Battletech: Clan Wolf is "Licensed to il"

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TheDiceMustRoll: Jul 23, 2018

SirFozzie posted:

Any one going to Adepticon that is willing to loan me about $300? That's a lot of neat stuff coming (available at Adepticon)

Vol1 of the TRO that collects all the ilClan Rec Guides
New Battlemats
New Force Packs.
And the kicker, a $250 large scale marauder in resin.

With the exception of the marauder most of that will just come out normally.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:22

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 09:59

SirFozzie: Mar 28, 2004; Goombatta!

Forgot the new plushie mechs (including Phoenix Hawk)

In my case, my dog would appreciate it for all about 45 seconds before tearing it apart.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:24

Strobe: Jun 30, 2014; GW BRAINWORMS CREW

I will move heaven and earth to get my hands on that Marauder

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:26

Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

Defiance Industries posted:

I might go to the one in Bothell. I've had a good time there before.

Oh poo poo. You're in WA? Can you help point me in the direction of good stores and places to play? I have a budding desire to play tabletop Battletech but I've literally never done game store gaming and don't know where go or what do. My mental map of game and hobby stores is also over a decade out of date.

Bothell is in easy reach for me, I'm in Redmond on the edge of Kirkland.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 00:48

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

Zulu's Board Game Cafe has a pretty big BT scene. There's a biweekly BattleTech event there every other Wednesday at 7, and the next one is on the 8th. They're typically run in their event center to take advantage of the huge tables they have down there. There's also a fair amount of official events sponsored by CGL that go down there as Randall Bills seems to live nearby. As I said, I'll probably be there for the Kickstarter launch party because I'm an official BT freelancer now which means I'm big time

I have a couple friends who live in Ballard, and last time I visited them we quite literally stumbled upon a place called the Waystone that has a small but growing BT community. They have a discord that's worth hitting up for a game if you're going to be in the neighborhood.

I'm not a great source of info about Seattle-area stores, though. I'm down in the Portland area and drive up to visit sometimes.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 01:42

Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

Thanks, that's very helpful! and congratulations!!

# ? Mar 4, 2023 02:58

Sidesaddle Cavalry: Mar 15, 2013; Oh Boy Desert Map

Does the FrankenMech in the upcoming Snord's Irregulars pack have a loadout in a RecGuide already or

# ? Mar 4, 2023 03:05

welcome 2 Clown Town: Aug 1, 2006; GALAXY'S #2 SCULL*!

*scrunt skull

Cross posting from the mini painting thread

welcome 2 Clown Town posted:

Finished up the inner sphere heavy battle lance.

Particularly like how the bushwacker and axeman came out.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 04:05

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:

Does the FrankenMech in the upcoming Snord's Irregulars pack have a loadout in a RecGuide already or

Sneede's Rifleman is used as the Strat Ops frankenmech example and Sarna has a description on the Rifleman page. No official sheet as far as I've seen though.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 11:58

Strobe: Jun 30, 2014; GW BRAINWORMS CREW

Every pack so far has had (or has been mentioned it will have) a record sheet pdf so that seems like a safe bet.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 16:09

Sidesaddle Cavalry: Mar 15, 2013; Oh Boy Desert Map

BattleMaster posted:

Sneede's Rifleman is used as the Strat Ops frankenmech example and Sarna has a description on the Rifleman page. No official sheet as far as I've seen though.

Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic.

Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?)

# ? Mar 4, 2023 21:22

Owlbear Camus: Jan 3, 2013; Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?

Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:

Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?)

The Mad Cat is like carcinization in evolutionary biology. Every "optimized" mech tends to drift in that aesthetic direction.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:02

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Owlbear Camus posted:

carcinization

Marauderification

Over time, everything eventually becomes the Marauder.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:14

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:

Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic.

Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?)

It's pretty much a straight swap to put a PPC into an arm and replace the LRM ammo in the adjacent torso with a single heat sink.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:17

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

The Draconis Combine just had so many PPCs stockpiled and no good chassis to put them on they started strapping them to everything like the Catapult and the Dragon and the Charger.

