How to play Battletech a Game of Armored Combat Tabletop Wargame Board Game Basics of the game

Thank you Pat and Chris for doing an amazing job Showing us the basics of the game :)

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  • @positivelynegative3260
    @positivelynegative32603 ай бұрын

    I could listen to this guy talk about lore for a whole playlist!

  • @gregorystrohmeyer3023
    @gregorystrohmeyer302327 күн бұрын

    You may be confusing new players by using the red die for running. Red die is for jump, black for running, and white for walking. You should be using the black die when you run. This is from the Battletech rule book and the rule book that is included with all of the box sets.

  • @Hyperion-Cantos
    @Hyperion-Cantos11 ай бұрын

    You had me at LAMs.

  • @markp292
    @markp29211 ай бұрын

    at 34:56, the Commando already had the Locust in its front firing arc, no need to torso twist. The rulebook that comes with A Game of Armored Combat shows the firing arc diagrams, the frontal arc is 120 degrees (so extending out straight off of the front facing hex and each adjacent hex to the side)

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for the clarification! Please feel free to post any other issues. I myself am new to the game so I was not sure if there were any problems. But honestly thanks so much for taking the time! :)

  • @andrewlaverghetta715
    @andrewlaverghetta7153 ай бұрын

    Brand new after playing with battle tech toys in the 90s and Mechwarripr as well. 8 minutes in and I don’t feel like I’ve really learned a lot. It’s almost an hour long, so we’ll see.

  • @maxgaj3015
    @maxgaj3015 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome, love anything Battletech!

  • @kevinbartoe7881
    @kevinbartoe78816 ай бұрын

    I had a Battle 'Droids box set when I was in high school. Great video thanks!

  • @Rapman21
    @Rapman213 ай бұрын

    The other proxie is for the enforcer. The model shown is a Shadowhawk

  • @pokepete3
    @pokepete36 ай бұрын

    Love the explanations, very clear and easy to understand. Nice bit of early lore overview.

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for the kind words

  • @victorlimavocals
    @victorlimavocals Жыл бұрын

    Loved the video! Just got my first box and this helped me a lot :)

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    Жыл бұрын

    AWWEEESSOMMEEE!!!! So Glad we could help!! :) Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us some comment love!

  • @TheAltesLama59
    @TheAltesLama59 Жыл бұрын

    Sweet stuff

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Lama8654!

  • @RandysAvocations
    @RandysAvocations9 ай бұрын

    I totally Liked, Shared, and Subscribed!

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! Were getting ready to drop a tunnnnn more content!!!!

  • @RandysAvocations

    @RandysAvocations

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rsmptabletop I'm making an attempt to create some content too. I was really into this stuff in the analog days, but never made the digital transition.

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    9 ай бұрын

    @@RandysAvocations oh heck ya we’ll subscribe and share your stuff to! I worked really hard to smooth out the technical side of things over here but once we start dropping new videos I think it’s going to be easy to build an awesome Community fast! So deff stay in touch and thank you so much for taking the time to shoot us some kind words!

  • @RandysAvocations

    @RandysAvocations

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rsmptabletop Absolutely! I told Mr. S that I'm willing to be in front of the camera, and do some acting to. Thank you as well for the push!

  • @SpockBorg5
    @SpockBorg52 ай бұрын

    Anyone know why they don't have rules differentiating standard biped😂designs and chicken walkers, and different body styles upright humanoid, squater mechs like bushwacker, crab, and "pod" mechs like marauder?

  • @Vagabond820

    @Vagabond820

    21 күн бұрын

    They do have optional rules for this via Quirks. Bushwacker has the Narrow Quirk if memory serves reflecting its squat profile. I dunno if they have anything for leg styles though as they’re functionally the same in most situations.

  • @hexenhammer483
    @hexenhammer483 Жыл бұрын

    Pffft. Young whipper snappers playing BattleTech. Back in my day we played Battledroids

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @bruced648

    @bruced648

    Жыл бұрын

    I still use my original Battledroids lead miniatures!

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bruced648 Thats awesome! They had some lead ones they were showing us before we started filming!

  • @johnnytsunami593

    @johnnytsunami593

    10 ай бұрын

    *Lucasfilm has joined the chat*

  • @hexenhammer483

    @hexenhammer483

    10 ай бұрын

    Somebody knows their history.

