BattleTech 4th Edition (Rulebook)

Contents

• INTRODUCTION
  • Levels of BattleTech
• COMPONENTS
  • BattleMech Playing Pieces
    • Unit Stickers
  • Record Sheets
    • Armor Diagram
    • 'Mech Data
    • Critical Hit Table
    • Heat Scale
  • Mapsheets
    • Clear
    • Rough
    • Hills
    • Water
    • Light Woods
    • Heavy Woods
  • Dice
• PLAYING THE GAME
  • Sequence of Play
    • Initiative Phase
    • Movement Phase
    • Reaction Phase
    • Weapon Attack Phase
    • Physical Attack Phase
    • Heat Phase
    • End Phase
  • MechWarriors
    • MechWarrior Skills
    • Skill Improvement
    • Damaging a MechWarrior
    • Consciousness Rolls
• MOVEMENTS
  • Movements Costs
    • Movement Direction
  • Movement Modes
    • Standing Still
    • Walking
    • Running Jumping
  • Facing
    • Facing Change
    • Dropping to the Ground
    • Stacking
    • Standing Up
    • Torso Twist
  • Piloting Skill Rolls
    • Making Piloting Skill Rolls
  • Falling
    • Falling Damage to a BattleMech
    • Determining Location After a Fall
    • Facing After a Fall
    • Falling Damage to the MechWarrior
• COMBAT
  • Weapons Attacks
    • Line of Sight
    • Firing Arcs
    • Firing Weapons
    • T-Hit Roll
    • Hit Location
    • Damage
    • Critical Damage
    • Destroying a BattleMech
    • Ammunition Expenditures
  • Physical Attacks
    • Punching
    • Clubbing
    • Pushing
    • Kicking
    • Charging
    • Death from Above
    • Different Elevations
    • Accidental Falls from Above
    • Domino Effect
  • Heat
    • Heat Points
    • Effects of Heat
• SCENARIOS
  • Scenario 1: Final Exam
  • Scenario 2: Trial by Fire
  • Scenario 3: Divide and Conquer
• CONSTRUCTION
  • Choose Tonnage
  • Determine Engine Rating
  • Add Control Components
  • Allocate Tonnage for Internal Structure
  • Determine Jump Capability
  • Add Extra Heat Sinks
  • Add Armor
  • Add Weapons and Ammunition
  • Complete Critical Hit Table
  • Allocate Armor Points
  • Complete the Record Sheet
• EQUIPMENT
  • Autocannon
  • Flamer
  • Hatchet
  • Heat Sinks
  • Laser
  • Long-Range Missiles (LRM)
  • Machine Gun
  • Particel Projector Cannon (PPC)
  • Short-Range Missiles (SRM)
  • Single-Shot Missile Launchers