Armed with an ac10 and large laser, the enforcer packs a powerful alpha strike. The rasalhague lightmedium lance before being primed, three of the mechs are from the alpha strike box sets and the panther is a iwm miniature, based on a hex base. Two doublesided mapsheets featuring allnew battlefields. Alpha strike, themed around the clan invasion, each battlemech or other game unit is represented using a series of unit cards, which are highly abstracted derivations of the respective record sheet for each unit in classic battletech. Boards, miniatures, and record cards for playing battletech alpha strike, a fasterplaying version of battletech. The king of the battlefield is the battlemech, but a myriad of other military units bring additional fun to any game, from combat vehicles to infantry to aerospace units and more.
But you can easily field them in alpha strike and have a decent game that lasts just the afternoon. Light, medium, heavy, and assault mechs since you are always limited by the available mech cubicles, excess mechs must be stored or scrapped. Aug 15, 2015 alpha strike is a basic form of battletech, but allows you to field larger formation. This box lets you track critical hits on your units easily.
Alpha strike, battletech, insane kangaroo, miniatures, minnesota tribe, painting, warhansa. This document includes guidelines on how to run a battletech alpha strike campaign. In the meantime, thought id share the current table of contents subject to change, of course. I like them, though some of the bold fonts are tough to read and some of the models if you dont have enough light.
Five pilot cards and five alpha strike cards, each doublesided. Quick strike or alpha strike the movement would be doubled, and alpha strike has new abilities and different stats. Battletech is the worlds greatest armored combat game. Alpha strike is a basic form of battletech, but allows you to field larger formation. If it is a second printing it will say so on page 5.
Aug 16, 2015 boards, miniatures, and record cards for playing battletech alpha strike, a fasterplaying version of battletech. Alpha strike table of contents on june 6, 20 herb and his great crew continue to pound on alpha strike to get it ready for heading to the printer in the near future. For this reason, it is recommended players focus on converting existing designs from standard battletech rather than trying to create a design from scratch. The striker lance pack is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic battletech tabletop and alpha strike games. Unfollow battletech cards to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
There are many battlemechs in battletech, divided into four separate categories based on their weight class. The very free alpha strike cards on the mul are a better option though as they are designed for alpha strike rather than quickstrike. All rangesmoves doubled from the converted statistics, though why i have no idea. Otherwise alpha strike is a great game, makes battletech much faster and designed more for the strategic level with many more mechs involved.
Alpha strike includes support for both hexbased and hexless game play. Battletech set of 8 alpha strike cards for sale online ebay. Sign up for our mailing list to get the latest updates and offers. Home board and card games battletech pursuit lance pack. Battletech set of 8 alpha strike cards catalyst game labs.
Feb 21, 2016 this mod includes all the basic tools, reference cards, and basic unit cards to start playing battletech alpha strike right away. Wish you had heavyduty reference cards for alpha strike game play like that found in the battletech introductory box set. Battletech alpha strike pilot cards 8 from armored combat box. And hopefully the new alpha strike card deck will be available pod soon.
The battletech board game simulates combat between various military vehicles in the thirtyfirst century. Local forecast by kevin macleod licensed under creative commons. Battletech is the traditional and original game featuring the. Alpha strike ad hoc unit cards includes 90 cards with all the game stats players need to instantly take to the battlefield.
All of the battletech alpha strike lance packs are. The master unit list is something that grew out of a fairly unwieldy sheet you had to print out back in the stone age, to the high powered thing it is today. If youve not already seen it, take a look at the announcement where we talk about the coming lance. While details about as are still thin on the ground for the time being, the book is set to be a grownup standalone version of the fastplay quick strike rules currently buried in the. Developed for the modern tabletop miniatures wargamer, this book brings players the ability to wage war on land, sea, and air using the quick strike game system first devised for truly largescale play, rescaled to the tactical level of classic. Faster and less detailed than traditional battletech alpha strike drops the hex grids for more traditional wargaming terrain.
