it by looking at me. I love BattleMechs and smashing with the big guys. I’m not a power armor or tank or anything else enthusiast. I adore the big heavy sluggers of the battlefield. That’s why I’m playing BattleTech and not something like Warhammer. So why? Why is my favorite Technical Readout […]
Read More →In my copy of the Jade Falcon Sourcebook, it talks about the various battles of the Falcon Corridor of the Clan Invasion. Many of these vignettes are just quick little paragraphs about the fall of an entire world. On Page 36 it discusses the fall of Alkalurops to the ongoing Clan Assault. And the results […]
Read More →Well that was fast! After Interstellar Operations was being written for years before release, the next Operations books came quickly after. Welcome, to Campaign Operations. I’ve always wondered if other players play Campaigns as much as I tend to. My playgroups, interests, games, and more are invariably part of an ongoing campaign. It’s important for […]
Read More →The Civil War between siblings is over. Much of the Inner Sphere rests in a very tentative, damaged, and brutally won peace. And it stands on the threshold of oblivion. War-torn and battle-weary. Hey look, we all care about tanks and aircraft, infantry both powered and conventional, and more. But at the end of the […]
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