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'''''Shrapnel''''' (subtitle: '''''The Official BattleTech Magazine''''') is an electronic and [[w:Print on demand|Print-on-demand]] magazine dedicated to the [[BattleTech]] franchise, intended as a spiritual successor to both the older [[BattleTechnology]] print magazine and the shuttered subscription-based [[BattleCorps]] fiction website, among others. It was first announced as a nonexclusive stretch goal during the [[2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign]], and the stretch goal was achieved; [[CGL]] thereby committed to producing at least four issues of the magazine.
 
'''''Shrapnel''''' (subtitle: '''''The Official BattleTech Magazine''''') is an electronic and [[w:Print on demand|Print-on-demand]] magazine dedicated to the [[BattleTech]] franchise, intended as a spiritual successor to both the older [[BattleTechnology]] print magazine and the shuttered subscription-based [[BattleCorps]] fiction website, among others. It was first announced as a nonexclusive stretch goal during the [[2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign]], and the stretch goal was achieved; [[CGL]] thereby committed to producing at least four issues of the magazine.
  
The first issue was released to backers of the crowdfunding campaing on 28 May 2020 through a download link; it was made available to the general public in the following month including a [[w:Print on demand|Print-on-demand (PoD)]] option.
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The first issue was released to backers of the crowdfunding campaign on 28 May 2020 through a download link; it was made available to the general public in the following month including a [[w:Print on demand|Print-on-demand (PoD)]] option.
  
 
==Issue 1==
 
==Issue 1==
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**[[Praetorian S-3]] & [[Praetorian S-5|S-5]] ([[Marian Hegemony]])
 
**[[Praetorian S-3]] & [[Praetorian S-5|S-5]] ([[Marian Hegemony]])
 
**[[LRS-53 Sniper Rifle]] ([[Magistracy of Canopus]])
 
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**[[Wilimton RS-14]] ([[Comstar]])
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**[[Wilimton RS-17]] ([[Word of Blake]])
 
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**[[FNF-J12]] ([[Star League]] / [[Dark Caste]])
 
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* ''[[Persuading Parliament: A Lobbyist's Guide to Atreus]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
 
* ''[[Persuading Parliament: A Lobbyist's Guide to Atreus]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
 
* ''[[Tales From the Cracked Canopy: The Devil's Luck]]'' (by [[Alexander J. Roth]])
 
* ''[[Tales From the Cracked Canopy: The Devil's Luck]]'' (by [[Alexander J. Roth]])
* ''[[Maskirovka Reports: Tiamat Crashes Into the Wall]]'' (by [[Joel Steverson]])
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* ''[[Maskirovka Reports: Tiamat Crashes Into the Wall]]'' (by [[Joel Steverson]])
 
* ''[[Diamandis' Dogs]]'' (by [[M. W. Hayden]])
 
* ''[[Diamandis' Dogs]]'' (by [[M. W. Hayden]])
 
* ''[[Electioneering: A MechWarrior: Destiny Mission Briefing]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
 
* ''[[Electioneering: A MechWarrior: Destiny Mission Briefing]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
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* ''[[Hollow Glory]]'' (by [[Douglas Carruthers]])
 
* ''[[Hollow Glory]]'' (by [[Douglas Carruthers]])
 
* ''[[Executioner (Executioner-B)]]'' (by [[Johannes Heidler]])
 
* ''[[Executioner (Executioner-B)]]'' (by [[Johannes Heidler]])
* ''[[The Old Rules of Hire]]'' (by [[Jason Hansa]])
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* ''[[The Old Rules of Hire]]'' (by [[Jason Hansa]])
* ''[[Operation Hollywood]]'' (by [[Mike Miller]])
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* ''[[Operation Hollywood]]'' (by [[Mike Miller]])
* ''[[Adapt and Flourish: A Greeting to New Citizens of the Federated Suns]]'' (by [[Wunji Lau]])
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* ''[[Adapt and Flourish: A Greeting to New Citizens of the Federated Suns]]'' (by [[Wunji Lau]])
 
