/tg/ - Traditional Games

6mm. Mechs. Not playing Battletech.

Historical. This places needs a historical general thread.

Anyway, Battletech.

>/btg/ does a TRO:

http://builtforwar.blog(not spam) spot.com/

>How do I do this Against the Bot thing?

http://pastebin.com/pE2f7TR5 (embed) (embed)

>Overview of the major factions?

http://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houses/

http://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clans/

http://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powers/

>How do I find out what BattleMechs a faction has?

http://masterunitlist.info/

>Map of /btg/ players (WIP):

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1116217&add=1

>BattleTech Introductory Info and PDFs

http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400

>Rookie guides

http://pastebin.com/HZvGKuGx (embed)

>Sarna.net - BattleTech Wiki

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page

>Megamek - computer version of BattleTech. Play with AI or other players

http://megamek.info/

Unit Designing Softwares

>SSW Mech Designer

http://www.solarisskunkwerks.com/

>MegaMek Lab

http://megameklab.sourceforge.net/

>BattleTech IRC

#battletech on irc.rizon.net

>PDF Folders

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9q792hobnbpw3/Battletech

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech

>>224193

I'm aware of battletech and never really had much interest. Can't even really tell you why, I love robots. I know there are roughly a billions years worth of options, but I don't know if it's for me, based on the few times I've seen it played or tried it myself. Maybe it would be different now that I'm in adult and would actually make terrain for it instead of just stacking books or other crap to make an interesting play area.

Also, if my understanding is correct, aren't most games just really small skirmishes with mechs and little else? Or do people actually field forces of varied vehicles and troops? And how do other vehicles and troops fare when a big mutha fucker of a mech slaps their girlfriend's ass?

>>224194

There are rules for mechs, infantry, tanks, and aircraft as well as space rules and stuff like that. I think that infantry can swarm mechs and can be quite effective. It would be a matter of reading up and seeing how things fair.

I think this link might work: ftp://82.131.16.213.cable.starman.ee/1640%20-%20The%20Battletech%20Compendium.pdf

I started on Battletech then I wanted some tanks for it, I bought some GHQ models as they are the right scale. I then started researching WW2 models and got pulled into Blitzkrieg Command etc.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/ilvbkatboxwz4nq/Blitzkrieg_Commander.pdf

There are other rulesets available for other games. (bolt action, FoW, etc etc).

>>224191

Joke's on you, people of my country love tanks too much to ever abandon them.

>>224209

We just need a tank mech.

>>224223

That's the spirit.

>>224208

Maybe I'll check it out later, but I already have that Dropzone Commander rulebook and might get in on that KS (or get in on it next time if it fails this round).

>>224174

So, does no one really play 6mm-10mm games on here? Would a unified, customizable system like this one open more people up to it? I only play 40K and some Infinity, but is there a definitive game in this scale? I like the look of this KS because it would let me buy minis from anyone and use them, are there any other systems along those lines that work pretty well? And the counters and command hexes make me think they're going for a boardgame meets wargame mix, trying to get the strengths of both. Not sure if they succeed until I at least try out the sample rules though.

>>225126

You can use THW Chain Reaction system with any minis at any scale.

http://www.twohourwargames.com/index.html

There are also scans floating around of The Commander Series: Blitzkrieg Commander, Coldwar Commander, Future War Commander. You can use any minis for those too.

>>224209

Are you from Eurasian Dynasty?

>>224191

Mecha aren't feasible, square cube law + they have a gigantic target profile and they can't exactly go hull down.

>>225126

I think 6-10mm are great, but they shine in bringing out the mass effect which works best in historical or fantasy with infantry in lines.

Modern and Sci-fi infantry are pretty much impossible to do right outside of games larger than skirmish and smaller than division counters.

>>225670

Big issue here is that you rarely get that many armoured units together in one place to fight it out like that. It'd be mostly infantry with armoured support.