BattleTech
A board game by Jordan Weisman, Forest Brown, L. R. "Butch" Leeper
A moderate amount of text on components is needed during play.
2-4 Players 0 minutes Medium
Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Grid Movement, Simulation, Hexagon Grid, Movement Points
Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Collectible Components
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Description
BattleTech drops you into the gritty, mech‑filled 31st century where 2‑4 pilots duke it out on a hex‑grid battlefield that feels like a sci‑fi war movie in miniature form. Designed by Jordan Weisman, Forest Brown, and “Butch” Leeper back in ’84, the game is easy enough for any board‑game fan to pick up, yet deep enough to keep you tweaking your tactics for hours. Roll dice, spend movement points, and unleash your mech’s unique variable powers as you shove, blast, and out‑maneuver the competition. The rules sit at a comfortable “normal” complexity level, and while there’s a modest amount of in‑game text (a quick crib sheet does the trick), the real fun is in the roaring engines, the clanking armor, and the endless combos you can pull off. And if you ever tire of the base set, a mountain of expansions—from Alpha Strike to the Fourth Succession War atlases—let you crank the scale up to whole fleets, new clans, and even aerial combat. Grab a handful of miniatures, roll the dice, and let the mech‑mayhem begin.
Expansions
BattleTech
Clan Invasion
1-5 Players
60-240 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Alpha Strike
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech Technical Readout
3050
2-8 Players
240 minutes
High
Classic BattleTech
Technical Readout 3025
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Reinforcements 2
2-10 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
BattleMech Manual
0 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Technical Readout
2750
2-6 Players
240 minutes
Medium
BattleTech BattlePack
Fourth Succession War
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
ComStar
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Free World's League
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Manual
The Rules of Warfare
0-2 Players
0 minutes
Medium
BattleTech Technical Readout
3055
2-8 Players
240 minutes
High
BattleTech Technical Readout
3058
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
20 Year Update
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Master Rules
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Maximum Tech
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Objective Raids
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Sorenson's Sabres
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Tales of the Black Widow Company
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Wolf Clan Sourcebook
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
House Davion
The Federated Suns
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
House Kurita
The Draconis Combine
0 Players
0 minutes
High
House Steiner
The Lyran Commonwealth
2-6 Players
240 minutes
High
AeroTech 2
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
Battleforce 2
2-6 Players
60 minutes
Medium
BattleTech Field Manual
Warden Clans
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Capellan Confederation
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Crusader Clans
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Draconis Combine
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Federated Suns
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Lyran Alliance
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
The Periphery
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Five
Vehicles
0 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets
3055 & 3058
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech Reinforcements
BattleMech Record Sheets 3025
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Tactical Handbook
2-8 Players
240 minutes
High
BattleTech
1st Somerset Strikers
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Chaos March
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
ComStar
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Day of Heroes
2-4 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
DropShips and JumpShips
0-2 Players
0 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Explorer Corps
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
First Strike
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Hot Spots
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Invading Clans
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Jade Falcon Sourcebook
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Luthien
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Map Set 3
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Low
BattleTech
McCarron's Armored Cavalry
2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Mercenary's Handbook
2-6 Players
0 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Mercenary's Handbook 3055
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
More Tales Of The Black Widow
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Northwind Highlanders
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Operation Flashpoint
2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Reinforcements
2-20 Players
0 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Rhonda's Irregulars
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Shattered Sphere
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
The Battle for Twycross
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Battle of Coventry
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
The Black Thorns
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Dragon Roars
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Falcon and the Wolf
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Fall of Terra
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
0-2 Players
0 minutes
Low
BattleTech
The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2
0-2 Players
0 minutes
Low
BattleTech
The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Periphery
2-6 Players
240 minutes
High
BattleTech
Tukayyid
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Twilight Of The Clans
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Wolf's Dragoons
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Classic BattleTech
FedCom Civil War
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
Classic BattleTech
Map Set 7
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
House Liao
The Capellan Confederation
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
House Marik
The Free Worlds League
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
MechWarrior
Unbound
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Operation
Stiletto
2-8 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Chaos Campaign
2-10 Players
0 minutes
Medium
Classic BattleTech
Technical Readout – 3039
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
Classic BattleTech
Technical Readout – 3050 Upgrade
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleMech Recognition Cards
2-6 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Field Manual
Mercenaries
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Four
Assault 'Mechs
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume One
Light 'Mechs
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Six
3055 'Mechs
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Three
Heavy 'Mechs
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Two
Medium 'Mechs
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Map Set 1
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Low
BattleTech
Map Set 2
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Low
BattleTech
Map Set 4
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Map Set 5
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Map Set 6
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Record Sheets – 3050
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Solaris VII – The Game World
2 Players
180 minutes
High
BattleTech Starter
Fist and Falcon
2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Cranston Snord's Irregulars
0-2 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Gray Death Legion
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Handbook – House Steiner
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Historical Turning Points – Galtor
0-2 Players
120 minutes
High
BattleTech
Rolling Thunder
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Low
BattleTech
The Kell Hounds
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Spider And The Wolf
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
The Star League
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
Classic BattleTech Field Manual
Mercenaries Revised
0 Players
0 minutes
High
Classic BattleTech Field Manual
Updates
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Classic BattleTech
Historical – War of 3039
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
Classic BattleTech
Jihad Hot Spots – 3070
2-8 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Classic BattleTech
Mercenaries Supplemental
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Medium
Classic BattleTech
Record Sheets – 3039
2-6 Players
120 minutes
High
Classic BattleTech
Record Sheets 3067
2-6 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
The Fox's Teeth
Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders
0-2 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Die Welt des 31. Jahrhunderts
2-8 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
BattleTech
Battle of Tukayyid
2 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
Compatible With
AeroTech
The BattleTech Game of Fighter Combat
2-8 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleTech
Battleforce
2-20 Players
120 minutes
Medium
BattleSpace
The BattleTech Game of Space Combat
2-6 Players
360 minutes
Medium
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