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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN num: 9781932564778
ISBN number: 1932564772
Label: FanPro
Manufacturer: FanPro
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Page Count: 312
Printing Date: August 21, 2006
Publishing house: FanPro
Release Date: August 21, 2006
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It is the 31st century, a time of endless wars that rage across human-occupied space. As star empires clash, these epic wars are won and lost by BattleMechs, 30-foot-tall humanoid metal titans bristling with lasers, autocannons and dozens of other lethal weapons; enough firepower to level entire city blocks. Your elite force of MechWarriors drives these juggernauts into battle, proudly holding your faction s flag high, intent on expanding the power and glory of your realm. At their beck and call are the support units of armored vehicles, power armored infantry, aerospace fighters and more, wielded by a MechWarrior's skillful command to aid him in ultimate victory. Will they become legends, or forgotten casualties? Only your skill and luck will determine their fate! October of 2006 sees the unveiling of a whole new look and presentation for Classic BattleTech. The basic rules and concepts of the game have not changed: thirty-foot tall metal titans of doom piloted by feudal MechWarrior knights firing lightning bolts, coherent lasers and autocannons in an orgy of destruction across a futuristic landscape of thousands of worlds. These concepts have made Classic BattleTech/MechWarrior one of the most successful science fiction lines ever created, spawning millions of sold MechWarrior PC games, almost a hundred full-length novels, more than ten million sold MechWarrior: Dark Age Collectable Miniatures Game figures, comic books, toys, a cartoon, virtual reality centers, over five-thousand fan-based websites and more. Yet it all began with the original board game, which still conveys all the best the universe has to offer, presented in a whole new way with the publication of the very first in a new series of core rulebooks, Total Warfare. TOTAL WARFARE The product of more than twenty years of gaming experience, Total Warfare presents the rules of the Classic BattleTech game system as never before. For the very first time, all the rules for various units that have a direct impact
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This book has just about every rule ever written for the Battletech universe in it. It doesn't answer some of the other questions that seem to come up often when people sit down and play. I am not looking at it right now, but things like falling and physical attacks seem to occur often in game and we can never find a rule for them. It's a good book, but I think with a little time and watching over some dedicated gamers play the game, they could make it better.
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If you are gonna play Battletech, this is the book you need to have.
However it is definitely a step down from previous editions. The index is not very helpful and references things weirdly. Such as "Death From Above" says "See DFA". Seems like the acronym would point to the full name, to me. Not to mention things I want to look up are not easily found.
Also, this book doesn't contain the rules required to build new 'mechs, which is one of the greatest things about Battletech. To build 'mechs you need the technical manual, because this one doesn't have a few pieces of critical information. The tragedy is the technical manual ONLY has those few pieces of information.
Battletech is one of the best games ever, so you should definitely play. Go to a convention and sign up for a newbie-friendly event and learn there and use this book as a reference.
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This might be $40 (retail), but it is worth it. A selection of level-3 rules from Maximum Tech has been streamlined into the tournament-approved rules, like XL gyros, Light/Heavy ferro-fibrous armor, and heavy jump jets. It is the ultimate new edition of the BattleTech Compendium! The stuff is so bountiful, they they had to split it into two books! 'Total Warfare' for play rules and 'TechManual' for design rules. There are so many options its so cool. And it isn't all that convoluted. All the legacy rule-concepts are left intact, but newer areas such as support vehicles and protomechs follow more realistic rules.
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It is really nice to have all the rules and regs for Classic Battletech in one book. This has all the play rules you would need to play every aspect of the game. Everything from Battlemechs to the new Protomechs. It also has rules for aerospace fighters and dropships. But if you want to build your own, this book doesn't have any construction rules. For that you have to get the Tech Manual, which is one problem I have with the book. One other thing is it is pretty confusing to find what you need. But if you want all the rules in one, handy place. This is the book for you.
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Before I get started - this book flat out tells you it is not for new players. These rules will not help you learn how to play.
That said this book is absolutely fantastic - the production work is beyond belief. Every page is full colour with photos, the rules are organized in an intelligent manner (finally), and each chapter starts with a brief piece of fiction that covers the universe pretty throughly. Instead of the lineart of the previous editions full colour photos of extremely well painted miniatures for the game - not only do you get nice looking pictures but it even helps explain some of the rules of the game.
The rules of the game have been collected, cleaned up, organized in one style, and in general improved upon. These are much much better then the last edition put out by FASA.
If you enjoy Battletech pick this up. If you enjoyed and of the Mechwarrior, Mechcommander, or MechAssault games go pick up the free pdfs from www.classicbattletech.com and see if you like it and then pick this up if you do.
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