Let's play Battletech - An Introduction

We dive into some classic battletech tabletop action. We go over the history of the game, the rules in more or less minute detail, and finally finish a quick and dirty session with a bit of story attached, to show how easy it is. Enjoy!

Special thanks to everyone who gave us video footage, voice acting, pictures, references and rules clarification - you know who you are!

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we used:
https://www.masterunitlist.info for force creation
https://www.sarna.net for research
https://sheets.flechs.net for bookkeeping and finally
https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/co... for miniatures and maps!

Battletech, mechwarrior, and most stuff used in this video is copyrighted by catalyst games
we briefly use the warhammer 40k logo which is copyrighted by games workshop
tank and infantry models are made for Days of Wonders' Memoir '44.

00:00 Intro and Overview
01:05 Setting
04:29 The Game
06:45 Storytime
08:48 Force Showcase
12:17 Gameplay & Rules
12:58 Initiative
13:35 Movement: Walking and Running
17:50 Movement: Jumping
22:07 Heat
26:58 Weapon Attack Phase: Shooting
31:55 Damaging a Mech
34:58 Line of Sight
47:40 first critical hit
51:47 Physical Attack Phase: Melee
01:13:40 Conclusion, Aftermath and Final thoughts