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BattleTech is a science-fiction universe akin to Star Trek or Star Wars. It began with a board game/wargame, designed by FASA in 1984. The game simulates warfare in the distant future of the 31st century, where humans battle in gigantic walking machines powered by fusion reactors (known as BattleMechs), tanks, spaceships and aircraft, wielding weapons such as lasers, particle projection cannons, Gauss rifles, autocannons, and Missiles (coming in both Long, and short range flavors). As the game and related stories are centered around the BattleMechs and warfare, it can be considered a type of a military space opera. BattleTech was originally released under the name BattleDroids, but was renamed with the release of the second edition due to George Lucas and Lucasfilm Ltd. holding a trademark on the term droid. BattleTech has won three Origins Awards and its various spinoffs and expansions several more. The designs of the original 'Mechs were transplanted from Macross and other anime, but due to legal issues those images are no longer used.
An estimated twenty-five million people have played a BattleTech or MechWarrior game or read a BattleTech or MechWarrior novel, and at least ten million people have played the BattleTech computer games. More than eleven million copies of MechWarrior PC games and a similar number of Dark Age Collectable Miniatures Game figures have been sold to date. Over three hundred and fifty different BattleTech/MechWarrior game and toy products have been produced to date; several products, such as the Technical Readout series, the core rulebook and base box set, have been in continuous print (in one form or another) since publication. More than five thousand World Wide Web pages have been created to date by the online BattleTech community.
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Painting up a lance of the BattleTech plastics from @catalystgamelab's boxset. This really is a relaxing hobby...with giant stompy robots.
ElectronJon (Jon Meek) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:36:58 -0000
Painting up a lance of the BattleTech plastics from @catalystgamelab's boxset. This really is a relaxing hobby...with giant stompy robots.
#Avatar felt like it was done before. Fern Gully+Aliens+Battletech on low grade. Sorry, James: I expected something you couldn't deliver.
kevinkvs (Kevin Kelly) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:53:02 -0000
#Avatar felt like it was done before. Fern Gully+Aliens+Battletech on low grade. Sorry, James: I expected something you couldn't deliver.
has read Wolves on the Border (Battletech) by Robert N. Charrette - http://bit.ly/4yy0pM
Novanglus1 (Ray Molter) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:12:19 -0000
has read Wolves on the Border (Battletech) by Robert N. Charrette - http://bit.ly/4yy0pM
9780451451170 - BATTLETECH BLOODNAME - Robert Thurston - PB - $3.89: Book Author Robert Thurston Format Paperba.. http://bit.ly/63Av1W
BFAR2010 (Kelly DeWitt) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:55:06 -0000
9780451451170 - BATTLETECH BLOODNAME - Robert Thurston - PB - $3.89: Book Author Robert Thurston Format Paperba.. http://bit.ly/63Av1W
Battletech pods!!!!! http://community.livejournal.com/seattle/6165752.html#cutid1
evilmonk (David Monk) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:34:51 -0000
Battletech pods!!!!! http://community.livejournal.com/seattle/6165752.html#cutid1
BATTLETECH yeahhhhhhhhh
dropdead228 (monea murphy) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:07:33 -0000
BATTLETECH yeahhhhhhhhh
FanPro's Official Classic BattleTech - Official game announcements and new product releases are made here. Source material for Inner Sphere houses and Clans including logos. Fan submission section for fiction, photos and links.
Meta Description: [ Catalyst Game Lab's Official Classic Battletech Website ]
Battletech Universe - Features forums, an image gallery, and news.
Meta Description: [ Battletech Universe - The Internet's Top Battletech Fan Site ]
Black Widows Web Site - Features pictures of battletech inner and clan mechs, aerospace fighters, and dropships. Also includes a brief history of the webmaster's mech.
Meta Description: [ No Summary ]
Brian's Cache USA - A miniature resource site with photos and other information on Battledroids, Unseen and LAM figures.
Meta Description: [ A resource site for Battletech miniatures and other such nonsense... ]
Chaos March - Features descriptions of the game worlds, custom designs, artwork, and a forum.
Dave Fanjoy's Mech Gallery - Features a painted miniature gallery. Also includes a painting how to guide and photos of rare miniatures in their original packages.
Dropship Command - Features a forum and fan fiction. Also offers news.
Dropshuttle to Tancredi IV - Includes homegrown mech designs and optional rules.
FanPro Commando Headquarters - Official site for game demo teams. Demo/event news, Commando Quarterly newsletter and FAQ can be found here.
Meta Description: [ Catalyst Game Labs demonstration team for Classic Battletech and Shadowrun ]
Fighting Pirannha Graphics - Produces officially licensed waterslide decals for use with Battletech miniatures.
Meta Description: [ Fighting Pirannha Graphics Official Waterslide Decals for Mechwarrior:DA, Classic Battletech, CAV Miniatures ]
Group W - Homepage for the Group W gaming group. Also features art work from StoneWorks Digital.
Meta Description: [ Group W Homepage, where you can find the Groups history and information. Also home to the War Book 3025, the ultimate guide to units in MPBT 3025. ]
Inner Sphere News - Presents product reviews and articles. Also features forums, polls and pictures.
Lords of the Battlefield - Focuses on custom miniatures and mech designs. Campaign and battle scenarios and a painted miniature gallery are also included.
Marauder's BattleTech Web Site - Features background on Clan Wolf, the California Brigade, and Project Vanguard. Also includes a section on frequently asked questions and how to get started as a player.
Meta Description: [ Site relating to the BattleTech RPG game by FASA Corporation ]
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MegaMek - Online, open-source version of Battletech. Java-based.
Meta Description: [ MegaMek - An unofficial, online version of the Classic BattleTech board
game. ]
Mordel Blacknight's Battletech Bay - Custom mechs, novel reviews, competitions, and online tournaments.
Meta Description: [ A BattleTech resource site containing Product listings, a Player Database, active Forums, 'Mech Designs, and much much more! ]
P.R.I. - Presents articles, forums, and graphics.
Panzerfaust 150's Battletech - Features desigsn, miniature photos,and personal photos.
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Patrick's Battletech Archive - Features history, maps, and mercenaries.
Meta Description: [ Extensive collection of Battletech history. ]
Renegade Tech - An alternate damage system using the Renegade Legion graphical template damage system.
Meta Description: [ Renegade Tech ]
Rolly's World - Includes cyberpunk and a spacemaster variant.
Solaris 7 - Source material including custom BattleMechs, vehicles, aerospace, dropships and warships. Also features a planetary database, Mechwarrior listing, image gallery and news.
Meta Description: [ Solaris7, The Gaming World: Information for Classic Battletech Communities ]
The Company Store - Information on FASA's RPG: BattleTech. Includes faction information and various CGIs ('Mech Search Engine, JumpShip Path, and others).
Meta Description: [ Information on FASA's RPG: BattleTech.
Includes faction information and various CGIs ('Mech Search Engine,
JumpShip Path, and others). ]
The Weapons Factory - Contains optional (Level 3+) rules for additional weapons systems, equipment, and Micro-Mechs.
Venotar's World of BattleTech - Features game-related articles.
WolfNet - Encyclopedia and timeline for the elite mercenary unit Wolf's Dragoons.
Meta Description: [ A BattleTech Fan Page which focuses on the elite mercenary unit Wolf's Dragoons and mercenaries in general ]
Wolverine's Battletech - Maps, resources, and fan fiction.
Yahoo Groups - Succession Wars - Discussion of FASA's Succession Wars.
Meta Description: [ successionwars: Succession Wars ]
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