* ''[[The Great UrbanMech Uprising]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
 
* ''[[The Great UrbanMech Uprising]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
* ''[[Unit Digest: First Augustine Arquebusiers]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
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* ''[[Unit Digest: First Augustine Arquebusiers]]'' (by [[Stephen Toropov]])
 
* ''[[Vengeance Games]]'' (by [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]]), part 3 of 4
 
* ''[[Vengeance Games]]'' (by [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]]), part 3 of 4
 
* ''[[The Malthus Confederation]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
 
* ''[[The Malthus Confederation]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
 
* ''[[Ace Darwin and the Battle of the Beer Fridge]]'' (by [[James Bixby (person)|James Bixby]])
 
* ''[[Ace Darwin and the Battle of the Beer Fridge]]'' (by [[James Bixby (person)|James Bixby]])
 
* ''[[Bainbridge’s Guide to Impactful Exoflora]]'' (by [[Ken Horner]])
 
* ''[[Bainbridge’s Guide to Impactful Exoflora]]'' (by [[Ken Horner]])
* ''[[A Fistful of Kerenskys: Trading in the Wolf Empire]]'' (by [[Tom Stanley]])
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* ''[[A Fistful of Kerenskys: Trading in the Wolf Empire]]'' (by [[Tom Stanley]])
* ''[[Meiyo]]'' (by [[Keith R. A. DeCandido]])
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* ''[[Meiyo]]'' (by [[Keith R. A. DeCandido]])
 
* ''[[Shadow and Sin: Secrets of the Canopian Pleasure Circuses]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
 
* ''[[Shadow and Sin: Secrets of the Canopian Pleasure Circuses]]'' (by [[Eric Salzman]])
 
* ''[[Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Silent Roar]]'' (by [[Daniel Isberner]])
 
* ''[[Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Silent Roar]]'' (by [[Daniel Isberner]])
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==Canonicity==
 
==Canonicity==
 
Produced directly by CGL, ''Shrapnel'' was explicitly stated to be fully [[canon|canonical]] for the BattleTech universe. This is a notable exception from the current definition of canon for BattleTech, which states that magazines are not counted among the canon sources by default (overridden in this case through explicitly declaring the publication canonical).
 
Produced directly by CGL, ''Shrapnel'' was explicitly stated to be fully [[canon|canonical]] for the BattleTech universe. This is a notable exception from the current definition of canon for BattleTech, which states that magazines are not counted among the canon sources by default (overridden in this case through explicitly declaring the publication canonical).
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[[Category:Magazines]]
 
[[Category:Magazines]]
 
[[Category:BattleTech Magazines]]
 
[[Category:BattleTech Magazines]]

Revision as of 17:29, 5 August 2022

This article is about the digital BattleTech magazine. For the 1988 BattleTech print anthology, see Shrapnel (anthology).


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Shrapnel
The Official BattleTech Magazine
Product information
Type Magazine
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 15 June 2020
Content

Shrapnel (subtitle: The Official BattleTech Magazine) is an electronic and Print-on-demand magazine dedicated to the BattleTech franchise, intended as a spiritual successor to both the older BattleTechnology print magazine and the shuttered subscription-based BattleCorps fiction website, among others. It was first announced as a nonexclusive stretch goal during the 2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign, and the stretch goal was achieved; CGL thereby committed to producing at least four issues of the magazine.

The first issue was released to backers of the crowdfunding campaign on 28 May 2020 through a download link; it was made available to the general public in the following month including a Print-on-demand (PoD) option.

