It is the dawn of the thirty-first century. You are a MechWarrior: master of a multi-ton, towering avatar of destruction that is the culmination of more than 3,000 years of battlefield technology development. A precious heirloom passed from parent to child across centuries, an unassailable mark of your station. Whether a soldier-of-fortune or a true-blue patriot, you drop into hot zones across a thousand worlds to expand the star-spanning empire of one of the noble Great Houses.

BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game. Inside this box you'll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player: miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. A Game of Armored Combat includes everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your gaming table. Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and become a legend? Leap into the action and find out! New 40th Edition A Game of Armored Combat now comes with new Ilclan variation!

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Map Pack: Alien Worlds contains 4 two-sided paper map sheets: Caustic Valley #1, Caustic Valley #2, Crystalline Canyon #1, Crystalline Canyon #2, Fungal Forest #1, Fungal Forest #2, Lunar Station #1, Lunar Station #2, Fractured Glaciers #1, Fractured Glaciers #2, Volcanic Plateau #1, Volcanic Plateau #2.

The commline ablaze with determination. An army of war-forged metal titans on the heights. The enemy entrenched in the valley below, weapons charged and loaded. Then you give the order, and armies surge toward each other banners streaming as lasers, autocannons, and missiles sear and shatter! Will your star-spanning empire win the day? Only you will decide!

It is the 32nd century. For a millennia, mankind has waged wars across thousands of worlds in human-occupied space. The Great Houses. The Clans. The Periphery. A myriad of star empires claiming ascendance, as others wane or fall. They marshal MechWarrior who owe them fealty, each one the master of a towering avatar of destruction: the BattleMech. You are given command of these modern-day knights, dropped onto a battlefield: use your wits and acumen to bring victory or end up a casualty on a forgotten world. BattleTech is the world's greatest armored-combat game. And in Alpha Strike, you take command of large-scale engagements with tabletop-miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Inside includes everything you need to start tossing dice and charging toward the enemy on your gaming table.

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The Jade Falcon push to Terra for the ilClan trial tore through many worlds of the Inner Sphere region known as the Hinterlands. Left behind and abandoned due to his clans frantic dash, a remnant Jade Falcon Star Captain stands in the way of the nearby Alynia Mercantile League. The AML cannot abide this, and has sent out the call for enterprising mercenaries. Answer that call, build your own force of BattleMechs, and take advantage of powerful pilot Edge Abilities. Command your force solo or cooperatively through the branching story campaign to discover how youll shape this corner of the universe! Includes 9 premium miniatures, no assembly required. Contains 70 all-new Aces AI cards for solo and cooperative play!

The Clans changed the nature of warefar forever when they unleashed their giant, genetically modified warriors in powered battlesuits capable of inflicting significant damage against BattleMechs.

The Inner Sphere rushed to respond, and soon a new battlesuit accompanied Great House armies into the field.

This suit soon became known as the Inner Sphere Standard, fielded by a host of military's and mercs alike.

BattleTech: Battletech Inner Sphere Battle Armor Platoon features:

BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game, filled with epic stories and gaming experiences to satiate any player: miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. The BattleTech Beginner Box is the first step on that fantastic journey and includes everything you need to get started: two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules, a mapsheet, cards to represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice, and more. Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and become a legend? Leap into the action and find out!

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Forge your forces and prepare to fight any battle across the Inner Sphere! Campaign Operations completes the core rulebook series begun in Total Warfare. While previous rulebooks detailed game play at various levels - from a single MechWarrior, to a BattleMech company, to entire armies - this final volume focuses on the forces a player will build and run through any level of play.

Campaign Operations contains rules for creating and running forces, whether a down-on-their-luck mercenary battalion, or a fully-supplied House regiment. The volume also contains complete rules for devising solar systems, allowing players to recreate existing star systems or craft all-new worlds to challenge each other. The final sections of the book bring several options to the table for campaign play. Building off of previous sections in Total Warfare and Strategic Operations, the Narrative Campaign, Map-Based Campaign and Chaos Campaign rules allow players to build exciting, fun campaigns of almost any stripe for their newly-minted forces!

