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They’ve gotten the job done for two decades, but playing on the new maps is just luxurious. The old Battletech and Citytech maps were printed on thin cardboard, pretty close to the stuff that cereal boxes are made of. Here I’ve propped up one of the new maps on the right, and one of the old Citytech 2E maps on the left. The new maps are heavy, linen cardstock like most gameboards are made from. Under all the literature, two maps and two boxes. As with the reference cards, they are a little less visually cluttered than the versions from 20 years ago. Not much has changed there, although both London and I like the new sheets better. Also in this photo you can see the new book of record sheets off on the left, and the old Citytech record sheets at the top. For comparison, here are equivalent pages from the new Introductory Rulebook (bottom) and the old Citytech 2E rulebook (top).

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Have I mentioned that every book or booklet I’ve described so far are printed in full color on nice, heavy, glossy paper? And illustrated with full-color photos of miniatures that were built and painted by experts. Citytech 2E had the same tables on sheets of paper, but the new reference cards are less visually cluttered and easier to keep track of. There are also two full-sheet reference cards with all of the tables you need to play the game. There are other rulebooks available that delve into deeper waters–sometimes literally, since underwater and aerospace combat are covered–but this is the main reference for playing the game, equivalent to the rulebooks that came with the old box sets.īelow the rulebook and map, there is a stapled book of records sheets, which covers all of the ‘Mechs that come in the box (26 different models), a fair few vehicles and infantry units (although the box does not include any counters for vehicles or infantry), and–naturally–blank record sheets if you want to make up your own ‘Mechs (like I did here). I say “full” meaning that it’s everything you need to play the game as it comes in the box. The rulebook is titled, “Introductory Rulebook”, but it’s not the quick-start rules, it’s the actual full Battletech rules. Next, the full rulebook, and a poster-sized map of the Inner Sphere.

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I mean, there were guides to various units, but you had to get them one at a time, and there was simply no accessible literature on how to build and paint minis. Nothing like this was available when I was a kid.

“Battletech Painting and Tactics Guide”, which does what it says on the tin.

“The Inner Sphere at a Glance”, an intro to the history of the Battletech universe and the major factions.

This isn’t just another advertisement in drag, this is actually useful, because it tells you what each product does so you can choose how you want to play Battletech.

“How the Core Rulebooks Work”, which is a short guide to the rest of Catalyst’s BT product line.

Our first time out, it took my brothers and me about a week to figure out what a “base to-hit” number was. Man, I wish the old BT box sets had included something like this. But the first big thing you see, and the thing that catches your attention, is the Quick Start Rulebook. The very first thing you find when you open the new box is a small catalog of Catalyst Game Labs products. For reference before we go on, it came with a softcover rulebook, two cardboard maps printed with full-color terrain on one side and blank hexes on the other, 16 one-piece plastic ‘Mechs (2 each of 8 models), heavy cardboard counters for buildings, vehicles, infantry, and fire, and a stapled book of record sheets for the ‘Mechs, vehicles, and infantry. The Citytech 2E box was the nicest “old” Battletech product I ever owned. The photo above shows it next to my old Citytech 2nd edition box from 1994–twenty years ago!

It’s the same size as most luxe boardgames these days (e.g., Star Trek Catan, WH40k Relic, Munchkin Quest, to pick three examples at random from the stack of games across the room). If you’re an old BT grognard, the first thing you notice is that the new box is huge.

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Fortunately some retailers still have copies at reasonable street prices, and I was able to get one with my birthday money ($40 plus shipping from ). Well, the long-awaited Battletech Introductory Box Set finally came out this spring, and almost immediately sold out.