Issue 1

Shrapnel Magazine 001 (Cover).jpg
Issue #01
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 172
Cover Artwork Ken Coleman
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 15 June 2020
ISBN-13 978-1-947335-20-2
MSRP $5.99
Content
Followed by Issue #02

Issue 2

Shrapnel-Issue-2-cover.jpg
Issue #02
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 188
Cover Artwork Franz Vohwinkel
Interior Artwork Matthew Cross, Brent Evans, Harri Kallio, David Kerber, Florian Mellies, Matt Plog
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 15 September 2020
ISBN-13 978-1-947335-34-9
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #01
Followed by Issue #03

Note: the free record sheets for the Centurion CN10-B, CN10-J, and CN10-W, and the Gyrfalcon 5 were also released.

Issue 3

Shrapnel-Issue-3-cover.jpg
Issue #03
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher

John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design

Pages 177
Cover Artwork Ken Coleman, Margarita Bourkova
Interior Artwork Alan Blackwell, Mark Hayden, David A. Kerber, Jeff Laubenstein, Kevin McCann, Victor Moreno, Matt Plog, Tan Ho Sim, David White
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code CAT36092
First published 15 December 2020
ISBN-13 978-1-947335-66-0
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #02
Followed by Issue #04

Note: the free record sheet for the Thunder Stallion 4 was also released.

Issue 4

Shrapnel Magazine 004 (Cover).jpg
Issue #04
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 169
Cover Artwork Florian Mellies
Interior Artwork Alan Blackwell, Doug Chaffee, Matthew Cross, Brent Evans, Alex Iglesias, David A. Kerber, Jeff Laubenstein, Duane Loose, Jason Vargas, David White
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code CAT36093
First published 15 March 2021
ISBN-13 978-1-947335-73-8
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #03
Followed by Issue #05

Note: the free record sheets for the SuburbanMech UM-R90 and UMR100 were also released.

Issue 5

Shrapnel Cover (Issue 5).jpg
Issue #05
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 208
Cover Artwork Ken Coleman
Interior Artwork Alan Blackwell, Doug Chaffee, Matthew Cross, Brent Evans, Stephen Huda, David A. Kerber, Mark Molnar
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 15 June 2021
ISBN-13 978-1-63861-021-2
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #04
Followed by Issue #06

Issue 6

Shrapnel Cover (Issue 6).jpg
Issue #06
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 200
Cover Artwork Ken Coleman
Interior Artwork Alan Blackwell, Doug Chaffee, Matthew Cross, David J. Hutchins, David A. Kerber, Natán Meléndez, Matt Plog, Klaus Scherwinski
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 13 September 2021
ISBN-13 978-1-63861-039-7
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #05
Followed by Issue #07

Issue 7

Shrapnel Cover (Issue 7).jpg
Issue #07
Product information
Type Magazine
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 16 December 2021
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #06
Followed by Issue #08

Issue 8

Shrapnel Cover (Issue 8).jpg
Issue #08
Product information
Type Magazine
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 15 March 2022
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #07
Followed by Issue #09

Issue 9

Shrapnel 09 Cover.png
Issue #09
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Loren L. Coleman, Publisher
John Helfers, Executive Editor
Philip A. Lee, Managing Editor
David A. Kerber, Layout and Graphic Design
Pages 212
Cover Artwork Ken Coleman
Interior Artwork Alan Blackwell, Doug Chaffee, Eldon Cowgur, Matthew Cross, David A. Kerber, Jeff Laubenstein, Duane Loose, Natán Meléndez, Benjamin Parker, Matt Plog, Klaus Scherwinski, Karsten Schreurs, Tan Ho Sim
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code 36098
First published 15 June 2022
ISBN-13 978-1-63861-180-6
MSRP $5.99
Content
Preceded by Issue #08
Followed by Issue #10

Issue 10

Issue #10
Product information
Type Magazine
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published September 2022
Content
Preceded by Issue #09
Followed by Issue #11

Canonicity

Produced directly by CGL, Shrapnel was explicitly stated to be fully canonical for the BattleTech universe. This is a notable exception from the current definition of canon for BattleTech, which states that magazines are not counted among the canon sources by default (overridden in this case through explicitly declaring the publication canonical).