And not the lovely PPCs you find in Marik space, we're talking the best-of-the-best Lord's Light PPCs, which are notable for being far more flexible than other PPCs. Which just reinforces one of my own long-held conspiracy theories: that 'Mech armor plates are flexible and 'Mechs can flex.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:25

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

PoptartsNinja posted:

The Draconis Combine just had so many PPCs stockpiled and no good chassis to put them on they started strapping them to everything like the Catapult and the Dragon and the Charger.

And not the lovely PPCs you find in Marik space, we're talking the best-of-the-best Lord's Light PPCs, which are notable for being far more flexible than other PPCs. Which just reinforces one of my own long-held conspiracy theories: that 'Mech armor plates are flexible and 'Mechs can flex.

Of course they can, the tension is how the hatchet swings

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:49

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

You gotta have some flexibility mixed in with your strength to be a really good material, that's been true since we invented steel.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:51

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

Owlbear Camus posted:

The Mad Cat is like carcinization in evolutionary biology. Every "optimized" mech tends to drift in that aesthetic direction.

On the other hand, the King crab has three different manufacturers and each one also ended up making another crab so maybe mechs carcinalize too

# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:56

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

I'm still so disappointed that the Hermit Crab wasn't covered in Modular Armor

# ? Mar 4, 2023 23:00

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:

Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic.

Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?)

Here's the art from the scenario pack:

It doesn't look like the mini has a different head than the Rifleman normally would have though.

edit: oh the box actually comes with the Phoenix Hawk head so you can pick how it looks.

BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Mar 5, 2023

# ? Mar 4, 2023 23:40

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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My son brought his TRO Succession Wars (held together by scotch tape and love) to the beach because of course he did.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:05

PeterWeller: Apr 21, 2003; I told you that story so I could tell you this one.

Atlas Hugged posted:

My son brought his TRO Succession Wars (held together by scotch tape and love) to the beach because of course he did.

It's not a real TRO if it's not a crumbling sheaf of loose leaf held together by judicious use of scotch and/or masking tape.

NoNotTheMindProbe posted:

A new pack has been confirmed full of oldmechs. it contains the first mech developed by each of the great houses plus the Mackie and the first omnimech.

Hegemony: Mackie
Lyran: Ymir
DC: Gladiator
FWL: Icarus II
Capellans: Firebee
Fedsuns: Battleaxe
Clans: Coyotl

I am so hyped for this pack. I thought my hope for a nice plastic Firebee to go along with all my nice plastic Stingers, Wasps, Valkyries, P-hawks, and Crusaders was the longest of shots.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 17:59

Saint Celestine: Dec 17, 2008; Lay a fire within your soul and another between your hands, and let both be your weapons.
For one is faith and the other is victory and neither may ever be put out.
- Saint Sabbat, Lessons; Grimey Drawer

Whats a good screening mech?

I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 06:52

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Saint Celestine posted:

Whats a good screening mech?

I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.

The Watchman is my go-to for cheap and effective, but anything similar works. 3025 the choices are worse, you're probably looking for the Quickdraw with the four forward-firing lasers. Or the up-armored Jenner.

Grasshoppers make for great bodyguards, but they're slow.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 07:03

Saint Celestine: Dec 17, 2008; Lay a fire within your soul and another between your hands, and let both be your weapons.
For one is faith and the other is victory and neither may ever be put out.
- Saint Sabbat, Lessons; Grimey Drawer

...hatchetman? Or is that too slow.

My reasoning was its cheap, and it could hang back and then hit lights with its axe.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 07:10

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

The Hatchetman is way too slow to actually menace lights with that hatchet. It's honestly not a very good machine, but it's historically significant so it keeps getting built.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 07:44

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

Saint Celestine posted:

Whats a good screening mech?

I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.

Hoplite, it's just a big chunk of metal that soaks enemy fire.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 09:22

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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We're back from the beach and so I asked my son if he wanted to kick the soccer ball around. He scoffed and said he had reading to do, at which point he grabbed my Battlemech Manual and began looking up all the non-introductory level equipment in TRO Succession Wars.

He's currently pretending to be a Mackie.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 09:49

TheDiceMustRoll: Jul 23, 2018

Man, I have a good track record for Battletech so far. Five games in under three months, and I taught someone Alpha Strike.