Nachdem ich nun fast eine woche kein dsl hatte, kann ich nun endlich wieder bloggen. Use these cards to convert your mechs for alpha strike rules. Panzerfaust 150s alpha strike blog thursday, february 21, 2019. Quickplay battletech, uses battleforce conversion methods, though we are still waiting for errata before we can convert battletech to alpha strike. Contains 4 plastic miniatures unpainted and 8 dryerase alpha strike cards. Official converting battletech units to alpha strike rules. Beyond this book, and over the coming months, players will find downloadable content tailored for use with alpha strike via the bg. New alpha strike unit cards monday, march 12, 2018. We now have separate unit cards for battlemechs, aerospace, vehicles, protomechs and infantry. Based on older battleforce 2 and the quickstrike rules and other rules found in the strategic operations, the alpha strike is optimized to allow players to handle. Shadowrun no future, battletech alpha strike, and more. All it needs now in my opinion, is an androidiphone app.
No stats have changed, its the card layout for which stats are shown, which criticals are listed, etc. Introductory set provides players with the means to create easytohandleandstore data cards featuring the 24 classic battlemech designs from the battletech introductory box set. Alpha strike is a battletech game systemrules set that allows faster game play than total warfare rules. I noticed that you can get a deck of clan invasion alpha strike cards as an add on, and im wondering if this is something i need to purchase. Alpha strike is a new, fastplaying form of the battletech game of armored combat.
Take command of largescale engagements with tabletopminiatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Battletech set of 8 alpha strike cards out of stock. The command lance pack is a collection of four plastic miniatures for use in the classic battletech tabletop and alpha strike games. The dragon and a warhammer which wound up with the minnesota tribe, the dragon is from the alpha strike box sets and the warhammer is a tomahawk from a robotech tactics expansion box. Aug 20, 20 battletech alpha strike cards are here my friend, jay, was kind enough to pick these up for me at gencon.
Alpha strike ad hoc unit cards includes 90 cards with all the. Find great deals on ebay for battletech cards and battletech ccg. Zeus, hatchetman, banshee and orion battlemechsno assembly required. Battletech is much more than a board game as presented in the battletech introductory box set. Has anyone figured out how to apply special abilities in. The classic media of battletech are the tabletop miniatures games of battletech and battletech. Battletech mech recognition cards by fasa 1993 free shipping. The more terms you enter, the smaller the list of matching units will be.
The large open space on the right side of the card will usually have. Drivethrurpg still has the older ad hoc card deck on sale, but its prealpha strike companion new point value system, new special abilities like rear. The mul has made some updates to the alpha strike unit cards. There are 6 boards to start outill be making more soon. Its jump jets and decent armor allow it to threaten from close or long range. Since even before total warfare was first published, it has been our goal to provide battletech fans with a comprehensive list of game units and their corresponding battle value. However, because alpha strike does try to account for various weapon effects used in standard battletech, the damage conversion process can get a little complicated. Those will certainly come in handy for every game of alpha strike i manage to put together, and as a pdf i can just ptint off multiple.
We now have separate unit cards for battlemechs, aerospace, vehicles, protomechs and. This mod includes all the basic tools, reference cards, and basic unit cards to start playing battletech alpha strike right away. Tired of hunting for a specific table in a rulebook. Look for the corrected second printing which was done in 2015. May 18, 2017 battletech to alpha strike excel sheet this simple sheet takes a lot of the guesswork out of doing design conversions, and gives you an output that you can plug into the custom card builder on the master unit list website. Battletech introductory box set alpha strike cards created with the. The alpha strike cards really need redesigned anyway, there simply isnt enough room for stuff, especially once you throw in things like large support vehicles, mobile structures, and dropshipswarships. You can really field all 24 of your mechs in alpha strike 48 is about all i can do myself in regular battletech and that game would take days. A revised reference card, updated with the rules and stats for clan units. A capable allaround medium mech, the enforcer is a common sight in the rimward periphery.
