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IlClan outline released! And on such an auspicious day, too! http://benhrome.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/00-ilclan-outline-final.pdf
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Mukaikubo posted:IlClan outline released! And on such an auspicious day, too! Everyone dies, seems legit.
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Apr 1, 2014 16:02
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KingFisher posted:Any of you nerds know where to get battletech ccg cards cheap? Let us know if you find a good place or ebay seller. I'd be interested in picking up some more. I bought some back when it came out, but would love to find the rules and build a few decks.
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Apr 2, 2014 03:06
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Mukaikubo posted:IlClan outline released! And on such an auspicious day, too! I hope this is real because it's awesome. I can't stand the Battletech board game and none of the novelizations are hugely readable to me any more, but I like reading about the setting and I admire the writers' (relative) willingness to mix up the status quo.
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Apr 2, 2014 04:51
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I could believe it because Davion gets the Republic, with all the cool toys they have.
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Apr 2, 2014 04:59
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I could get behind it because "define exist" When all clans are absorbed. There is only ilClan.
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Apr 2, 2014 07:12
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Leo Showers posted:I could believe it because Davion gets the Republic, with all the cool toys they have. Yeah, but then he Loses it all to the ilClan
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Apr 2, 2014 13:32
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People who got the reprinted Battletech set..... are the 2 maps in the set different? The improved minis would be nice to have, different maps would seal the deal for me.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:53
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tuluk posted:People who got the reprinted Battletech set..... They're both double sided with different maps on each side, so a total of four different maps to play on.
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Apr 2, 2014 20:10
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ah ok. I wasn't clear with my question. Are the included maps in the 2014 re-release the same hexmaps that shipped with the 2011 release?
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Apr 2, 2014 20:49
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Also, the new edition is worth it, I take it - but is it worth it for the minis alone? I still have my set from 1985 with the maps and cardboard stand-up 'mechs in good shape.
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Apr 3, 2014 02:05
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Apollodorus posted:Also, the new edition is worth it, I take it - but is it worth it for the minis alone? I still have my set from 1985 with the maps and cardboard stand-up 'mechs in good shape. 26 mechs (a spread of pre-3049 and 2x clan mech kits) for $55 comes to around $2.30 each for the minis alone. Whether you feel you need them or not is up to you, but it's a pretty decent deal.
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Apr 3, 2014 02:44
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It looks really neat but I'd only use them as WoB Protectorate Militia, and I'm playing WoB as a campaign (yet).
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Apr 3, 2014 02:48
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Hubis posted:26 mechs (a spread of pre-3049 and 2x clan mech kits) for $55 comes to around $2.30 each for the minis alone. Whether you feel you need them or not is up to you, but it's a pretty decent deal.
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Apr 3, 2014 03:02
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Apollodorus posted:Also, the new edition is worth it, I take it - but is it worth it for the minis alone? I still have my set from 1985 with the maps and cardboard stand-up 'mechs in good shape. The maps are foldout paperboard this time around, they may be more practical for you if you need to play on a rough table or if you would like a sturdier surface to set heavy miniatures on. The whole set is generally geared to be less flimsy in general.
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Apr 3, 2014 06:56
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Mukaikubo posted:IlClan outline released! And on such an auspicious day, too! Could anyone rehost that joke pdf? Never got a chance to read it.
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Apr 3, 2014 17:28
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:The maps are foldout paperboard this time around, they may be more practical for you if you need to play on a rough table or if you would like a sturdier surface to set heavy miniatures on. The mapsheets from the last boxed set were really nice, I don't use them because we have 3D terrain at my club.
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Apr 4, 2014 02:10
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Mukaikubo posted:IlClan outline released! And on such an auspicious day, too! Can anyone explain to me why the Battletech forums are treating this obvious April Fool's joke as legit, other than "they're really dumb and gullible"?
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Apr 6, 2014 15:56
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Crazy Joe Wilson posted:Can anyone explain to me why the Battletech forums are treating this obvious April Fool's joke as legit, other than "they're really dumb and gullible"? Mostly because they're dumb. But partially because of the similar gag a few years back that turned out kinda true. It was supposed to be an outline for Wars of the Reaving and included a few true bits amongst all the crap, Clan Ice Scorpion(aka the merger of the scorps and ice hellions) and the death of the Bloodspirits iirc.
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Apr 6, 2014 16:19
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And it leads to a new Star League that will no doubt collapse and return us to the glory days of hunting for a spare arm actuator.
