From the monthly archives: September 2011

We Have Box Set Sign Once Again…

On September 29, 2011 By

As mentioned earlier this year, the first printing of the BattleTech 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set sold out of the warehouse in 10 days. A fantastic response that’s proof positive of BattleTech resurgence.

While we immediately began moving to reprint, such a complex box set with a large print run, manufactured overseas, means it […]

Continue Reading

Field Report: Clans PDF Available

On September 28, 2011 By

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS…

Over ten years ago, as the second Star League died, the Word of Blake unleashed its wrath against the combined realms of the Inner Sphere and the Clans. Using every weapon in their arsenal, from strategic misdirection and the exposure of state secrets, to biological, nuclear, and chemical attacks, the Word’s war […]

Continue Reading

For simplicity’s sake (and the fact that to really get into the full depth of how it works you need the “Building A Force Rules”), in Strategic Operations the Force Quality is how good the unit is (Elite/Veteran/Regular/Green). Then you’ve got the Equipment Rating directly determining Force Loyalty. And both of those then determining how […]

Continue Reading

For Immediate Release

RECON

Catalyst Game Labs and Outrider Hobbies are pleased to announce they have entered into a new, long-term licensing agreement for BattleTech.

“This has been a very long time coming,” states Randall N. Bills, Managing Developer for Catalyst Game Labs. “There are a lot of really great miniatures […]

Continue Reading

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, part of the work on Interstellar Operations has simply been laying a massive foundation. A lot of discussion, a lot of paper work, a lot of trial and error of some different basic, core mechanics of how to make various things work…pretty sure we’ve generated and tossed aside […]

Continue Reading

Since the coming of the Clans, the military, industrial, and command complexes of the Inner Sphere have raced against the invaders—and each other—to out-produce one another in battle-worthy manpower and materiel. Factories that were smashed in the Succession Wars were reborn and revitalized, churning out ever more cutting-edge equipment, while academies expanded their curriculums […]

Continue Reading

No matter how you look at it, Interstellar Operations is one intimidating book. And yet for a huge swath of the community it is one of the most anticipated of books.

Because of those two aspects, there’s a chance that IO might not be all that players want. Now obviously it’s going to be impossible […]

Continue Reading

Dear Iron Wind Metals customer,

Due to unforeseen delays with packaging and sculpting, we are forced to push our release schedule back another month.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, and thank you for understanding.

Any questions, please contact me or Melissa at officewench@ironwindmetals.com

On or about week of October 10th, 2011… (Formerly September […]

Continue Reading