The arrival of cavalry has evoked dread and elation in equal measure for millennia.

These fast-moving, heavy-hitting 'Mechs can maneuver quickly across alien battlefields, delivering superb firepower to crush any defense they find.

BattleTech: Clan Cavalry Star features:

REINFORCEMENTS! Clan commanders lead from the front, orchestrating the chaos of the battlefield like a game of chess even as they pilot the deadliest OmniMechs, and personally crush their enemies. Unleash the Clan Command Star on your enemies! Included are the Dire Wolf, Summoner, Stormcrow, Mist Lynx, and Shadow Cat OmniMechs- no assembly required- along with five MechWarrior pilot cards and five Alpha Strike cards. Perfect for BattleTech and Alpha Strike action!

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Delivering blistering firepower at range is often the best way to soften up targets.

These 'Mechs and their expert MechWarriors make it look easy, employing a wide-range of energy and autocannon weapons that can quickly crack the toughest nuts.

BattleTech: Clan Direct Fire Star includes:

REINFORCEMENTS! Few can stand against the withering fury of a full-on Clan assault, a near-perfect blend of speed and brutality. Pinpoint accuracy meets the crash of heavy metal as the Warriors of Kerensky press relentlessly toward their objective. The Clan Heavy Striker Star includes the Gargoyle, Hellbringer, Mad Dog, Ice Ferret, and Viper--no assembly required--along with five MechWarrior pilot cards and five Alpha Strike cards. Perfect for BattleTech and Alpha Strike action!

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BattleTech: Clan Invasion brings remolded Clan and Inner Sphere Mechs to players' tabletops, adding additional content to BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat.

The Clan Invasion core box will include five redesigned plastic OmniMechs (Executioner, Timber Wolf, Nova, Grendel and Adder), double-sided color map, revised reference card, standee & terrain tiles, Clan rulebook, 16-page clan primer, 24-page fiction novella, record sheet booklet, five Mechwarrior cards, five Alpha Strike cards, and two 6-sided dice.

The Clan Striker Star is a collection of five plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Strike games. The box also provides five dry-erase cards, which are intended to directly support Alpha Strike gameplay, and five new Clan Pilot Cards. The line-up of 'Mechs in this pack are the Conjurer, Horned Owl, Incubus, Piranha and Vapor Eagle.

A withering fusillade of firepower from the Clans' technologically advanced OmniMechs can cut a swath through even the mightiest wall of defenders. The superior firepower of these designs gives a Clan commander an even greater edge. Unleash the Clan Fire Star on your enemies! Arctic Cheetah, Battle Cobra, Black Lanner, Linebacker and Night Gyr - no assembly required - along with five MechWarrior pilot cards and five Alpha Strike cards. Perfect for Battletech and Alpha Strike action!

Created using the same brilliant aesthetics of the new box sets and Grasslands and Battle of Tukayyid mapsets, these maps include a variety of terrain elements that deliver interesting battlefields for players of every skill level. Each map is 17" x 22", paper, and may be placed side-on or edge-on with other maps for expanded battlefields.

Strap into your BattleMech's cockpit and charge into the most important fight of your life!

Soldiers from across the Inner Sphere are drawn to the Game World of Solaris VII, where they seek glory, fame, and fortune in live-fire arena combat, before rotating back to their empires' fields of battle. Yet only the best and most aggressive gladiators will succeed. Will you claw your way to the top of the leaderboards and be immortalized for all time, or will you go down in flames to the sound of thunderous applause.

BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game, filled with epic stories and gaming experiences to satiate any player, from miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond.

BattleTech Essentials Boxed Set is a first step on the fantastic journey and includes everything you need to get started: two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules, a mapsheet, cards to represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice, and more.

Do you have what it takes to conquer the arenas of the Game World and become a legends? Leap into the action and find out!

