A Bonfire of Worlds

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 […]

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Infantry Operations

Infantry operations is a set of house rules to expand the use of Conventional Infantry in the BattleTech game. These rules may add further complexity to those found in Total Warfare, Tech Manual, Tactical Operations (Advanced Rules), and Tactical Operations (Advanced Units and Equipment) Mechanized Infantry – Advanced In the Total Warfare and other books, […]

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War of 3039

Historical Note  On the 16th of April 3039 a wave of Federated Commonwealth JumpShips appeared in several key systems in the Draconis Combine – the War of 3039 had begun.  The War of 3039 was not a stealth attack or a surprise war, everyone knew it was coming. Two weeks before the start of the […]

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How to play BattleTech Part 1

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 […]

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The Fall of Genèva

Terra T+11, 12th January 3151 11 days after Alaric‘s Clan Wolf forces had jumped into the system, the first of Chinngas Khan Malvina Hazen‘s Clan Jade Falcons began to arrive. Unlike the Clan Wolf forces though, the Jade Falcons had not bought with them their whole toumen, instead only jumping with the forces immediately available […]

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The Great Refusal

“The time has come to end the threat of the Clans, once and for all!” – Prince Victor Steiner-Davion The Great Refusal is a one-day BattleTech narrative event using the Standard Ruleset. Players will engage in 1v1 games (or may enter as a team of 2 players, controlling 1 force) between the Crusader Clans and […]

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Inner Sphere in Flames

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 […]

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