Welcome to this new semester at the Blackjack School of Conflict. We’d like to thank our sponsors and patrons the Alyina Mercantile Guild for funding our new courses and we’d like to welcome the Officers here who have come from across the InnerSphere.  In this session we’ll be looking at the concept of Strategic movement […]

Announcing this year’s BattleTech World Wide Event! This year’s event will be run by the BattleTech UK SouthEast Catalyst Demo Agent and the BTUKSE team of MechTechs, on Saturday 9th of December 2023 at the Enfield Gamers Venue Ponders End United Reform Church Hall. The scenario is set in the IlClan era, but details of […]

“This is a guide for new MechWarrior recruits to understand the weaponry at your disposal on your BattleMechs and the weaponry you will face both against InnerSphere and Clan based technology.  We will look at different eras, and compare weapons at various range bands, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Remember, Weapons make the […]

The year is 3145, and the Inner Sphere is “A Bonfire of Worlds”. A Bonfire of Worlds is a one-day BattleTech narrative event using the Standard Ruleset (Total WarFare/BattleMech Manual), with the option to use Advanced Equipment/Artillery Rules from Tactical Operations. Set in the Dark-Age Era from 3132-3145, players will engage in 1v1 games (or […]

This is the first in a series of articles designed to help new players in “How to Play Battletech”. By How to Play, I don’t mean the rules of the game, but rather how to set up the gameplay, the factions used, the units allowed, the size of forces, game balance and eventually looking at […]

The year is 3075 and the Inner Sphere is in flames. The fanatical forces of the Word of Blake and their shadow divisions stand firm on Terra and radiate out through the Inner Sphere like some terrible cancer [In our holy causes to unite the Inner Sphere]. Reeling from the shocking news that Thomas Marik […]