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Apr 6, 2014 16:24
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Ferrosol posted:Mostly because they're dumb. But partially because of the similar gag a few years back that turned out kinda true. It was supposed to be an outline for Wars of the Reaving and included a few true bits amongst all the crap, Clan Ice Scorpion(aka the merger of the scorps and ice hellions) and the death of the Bloodspirits iirc. Free Taiw... St Ives also had massive speculative hints to how 3250 was going to look.
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Apr 7, 2014 01:51
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Kommando posted:Free Taiw... St Ives also had massive speculative hints to how 3250 was going to look. It was also the best lampoon of typical BT fans' opinions of a couple of specific factions. I will always treasure it deeply.
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Apr 7, 2014 03:26
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Crazy Joe Wilson posted:Can anyone explain to me why the Battletech forums are treating this obvious April Fool's joke as legit, other than "they're really dumb and gullible"?
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Apr 7, 2014 17:25
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So what happened to the proposed new 'mechs from injection plastic? The Loki and Thor in the intro boxset were quite nice, but are there plans to keep expanding that line with that technology?
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Apr 9, 2014 23:47
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Well they just released the Battlemaster and Mad Cat.... so yeah?
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Apr 9, 2014 23:53
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Arquinsiel posted:Well they just released the Battlemaster and Mad Cat.... so yeah? On Catalyst's site?
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Apr 10, 2014 00:24
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Yup, in the new box set.
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Apr 10, 2014 00:25
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Era Digest: Dark Age is out.
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Apr 13, 2014 07:06
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Rifleman III: It's amazing how much better Gausszilla can get if you just removed one of its Rifles to slap on defensive equipment.
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Apr 16, 2014 05:57
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Did you miss how Gausszilla has enough ammo to fire 12.8 times, while the Rifleman III only has enough to fire twice?
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Apr 16, 2014 06:31
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Which is why it camped out with ammo reloads in its article! It's a shame the Superheavy rules aren't actually compatible with the rest of the game's balance, despite the rules technically having been written in to work in it. So many artificial restrictions bringing down the possibilities one can have with twice the critical space. Then again, rules for grounded DropShips exist.
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Apr 16, 2014 07:31
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So can someone tell me what the deal with the official 'Mech design program is? It seems really janky, horrendously expensive, and doesn't even seem to natively support a range of years-old technology. Why is it still even being sold when free programs like SSW outstrip it by a wide margin?
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May 16, 2014 12:00
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Breetai posted:So can someone tell me what the deal with the official 'Mech design program is? It seems really janky, horrendously expensive, and doesn't even seem to natively support a range of years-old technology. Why is it still even being sold when free programs like SSW outstrip it by a wide margin? Because of bad reasons and tantrums, ip law and lawyers fees
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May 16, 2014 13:10
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Kommando posted:Because of bad reasons and tantrums, ip law and lawyers fees
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May 16, 2014 22:42
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Im intrigued now. Any way to get the specifics? 
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May 16, 2014 23:43
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HMP guy has been working on BV2 implementation in Heavy Metal for 5+ years now, i think. His excuse was that too many publications were being released each year for him to keep up. e: oh yeah, binary domain isn't really battletech related but it did giant mechs really well. this is the hollander basically. 
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May 17, 2014 00:12
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IIRC he actually had some illness issues to deal with too, but the licence was in some way stuck with him and nobody cares enough to get it back.
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May 17, 2014 00:21
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And you're back, from outer space, and im walking on and shooting your slow mech right there in the face. You shouldn't have landed your dropship here, you should have left this planet be, if you'd know you'd be here trading ammunition with the likes of me. Oh now roll, consciousness check. Now you failed, and your mech lies there still upon the deck. I am the one Who broke your fancy mech. Your armour crumbled You just lay there and die. Oh just die. You won't survive. While I will survive. As long as my reactors running I know I will be alive. I've got all these guns on you. And there's nothing you can do. You won't survive. I will survive. Negative Entropy fucked around with this message at 00:23 on May 27, 2014 |
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Played my first game of this in, oh, twenty-odd years against a kid who hadn't even been born at that time and he was a groggier nard than I was. That said, it was a lot of fun!
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Fix posted:Played my first game of this in, oh, twenty-odd years against a kid who hadn't even been born at that time and he was a groggier nard than I was. Where are you finding these kids that actually play BattleTech, everybody I try to get into the game gets all distracted by them videogame flashes and beeps
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