  • @StylishJedi
    @StylishJedi Жыл бұрын

    Fun to see that this game is still alive. Its format is however, is extremely outdated. Surprised they haven’t moved away from the huge character sheets, where you have to write with pencil to track damage etc to tokens, dials and color cards or other smart ways of tracking damage and status effect on models by now?

  • @MikeKnell2884

    @MikeKnell2884

    Жыл бұрын

    You can't just look at Battletech as a tabletop strategy wargame. In it's core it's a mech simulator. You have to manage heat, weapons and internal systems in some way, and I don't see how you can do it to the same level of granularity in any other way. There is Alpha Strike ruleset for more tabletop strategy feel.

  • @maxgaj3015

    @maxgaj3015

    Жыл бұрын

    they have digital mech sheets now that can be used on tablet

  • @chrissafarik8829

    @chrissafarik8829

    Жыл бұрын

    Battletech is the bee's knees! Love filling in damage bubbles, reminds me of all the good times in school with standardized testing.

  • @AAhmou

    @AAhmou

    Жыл бұрын

    There is Alpha Strike, if you just want to have a bunch of mechs quickly duke it out.

  • @Walican132

    @Walican132

    7 ай бұрын

    I like the bubbles. Didn’t know anyone didn’t.

  • @youtmeme
    @youtmeme10 ай бұрын

    umm..ur 'enforcer ' was a shadow hawk. ur 'valkyrie ' was a wolverine!!😁

  • @nickthenuker7916

    @nickthenuker7916

    6 ай бұрын

    And that’s the beauty of the game! Proxies are allowed and even encouraged, you can technically play the game for almost nothing, the rules are available online and so are maps to print, and you can use just about anything that fits into a hex for a token, so the only cost is in printing out the map.

  • @youtmeme

    @youtmeme

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@nickthenuker7916 true...true...😉👍

  • @digitaldistancerecords736
    @digitaldistancerecords7365 ай бұрын

    Great video, question if you are in light woods does that cost against your gator when trying to shoot out of those woods

  • @chrissafarik8829

    @chrissafarik8829

    5 ай бұрын

    No, it would not count against your roll if the only woods between you and the target is one that your mech is standing in.

  • @digitaldistancerecords736

    @digitaldistancerecords736

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Lol this will be good when i'm trying to spam gauss rifle shoots playing as the Clans.@@chrissafarik8829

  • @RemTV
    @RemTV11 ай бұрын

    love me some house Liao content. I don't like their politics, but you can't help but root for the underdog especially during the succession wars!

  • @DevilDogComics
    @DevilDogComics7 ай бұрын

    Just getting into battletech what boxes should I purchase first? Thanks

  • @rsmptabletop

    @rsmptabletop

    7 ай бұрын

    The Beginner Box is a great entry point for newcomers, but if you're already familiar with tabletop wargames and want a more extensive experience, the BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat or Clan Invasion boxes may be more appealing!

  • @papaversomniferum5247
    @papaversomniferum52479 ай бұрын

    Thank you for not having ads (sorry for not making the full amount, albeit not everyone is a greedy worthless cuck attention seeker….) … howeverrr… wow u guys have amazing knowledge, thanks for creating this vid! I hope more folks will see this!!

  • @zalin2000
    @zalin20006 ай бұрын

    The fact that it takes a hour long to explain the basics is why I just collect the mini's and not play the game itself....

  • @Corvus_Corax_Games

    @Corvus_Corax_Games

    Ай бұрын

    Yet, just maybe, when you are used to the rules the long explanation might not be needed. 🤔

  • @zalin2000

    @zalin2000

    Ай бұрын

    @@Corvus_Corax_Games I love battletech and I would love to learn it, but I got no one to play it with. I have a hard time getting my friends to sit long enough for a game of monopoly.

  • @FabioSpelta

    @FabioSpelta

    Ай бұрын

    Play it online on tabletop simulator then

  • @Corvus_Corax_Games

    @Corvus_Corax_Games

    Ай бұрын

    @@zalin2000 I think megamek might also be for online play. I haven't checked it out yet.

  • @Corvus_Corax_Games

    @Corvus_Corax_Games

    Ай бұрын

    @@FabioSpelta Megamek as well maybe?