List of BattleTech Products in Spanish

The first edition in Spanish of the second edition BattleTech box set, translated and published in 1990 by the now defunct publisher Diseños Orbitales. For three years Diseños Orbitales did publish other supplements of the BattleTech franchise. In 1993, FASA withdrew the license from Diseños Orbitales and it was given to another publisher (now defunct too): Ediciones Zinco. This publisher did publish the box set available at that time and added some supplements.

Quick List of BattleTech Products

The list of BattleTech products published in Spanish are:

Product	Publisher	Date	Spanish Product code	Original Supplement
BattleTech: Un juego de guerra mecanizada	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1000	BattleTech, 2nd Edition
La Zarpa del Zorro: Acciones de los Comandos de McKinnon	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1001	The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders
CityTech	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1002	CityTech
Las crónicas de la Compañía Viuda Negra	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1003	Tales of the Black Widow Company
AeroTech	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1005	AeroTech
MechWarrior	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1004	MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game
BattleTech: Refuerzos	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1006	BattleTech Reinforcements
BattleTech manual de referencia técnica 3025	Diseños Orbitales	1990	1007	Technical Readout: 3025
Los Demonios de Kell	Diseños Orbitales	1991	1010	The Kell Hounds
Planos Técnicos	Diseños Orbitales		1019	BattleTech Technical Blueprints
GeoTech	Diseños Orbitales		1020	BattleTech Map Set #1
PlastechMechs	Diseños Orbitales		1095	PlasTech
BattleTech, tercera versión	Ediciones Zinco	1993	Ref.: 010	BattleTech, Third Edition
MechWarrior, segunda versión	Ediciones Zinco	1994	Ref.: 011	MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition
Desencadenado	Ediciones Zinco	1994	Ref.: 012	Unbound
BattleTech manual técnico 3050: El retorno de Kerensky	Ediciones Zinco	1994	Ref.: 013	Technical Readout: 3050
BattleTech compendium: Las reglas de la guerra	Ediciones Zinco	1995	Ref.: 014	BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare
BattleSpace	Ediciones Zinco	1996	Ref.: 015	BattleSpace
Reglas de inicio rápido en español	Catalyst Game Labs	2016		Classic BattleTech Quick Start Rules

There is not an official product, made for Spanish players to know the status on books released in Spain and in USA, also having a few additional information like scenarios, custom 'Mechs and so. The magazine was Guia del Juego de Rol Battletech.

With the exception of the Quick-Start Rules, no Spanish translation has been done since a long time ago as you can see.

Detailed List of BattleTech Products

BattleTech: Un juego de guerra mecanizada

BattleTech: Un juego de guerra mecanizada

All content of the BattleTech, 2nd Edition box was translated, including the maps as terrain types were of course translated to Spanish. The only exceptions were the 'Mech names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was the same as the original one.

La Zarpa del Zorro: Acciones de los Comandos de McKinnon

La Zarpa del Zorro: Acciones de los Comandos de McKinnon

This was the translation of The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders book.

The format is the same in both languages, though portrait was changed a bit, changing the color palette.

CityTech

CityTech: El juego de combate urbano en el universo de BattleTech

All content of the CityTech box was translated, including the maps as terrain types were of course translated to Spanish. The only exceptions were the 'Mech and vehicle names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was the same as the original one.

Las crónicas de la Compañía Viuda Negra

Las crónicas de la Compañía Viuda Negra

This was the translation of the Tales of the Black Widow Company book.

The format is the same in both languages.

AeroTech

AeroTech: El juego de combate de cazas del universo de BattleTech

All content of the AeroTech box was translated, including the maps as terrain types were of course translated to Spanish. The only exceptions were the MAT and aerofighter names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was the same as the original one.

MechWarrior

MechWarrior: El juego de rol del universo de BattleTech

This was the translation of the MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game book. The only exceptions were the 'Mech and armor names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format is the same in both languages.

BattleTech: Refuerzos

BattleTech: Refuerzos: Unidades adicionales para BattleTech

Box Contents

All content of the BattleTech Reinforcements box was translated. The 'Mech names were not translated. The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was the same as the original one.

BattleTech manual de referencia técnica 3025

BattleTech manual de referencia técnica 3025

This was the translation of the 3rd version of the Technical Readout: 3025, so all typos and mistakes from the first versions (like the Ostroc/Ostscout image issue) are not present.

The format of the book was altered, being the Spanish version of a different color (black), wider but lower in relation to the original volume. The quality of the book is lower than the original.

Los Demonios de Kell

Los Demonios de Kell

This was the translation of The Kell Hounds book.

The format is the same in both languages.

Planos Técnicos

Planos Técnicos

The translation of this commercial says:

The "Planos Técnicos" of BattleTech are composed of five formidable posters that do show in every detail the internal structure of the BattleMaster, Marauder, Warhammer, Wasp and Locust. Each of the large posters can be framed and are indispensable for any Mechwarrior.

GeoTech

GeoTech

The translation of this commercial says:

GeoTech provides you with six illustrated game boards for use with BattleTech and CityTech games.

Included in the kit are the following boards: Scattered Forest, City Ruins, Desert Hills, Mountains with Lake, City (original CityTech board) and Mixed Terrain (original BattleTech board).

With the boards that GeoTech provides you can vary and expand the scenarios of your battles.

PlastechMechs

PlastechMechs

The translation of this commercial says:

PlastechMechs contains 16 miniatures of plastic BattleMechs: two miniatures of each 'Mech models Atlas, Blackjack, Catapult, Hunchback, Locust, Panther, Trebuchet, and Valkyrie. The miniatures have a 1/285 scale and have a formidable detail. They are ready to be painted with the colors your Mercenary unit or your preferred Successor States.

BattleTech, tercera versión

BattleTech: Combate de titanes en el siglo XXXI, tercera versión

All content of the BattleTech, Third Edition box was translated, including the maps as terrain types were of course translated to Spanish. The only exceptions were the 'Mech names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was changed so buyers could see some of the miniatures. The color of the box was also changed.

MechWarrior, segunda versión

MechWarrior: El juego de rol del universo de BattleTech, segunda versión

MechWarrior: El juego de rol del universo de BattleTech, segunda versión

This was the translation of MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition.

Format of the book was the same as the original one.

Desencadenado

Desencadenado

This was the translation of Unbound. The book is full of errata and with a lot of incorrect translations once compared to the original ones. The BattleMechs sheets are most of them incorrect in some way or another (missing ammunition bins, structural elements...).

Format of the book was the same as the original one.

BattleTech manual técnico 3050: El retorno de Kerensky

BattleTech manual técnico 3050: El retorno de Kerensky

This was the translation of Technical Readout: 3050.

Format of the book was the same as the original one, though several of the prints had issues, most known one is missing part of the Rifleman entry.

BattleTech compendium: Las reglas de la guerra

BattleTech compendium: Las reglas de la guerra

This was the translation of BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare.

Format of the book was the same as the original one.

BattleSpace

BattleSpace: El juego de combate espacial del universo de BattleTech

All content of the BattleSpace box was translated, including the maps as terrain types were of course translated to Spanish. The only exceptions were the fighter names: The Spanish BattleTech version never translated them.

The format of the box was the same as the original one.

Bibliography

• Spanish Wikipedia page on BattleTech