News — Gaming News
Battletech - Initial Reactions
So let's talk Battletech! It's brand new. Just dropped last week. And I've been a huge Battletech nerd since I snagged the boxed set from Barnes & Nobles when I was a teenager and made my sister play the first game with me so I could figure out the rules.
I just fired up the game last night and I haven't gotten very far into it yet but I have opinions and thoughts that I feel people thinking about snagging the game should hear.
I played the...
Battletech's Original Inner Sphere Maps Were Just Released and They're Awesome.
Author and Novelist Blaine L. Pardoe just published a set of images on his blog of some of the very first Inner Sphere maps from Battletech and I can't help but geek out about it.
He writes:
"I have been a BattleTech writer since the first Tech Readout (3025). I saw the unseen before they were, well, unseen. Some of my FASA-era background material over the years has just plain been lost or discarded decades ago when I deemed it hopelessly obsolete.
Some, not all.
I have unearthed a treasure trove of old material. I...