Let's play Battletech - An Introduction

We dive into some classic battletech tabletop action. We go over the history of the game, the rules in more or less minute detail, and finally finish a quick and dirty session with a bit of story attached, to show how easy it is. Enjoy! Special thanks to everyone who gave us video footage, voice acting, pictures, references and rules clarification - you know who you are! also, if you want to stay up to date, get a look behind the scenes, or just hang out with us: we now have a discord server!   / discord   click here! we used: https://www.masterunitlist.info for force creation https://www.sarna.net for research https://sheets.flechs.net for bookkeeping and finally https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/co... for miniatures and maps! Battletech, mechwarrior, and most stuff used in this video is copyrighted by catalyst games we briefly use the warhammer 40k logo which is copyrighted by games workshop tank and infantry models are made for Days of Wonders' Memoir '44. 00:00 Intro and Overview 01:05 Setting 04:29 The Game 06:45 Storytime 08:48 Force Showcase 12:17 Gameplay & Rules 12:58 Initiative 13:35 Movement: Walking and Running 17:50 Movement: Jumping 22:07 Heat 26:58 Weapon Attack Phase: Shooting 31:55 Damaging a Mech 34:58 Line of Sight 47:40 first critical hit 51:47 Physical Attack Phase: Melee 01:13:40 Conclusion, Aftermath and Final thoughts