Vibrant, strong and still growing after twenty years, the fictional universe and the valiant struggles of its dynamic human characters, set against a farfuture battlefield, has endeared it to millions of fans and will continue to do so into the future. Over on catalysts battletech forums, there has been talk mainly culled from recent battlechats, as well as a video interview with randall bills about an upcoming supplemental rulebook called alpha strike. Enjoy this quick look at a convention exclusive for battletech alpha strike. The box also provides eight dryerase cards, six of which are intended to directly support alpha strike gameplay from the back cover. Clan invasion kickstarter is the clan invasion boxed set, an expansion to the bestselling battletech beginner box and a game of armored combat boxed sets. Alpha strike campaign rules free download as pdf file.
Get the best deals on battletech cards in battletech war games when you shop the largest online selection at. You may also hear people refer to battletech as classic battletech as a means to distinguish the original game from the other products and games set in the universe. Eighty of the cards reflect the units listed in alpha strike, while 10 cards feature notable mechwarrior units. Each card includes the mechs image, manufacturing data, and gameplay stats for use in battletech miniature wargames using the quick strike rules set found in strategic operations, or can be used as reference cards for games using the battleforce rules set found in the same core rulebook.
This is a roughcut of the module, so its not arranged for play or anything. Make offer 8 doublesided battletech alphastrike cards special unit mech alpha strike 2019. I would consider those the current, canon, battleforce cards. It really is the one stop shop for many of your alpha strike needs, from the as builder, to the multiple search options one can use in force building. The inner sphere command lance includes the iconic marauder, archer, valkyrie, and stinger no assebly required. The box also provides eight dryerase cards, six of which are intended to directly support alpha strike gameplay. Some abilities are easy enough to understand like case, but others seem rather convoluted like ac 11, which i understand allows you to choose from four autocannon ammos. Commanders edition collects into one handy volume the revised fastplay rules from the original alpha strike and the expanded rules from alpha strike companion. Battletech cards in battletech war games for sale ebay. Wish you had heavyduty reference cards for alpha strike game play like that found in the battletech introductory box. It corrects all of the problems from the first printing 20, 2014. There are enough differences in the two rule systems that the differences in the cards are noticeable.
Based on older battleforce 2 and the quick strike rules and other rules found in the strategic operations, the alpha strike is optimized to allow players to handle larger number of units, while simplifying handling of combat. Has anyone figured out how to apply special abilities in alpha strike. Drivethrurpg still has the older ad hoc card deck on sale, but its pre alpha strike companion new point value system, new special abilities like rear. I dont have these exact numbers down right but there are 79 cards for the mechs found in the alpha strike book, 10 with special pilots with special abilities and higher battle values to reflect the improved pilot skill, and a card explaining the special abilities. Perfect for battletech and alpha strike heavy metal action. A discussion of electronic resources for alpha strike, and. All of the battletech alpha strike lance packs are worth every penny. Assuming theyre identical to the set sold at gencon, theres one alpha strike stat card for each mech listed in the sample forces section of the rulebook, plus 10 or so notable characters including natasha kerensky in widowmaker, kai allardliao in yen lo wang, victor steinerdavion in prometheus, loren jaffray in a rifleman and a few new characters too. While details about as are still thin on the ground for the time being, the book is set to be a grownup standalone version of the fastplay quickstrike rules currently buried in the.
Play the heavy armoured walking destroids and nimble veritechs of the earth forces, or the bounding pods of the zentraedi using a mofied set of rules for battletech alpha strike. To find units, start by entering your search terms. Alpha strike is a new, fastplaying form of the battletech game of futuristic, armored combat. One sheet of diecut, punch out cardboard playing pieces representing each of the five omnimechs in the box, along with terrain from the mapsheets. It is because those stats are pulled from, which has not been updated with the new conversion data yet. May 27, 2017 enjoy this quick look at a convention exclusive for battletech alpha strike. Inside this box youll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player. Maps and mechunit models can be found on the steam workshop and additional unit cards can be found on site for free.
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