Friday, November 1, 2024

BattleTech Fiction Review: Riptides (Spoiler Free)

 Hey everybody, we’re back with another fiction review. We’ve got another in the Mercenary Tales collection, Riptides by Randall N. Billis. This is a novella, and a pretty good read, (I finished it in about an hour, but i’m a quick reader). It also ties into the Mercenaries Kickstarter release. This is #1 in the series, (we’ve covered #3 back here) and if math works out, we might try and grab #2 for next week.   


Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Battletech Kickstarter Salvage Box Openings (Part 1)

 Hey Folks, we’re back with another product review, and some hilariously good news.  The SO’s Kickstarter box should have gotten here by the time y’all are reading this, so we’ll have an unboxing of that package some time next week.  One of my ABSOLUTE favorite things about the BattleTech Plastic mini range is the Blind Salvage Boxes you can get (If you can find the damn things.  They’re exceedingly rare here in Texas, and i am hoping they resume shipping soon).  I got a bunch with the Mercs Kickstarter, and i’m going to share what fell out of the Boxes with you.  


Monday, October 28, 2024

BattleTech: Force Construction How to Part II (Finishing the Company)

 Hey Folks, we’re back to work on Force Construction again. This is part III of the process, (refer back to our original discussion here, and part I of this specific project here).  Today we’re building our last two lances for the Argyle Lancers.  Let’s dig in and see what falls out of the sky, shall we? ’




Product Review: Heavy Gear 4th Edition

Hey Folks, we’re back with another product review, and hold onto your Butts, it isn’t BattleTech.  (Don’t worry, Ray knows, I'm not cheating on him), In the before times of the long long ago, we covered more than just BattleTech, and so I'm going to stretch a little bit and cover a Role-playing game, (Please Clap, your love sustains me).  Today we’re going to step outside our science fiction military simulation roots and cover….Heavy Gear.  


Friday, October 25, 2024

Hour of the Wolf Review (BattleTech Fiction)

Hey everybody, we’re back with another fiction review.  I’m trying to clear up all the IlClan era fiction I have, and that means today I'm going to talk about Hour of the Wolf by Blaine Lee Pardoe.  This is it, we’re at the seminal battle to end the Dark Ages era and at the start of a bright new future.  Let’s dig into this book (spoiler free) and I'll give you my thoughts at the end.  




Wednesday, October 23, 2024

BattleTech: Mercenaries Kickstarter

 Hey Folks, Today is the Day!  Our BattleTech Kickstarter package came in!  Well, one of them did.  The SO and I each backed and had our stuff shipped as separate orders.  My stuff is in, hers is not.  She is less amused than I am.  So, the grand box has arrived, and we’re going to do a big unboxing, (I’ll do separate reviews of individual products in the coming weeks, but this is the grand boxening).  


Monday, October 21, 2024

BattleTech Force Construction: How to part 1 (We're building a Company!)

 Hey Folks, we’re back to work on Force Construction again.  Today we’re going to start the Force Construction process and see how far we get.  Now, because this is BattleTech, and we have plastic minis, i’m going to try and build a force out of the Minis i have.  We’re using Force Manual: Davion (you can read our review here) and use the process we discussed Here)  Buckle Up, we’re about to live our lives a quarter of a mile at a time…’