BattleTech: Aces
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| BattleTech: Aces | |
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| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
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Developed by Lynnvander Studios, BattleTech: Aces is an announced card based Alpha Strike add-on, revealed during the 2023 Mercenaries Crowdfunding Campaign. BattleTech: Aces allows players to play Alpha Strike either solo or cooperatively against an AI opponent, with each AI controlled unit assigned a deck of cards based on its battlefield Role and will use the cards to determine when to act, where to move and what to shoot at.
Though not part of the campaign proper, Catalyst Game Labs used the Mercenaries Crowdfunding Campaign as a playtesting opportunity, offering the rules and cards PDF as a Open Beta to all campaign backers irrespective of pledge tier.
Description[edit]
From the rear of the Scouring Sands box:
| “ | BattleTech: Aces is two things:
* A narrative cooperative campaign that supports solo play. * A challenging automated opponent that can also be used for any game of BattleTech: Alpha Strike. |
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Boxsets[edit]
With the open beta suggesting several possible forms of release would be considered after review of the playtest results, BattleTech: Aces would be released via a boxset model to include miniatures and map features similar to the Alpha Strike Boxed Set, each also providing unique card and biome options. At PAX Unplugged 2024 Catalyst Game Labs revealed that so far four boxsets were planned, each based around one of the four lynchpin ilClan era titles, further details being provided by Lynnvander Studios:
- Boxset 1 BattleTech Aces: Scouring Sands - Clan Jade Falcon remnant opponent from Tamar Rising.
- Boxset 2 BattleTech Aces: Wrath and Reprisal - Capellan Confederation opponent vs Duchy of Andurien from Empire Alone
- Boxset 3 BattleTech Aces: Snowblind - Joiners vs Deniers from Dominions Divided
- Boxset 4 BattleTech Aces: Controlled Burn - Federated Suns vs Raven Alliance from ilKhan's Eyes Only