Gothic re-imagines the Inner Sphere in a new, grimdark light. Insane experiments in cybernetics and biology have led to the development of Abominations, mutated creatures of flesh and steel capable of competing with BattleMechs on the battlefield. The Great Houses have been reforged into familiar, yet alien, entities that wage a perpetual war against one another in order to claim the entirety of the Human Sphere as their own!

Originally an ad hoc militia unit scraped together by Grayson Death Carlyle, this elite unit became known for effective use of combined arms tactics.

The BattleTech: Gray Death Legion Heavy Battle Lance is ready for action. Includes the Shadow Hawk, Catapult, Gargoyle, and Regent.

The Tread of these 'Mechs shakes the very ground and the determination of any defenders willing to face these monsters.

Boasting maximum armor and withering firepower, these 'Mechs usually are the true "kings of the battlefield".

BattleTech: Inner Sphere Assault Lance features:

REINFORCEMENTS! Commanders throughout the Inner Sphere know that the key to victory is balance. Savvy leaders match staying power with mobility to seize control of the battlefield and use their limited forces to maximum effect. The Inner Sphere Command Lance includes the iconic Marauder, Archer, Valkyrie, and Stinger--no assembly required--along with four MechWarrior pilot cards and four Alpha Strike cards. Perfect for BattleTech and Alpha Strike action!

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The Inner Sphere Heavy Battle Lance is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic BattleTech tabletop and Alpha Strike games. The box also provides four dry-erase cards, which are intended to directly support Alpha Strike gameplay, and four new Clan Pilot Cards. Contains the Axman, Bushwacker, Cataphract and Nightstar battlemechs.

Sometimes the defensive positions are too solid, or the distance to cover too far, for standard recon ?Mechs.

In those situations, these specialized ?Mechs and their pilots come to the fore, possessing the speed to range ahead and the firepower to come home.

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Stopping an enemy piercing or flanking attack can be the difference between victrory and defeat.

With dogged ruthlessness, these '"Mechs can pursue and eliminate any maneuvering action the enemy attemps.

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Information can be more valuable than an entire detachment of 'Mechs.

It's up to these BattleMech and their fearless Mechwarriors to delve into the heart of enemy territory and survive long enough to return with their precious data.

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Whether defending a massive production compound in urban environs or a field bivouac deep in enemy territory, maintaining security demands the right combination of maneuverability and firepower.

These 'Mechs bring the security needed to ensure safety.

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Expanding directly on the all-new maps found in the BattleTech: Beginner Box and BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat products, Map Pack: Grasslands includes six double-sided maps providing twelve brand-new battlefields!

Created using new art in the brilliant aesthetics of the new box sets, these maps include a variety of terrain elements that deliver interesting battlefields for players of every skill level. Each map is 17" x 22", paper, and may be placed side-on or edge-on with other maps for expanded battlefields.

The rich story of the BattleTech setting has played out across more than a thousand years of future history, encompassing the full sweep of human experience. Here, for the first time, that story is presented in one comprehensive volume! Dive deep into BattleTech lore with this look at the factions of the Inner Sphere, Clans, and Periphery, and learn about key events, personalities, and conflicts for each. Whether you enjoy titanic battlefield clashes, high-stakes covert ops missions, cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, or any other kind of story, you'll find it in the BattleTech setting. BattleTech Universe has everything you need to explore the ongoing BattleTech saga, and to write your own chapter on your game table!

The Wolf's Dragoons are the most well-known and respected mercenary command in the Inner Sphere, and their MechWarriors are some of the most skilled and feared across hundreds of worlds. Once more the Inner Sphere is poised for war, and the Wolf's Dragoons are on the forefront. Each ForcePack includes high-quality and fully assembled BattleMechs, Alpha Strike cards and pilot cards. Wolf's Dragoons Assault Star: Annihilator, Timber Wolf (new pose), Rifleman (new pose), Archer (new variant), and Blackjack (new variant).