Planning an Alpha Strike campaign soon and I've built that force. I'm also just building a Comstar-At-Tukayyid force for reasons and eventually would like to have a Trinary of every clan totem as well, painted and good to go so I can run little Tukayyid campaigns

Unrelated - where could I find little trucker caps that I could glue to the tops of my mechs for the "yee haws" a merc group that loves its truncker caps

TheDiceMustRoll fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Mar 6, 2023

# ? Mar 6, 2023 10:09

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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I love you all

TheDiceMustRoll posted:

Unrelated - where could I find little trucker caps that I could glue to the tops of my mechs for the "yee haws" a merc group that loves its truncker caps

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-parts/minifig/headgear/hat?page=1

Minifig hats was the first thing that came to mind. Here are a couple that might work?

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-s-13914
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-beaver-97237
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-white-pizza-pattern-18324
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-c-93361

# ? Mar 6, 2023 10:29

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

Saint Celestine posted:

Whats a good screening mech?

I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.

I say this for everything but the PHX-3PL is fast enough to be a problem and also likely to land hits with the pulse + TC combo.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 11:48

Marx Headroom: May 10, 2007; AT LAST! A show with nonono ~~commercials~~!; Fallen Rib

Atlas Hugged posted:

We're back from the beach and so I asked my son if he wanted to kick the soccer ball around. He scoffed and said he had reading to do, at which point he grabbed my Battlemech Manual and began looking up all the non-introductory level equipment in TRO Succession Wars.

He's currently pretending to be a Mackie.

Now is the time to start working on Halloween costumes!

# ? Mar 6, 2023 13:51

Tempest_56: Mar 14, 2009

Saint Celestine posted:

Whats a good screening mech?

I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.

It isn't cheap, but I like using the Komodo as a missile boat guard. Fast enough to get into position, and 10 medium lasers (with the DHS to use them) is enough to scare off any light mech. Even at a high BTH, that's good odds of 1-2 hits a turn and that's significant for your little guys. (Plus TAG/ECM/potential C3 is a nice addition to an LRM lance.)

# ? Mar 6, 2023 16:43

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

The problem with using the Komodo as a screen is that you can get a Wraith for cheaper.

I change most of my answers to the Wraith. The Watchman's still cheaper, BV wise, but few things will deter ambitious light 'Mechs as well as a Wraith.

PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Mar 6, 2023

# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:00

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

The Wraith is a solid choice, and it gives you more kickin' tonnage for when you can get up close.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:11

Rorahusky: Nov 12, 2012; Transform and waaauuuugh out!

PoptartsNinja posted:

The problem with using the Komodo as a screen is that you can get a Wraith for cheaper.

I change most of my answers to the Wraith. The Watchman's still cheaper, BV wise, but few things will deter ambitious light 'Mechs as well as a Wraith.

Hell, I'd argue that it's a pretty effective deterrant to Mediums as well. Just the constant threat of the Wraith jumping into your rear arc when you go to engage the fire support is just too great to ignore.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:38

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

I don't remember the range on using AMS to engage missile flights aimed at someone else, if you use that optional rule. But that might also be a point in the Komodo's favor.

You know, now that AMS isn't useless garbage.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:49

Saint Celestine: Dec 17, 2008; Lay a fire within your soul and another between your hands, and let both be your weapons.
For one is faith and the other is victory and neither may ever be put out.
- Saint Sabbat, Lessons; Grimey Drawer

Now where does one get a wraith from?

# ? Mar 6, 2023 20:43

FishFood: Apr 1, 2012; Now with brine shrimp!

The Alpha Strike boxed set has a fancy new plastic version that is pretty slick.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 20:53

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 09:59

Saint Celestine: Dec 17, 2008; Lay a fire within your soul and another between your hands, and let both be your weapons.
For one is faith and the other is victory and neither may ever be put out.
- Saint Sabbat, Lessons; Grimey Drawer

FishFood posted:

The Alpha Strike boxed set has a fancy new plastic version that is pretty slick.

Awwww yis, thanks!

# ? Mar 6, 2023 21:01

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