BattleTech, Fourth Edition

This article is about one specific product. For the series of game boxes that served as the core BattleTech product, and its iterations over time, see BattleTech boxed set.

BattleTech Fourth Edition

Product information
Type	Core Game Set
Development	Bryan Nystul
Primary writing	Jordan K. Weisman Sam Lewis L. Ross Babcock III
Pages	48 + 32
Cover Artwork	Tom Baxa
Illustrations	Doug Anderson Mike Jackson Chris Moeller Peter Bergting Jeff Laubenstein Joel Biske Jim Nelson Mike Nielsen
Publication information
Publisher	FASA
Product code	1604
First published	1996
ISBN-10	1-55560-309-2
MSRP	$25.00
Content
Era	Succession Wars era
Preceded by	BattleTech, Third Edition
Followed by	Classic BattleTech Boxed Set

Description[edit]

BattleTech Fourth Edition is the fourth generation BattleTech starter box and contains everything that is needed for play.

From the back cover[edit]

“

NO GUTS, NO GALAXY!

Strap yourself into the ultimate suit of armor-the BattleMech. Thirty feet tall and weighing up to a hundred tons, this humanoid engine of destruction is a walking arsenal with enough firepower to level a city block. The BattleTech game system takes you into the world of the 31st century, where war has become a way of life as vast empires and tiny factions battle for control of humankind. In command of the most powerful machine on the battlefield, your MechWarrior fights to take a planet or lose an empire.

The introductory game in the BattleTech line, BattleTech Fourth Edition hurdles you onto the battlefield of 3049.

”

Contents[edit]

48 full-color stand-up playing pieces representing 24 of the most common BattleMechs used in the Inner Sphere
Two 22"x27" full-color BattleTech mapsheets
Introduction to BattleTech, a 32-page full-color book containing Quick-Start Rules, BattleTech background, and BattleMech technical data
One 48-page rulebook
One 32-page book of pregenerated BattleMech Record Sheets
One sheet of 144 full-color unit insignia stickers
Two six-sided dice

BattleMechs[edit]

COM-2D Commando
SDR-5V Spider
JR7-D Jenner
PNT-9R Panther
ASN-21 Assassin
CDA-2A Cicada
CLNT-2-3T Clint
HER-2S Hermes II
WTH-1 Whitworth
VND-1R Vindicator
ENF-4R Enforcer
HBK-4G Hunchback
TBT-5N Trebuchet
DV-6M Dervish
DRG-1N Dragon
QKD-4G Quickdraw
CPLT-C1 Catapult
JM6-S JagerMech
GHR-5H Grasshopper
AWS-8Q Awesome
ZEU-6S Zeus
CP-10-Z Cyclops
BNC-3E Banshee
AS7-D Atlas

Notes[edit]

The appearance of most of the 24 BattleMechs, which were included in this product as stand-up playing pieces, differed slightly from the original art of Technical Readout: 3025. They were redesigned for this box to give them a modern, more elegant look. However, their official art did not change with this.

Foreign-Language Editions[edit]

Czech[edit]

A Czech edition was published by ALTAR Publishing in 1996 as BattleTech: Souboj OBRů v 31. století, čtvrtá edice.

German[edit]

A German edition was published by Fantasy Productions in 1997 as BattleTech: Kampfkolosse des 4. Jahrtausends, 4. edition.

Italian[edit]

An Italian edition was published by Nexus Editrice and I Giochi dei Grandi in 1997 as Battletech: Il Gioco dei Combattimenti Corazzati, Quarta Edizione.