BattleTech: Mercenaries
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| BattleTech: Mercenaries | |
|---|---|
| Product information | |
| Type | Core Game Set |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | CAT35050 (standard) CAT35031LE (Kickstarter exclusive) |
| First published | June 2024 |
| MSRP | $75.00 (standard) $80.00 (Kickstarter exclusive) |
| Content | |
| Preceded by | BattleTech: A Game Of Armored Combat 40th anniversary edition |
Description[edit]
An expansion for the BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat boxset, BattleTech: Mercenaries is a physical game box containing pieces, papers, and material to expand BattleTech play with extensive options for combined arms warfare - combat vehicles, aerospace fighters, artillery and minefields. It is a supplement to BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat and not a standalone introduction to BattleTech. This box set focuses on the endless variety of options offered by mercenary units in any era of the BattleTech universe.
Due for release in June 2024, Catalyst Game Labs crowdfunded the production and development of the boxset via a highly popular crowdfunding campaign which ran from 26 March 2023 to 20 April 2023.
From the back cover[edit]
| “ | READY FOR HIRE!
Whether wet-behind-the-ears recruits or grizzled veterans, mercenaries are the wild card that can tip the balance in combat. These MechWarriors run the razor's edge between immortality and destruction, and possess the elite skills and the right amount of luck to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. There are literally hundreds of mercenary outfits, found on nearly every battlefield across the Inner Sphere and beyond. Some are elite, multi-regiment combat commands with centuries-old legacies, while others are down-on-their-luck lances that scratch out a living on backwater worlds. Will you join an existing unit, or try to carve out your own place in the universe? The Mercenaries box include 8 high-quality, fully assembled BattleMechs, along with 4 vehicles of the same quality. It also includes a primer on the BattleTech universe, rulebook, punch-out tokens, game maps, pilot cards, and Battlefield Support cards. Fully revised Battlefield Support rules offer quick and easy ways to bring the flavor of combined arms tactics vehicles, aerospace strikes, artillery and minefields to your tabletop, without slowing down the action. Finally, the box includes a campaign allowing you to build your own mercenary experience in any BattleTech Era. The BattleTech: Mercenaries box is a supplement to the BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat box, which is required to use this set. |
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Contents[edit]
- Twelve high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) BattleMech and Combat Vehicle miniatures
- Two full color double-sided 18″ x 22″ Mapsheets: Scattered Woods/River Valley, Woodland/Lake Area
- Two punchboard of additional counters
- 32-page rulebook
- 24-page Record Sheets Booklet
- 16-page Mercenary Primer Booklet
- No One Left Behind, 36-page Fiction novella by Michael J. Ciaravella
- Eight double-sided MechWarrior Pilot Cards
- Twelve double-sided Alpha Strike Cards
- CLN-7V Chameleon / CLN-7Z Chameleon
- STY-3C Starslayer / STY-4C Starslayer
- CES-3R Caesar / CES-5R Caesar
- DVS-2 Devastator / DVS-11 Devastator
- FLE-17 Flea / FLE-21 Flea
- FFL-4C Firefly / FFL-5A Firefly
- QKD-4G Quickdraw / QKD-9G Quickdraw
- OTL-4D Ostsol / OTL-8E Ostsol
- GAL-100 Galleon Light Tank / GAL-102 Galleon Light Tank
- GAL-106 Galleon Light Tank / GAL-106M Galleon Light Tank
- Maxim Heavy Hover Transport / (Escort) Maxim Heavy Hover Transport
- (Fire Support) Maxim Heavy Hover Transport / (BA Factory Upgrade) Maxim Heavy Hover Transport
- Ninety-nine Battlefield Support Cards
- Heavy-stock reference sheet
- Double-sided laminated poster
- Two six-sided dice
Notes[edit]
- Similar to the preceding and also crowdfunded BattleTech: Clan Invasion box, an exclusive campaign version of the Mercenaries box was offered to backers featuring a faux carbon fibre finish and the BattleTech chevron in red.
- The Mercenaries campaign also provided the option of the Mercenary Retaliation boxset, the miniatures from the Mercenaries boxset minus the pilot and Alpha Strike card to those seeking additional copies without rebuying the entire box.