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Battletech: Faction Overview: Mercenaries

Perigrin - February 16, 2023

Mercenaries have been a huge part of Battletech since the very beginning. In addition to making your own units, there have been a few notable official ones, which Peri is taking a look at.

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Battletech: First Solaris 7 Amateur Circuit Tournament Overview

Perigrin - February 9, 2023

Peri talks about the lessons he learned running his first Battletech tournament at his FLGS.

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Battletech: Paint Starter Set Review

Perigrin - February 2, 2023

Catalyst Game Labs and Army Painter are releasing a paint starter set aimed specifically at battletech. They sent us a copy to review, and Perigrin has given them a go.

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Battletech: Alpha Strike Special Pilot Abilities A-M

Perigrin - January 19, 2023

Today in Battletech Perigrin is covering Alpha Strike Special Pilot Abilities, bonuses that your force can gain depending on composition.

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Battletech: Hot Take: Battlefield Support Beta Rules

Perigrin - January 13, 2023

Along with the prelaunch page for the Battletech Mercenaries kickstarter, Catalyst have released a set of beta rules for using vehicles as battlefield support assets. Perigrin runs through how they work and his opinions.

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Battletech: The Goonformat

Perigrin - January 12, 2023

A common stumbling block to organizing one-off games of Battletech outside a campaign is having scenarios to play that aren't pure slugfests. Perigrin is working on creating a set of them.

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Battletech Alpha Strike: The Goonhammer Review

Jack Hunter - January 5, 2023

The BattleTech Alpha Strike starter box is here, and it's fantastic. We're taking a look at everything in the box and how playing your first games will feel.

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Battletech: Pest Control: How to Kill Elementals

Perigrin - December 22, 2022

While mechs are the stars of Battletech, it's a full combined-arms game. Today we're looking at how to fight against clan elementals.

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Battletech: Mech Overview: Vindicator

Perigrin - December 8, 2022

In this weeks Mech Overview we're taking a look at all the different variants of the Vindicator, one of the two mechs in the current beginner box.

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Battletech: Mech Overview: Mad Cat

Perigrin - December 1, 2022

Howdy tube-men and welcome to our first Mech Overview, focusing in on the game stats of different mechs and their variants and how to best use them. Mechs are obviously the main draw of Battletech, and everyone will be...