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I’m glad this wasn’t my first video attempting to learn this game otherwise I would have soured on all the other channels trying to make the learning of this game palatable! Stellar explanation and visually engaging without being overwhelming.

Love Battletech. Played mostly on MegaMek. Just need to get a printer so I can avoid giving Catalyst (spit) any patronage.

JESUS CHRIST THIS IS SO WELL DONE!

Only 68 books? I thought there were far more than that.

can't wait for the new video to come out!

Time to watch those Taurians get curb stomped in a really unbalanced fight.

Stomping Dracs makes for a good game.

This was quite enjoyable!

I watched the first two BT battle reports you did, the basic one and the vehicle one. They where cool so I'm checking this out. I love that the minis are now painted <3 !!

I wonder if Pu Pu is pronounced as the sound kids used to make when firing a toy gun "Pu Pu" 😂

I hope you guys do more of these. The production quality is absolutely amazing.

I to want the urban mech plushie.

Guys I love your videos. You not only teach to play but also how narrative gameplay can work while still keeping things fun without getting too stiff. Regarding the ammo explosion rule for the melee attack: If you decide to play on standard rules and Total Warfare does not cover it, there simply is no special rule for that and the mech does not get damage. Tactical operations are all advanced rules and can be used or not used as you (the GM) see fit. Standard rules are for tournament and are kept simple for balance reasons, while advanced rules may be not balanced but often are a lot of fun to add. Never forget: BT rules are there to make the game fun and balanced not to make it realistic.

Of all the battle reports I watched on WH40k, Conquest or BattleTech. This one. This one is the best one, I hope I'll be able to see some more videos like this! (oh, and please don't hit the table while filming on the next video, if there is one)

I'm new: can someone help me understand turn 2 movement sequence? Red won initiative, so Green moved first. 2 Green and 2 Red remained, so why did Green move again?

Where is the Steiner scout lance??

Thank you! I really like your style. Subscribed. 26:27 You miss the extra +1 TMM for jumping I guess. An eight hexes jump by a spider should be a TMM +4. The Shadow Hawk in the same scene should had +2 (instead of +1, shown by the red die). I guess he jumped three hexes. I'm sorry but my inner monk has hard times dealing with this. btw When a mech stands up you can freely choose the direction (AGOAC). The Wolverine didn't have to pivot. You only roll the direction if the mech falls. This is important if the 'Mech has to fire from a prone position (e.g. because the Mech has lost a leg) to determine in which direction the Mech can fire. best

What a damn nice battle!

This is such a great format

The tech quality of this channel is refreshing!

Great presentation of the game and exciting play.

Incredible production quality

43:47 Is there a rule where if a friendly mech is in the adjacent space to the mech you're shooting at and you miss you have to roll for a possible hit on the friendly because they're so close together? Because it feels like there should be.

Some ping for YT finding you better. And keep up that nice entertaining style!

Ihr zwei seid nach meinem Geschmack. Da würd ich gern mal ein Spiel mitspielen, falls ihr mal in S.Dtl. seid. :D

Lao would not have 2 heavies and two mediums. they have very limited supplies, so, It be like 1 Heavy, two mediums, and a light.

Loved this fun battle great story voices really add to to,

loved this best mech movie ive seen in years

Good detailed video here especially since you are going for the "i want to play" detail that i'm going for lol.

What book(s) did you use to create the custom infantry, also, do you know if there's any easy way to get the templates for them online?

I'm barely by the 15 minute mark but so far i'm hooked. Great introduction and nice video!!!

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Dear brother, the video looks very interesting, and I would certainly have watched it with pleasure were it not for your horrible pronunciation of the language. I can't get past the 10-minute video. Despite being Italian and having lived abroad for many years, I don't understand a damn thing you say.

The animations and battle communications really make a difference for the narrative. I generally don't really watch battle reports, but yours are quite entertaining

ah a fellow concordat lover, very few tutorials for them on youtube!

Subscribed really enjoy this. Getting into battle tech been a wargamer for 20 years but went the GW route back in the day. Say what was that template you showed in the beginning?

A friend of mine once through armor crit a Comguard Atlas with a Scorpion light tank. It hit the AC-20 ammo,boom went an Atlas with a 1,1 pilot and their field commander. Due to a house rule if the field commander on a side (this was a 2v2 with one player on each team only allowed to bring conventional forces and the conventional forces on Comstar side were mercs duped into this mission against other mercs.) was KIA any unit from that player that is forced into forced withdrawal must make a check to see if they route or withdrawal orderly. If routing the unit can not make any attacks and moves as fast as it can away from any enemies. If enemies cut off its escape routing mechs are forced to either power down and surrender or eject while conventional ground units surrender if caught. While Comguard would technically hold the field by the end Merc forces escaped with the primary objective onboard that lucky Scorpion. Comstar only had one functional mech (A half-dead crab), a tank that was missing a track and one nearly dead infantry platoon left at the end. If counting successfully withdrawn units in the final tally of survivors that only gave Comstar two additional vehicles and a nearly dead Thunderbolt. Opposing mercs left the field with the objective, three tanks, a beat up dragon, two APCs that picked up inf on the way out and a Wolfhound.

This is why I don't want to play with tanks, mechs only for me. They're too effective which makes the entire concept of mechs kind of pointless.

i love the story focused battle report, hearing everyone react to stuff like the ammo explosions, the cheeky light mechs, and tristans inability to hit anything actually helped me understand the battle *more* than a pure numbers hyperdetailed report it also made me care a lot more! pendragon is so lucky to have gotten out in a drivable state i know fully naming and voicing the taurians too woulda been just too much if you wanted this video to come out ever, but still loved the moment where the taurian commander pieced together approximately what was going on really looking forward to whatever stories you have to tell next (maybe we'll even be lucky enough to see this comguard lance more than once ;) )

So a lower gunnery stat on pilots is preferable? That's counter intuitive but makes sense on the rolls.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for: - Keeping the camera static on the map view to keep the viewer's sense of orientation - Explaining the rules for those who aren't as privy on the game as others - Doing closeups and animating combat for the entertainment factor Every other battle report for games like 40K and others always have their cameras zooming around and they move way too fast for me to keep up, even if I have played 40K before

Bro brought the most expensive paint tray ever. 😂 Thank you!! I was looking for tips on painting my black DC lance.

That was an awsome battle report. Can't wait for you to use some infantry and troop transports.

Love your guys stuff, fun editing and effective at conveying information. I'm a pretty prolific 3d printer guy, I see a lot of stands and proxies from other games in your vids, I'd be happy to send over some tanks, infantry, vtols, extra mechs, whatever helps. I feel bad with my mountains of extras

21:23 cool video but I don’t think you should have been able to use the Bardic Inspiration as you weren’t adjacent any monsters. I know you were only using it to give the others an advantage but that power wasn’t a playable option, sorry.

Fantastic production value and informational value with these videos. As a 40k player; it's really interesting to actually get to see the inner workings and guts of the games mechanics being played out. That said I am blown away by the sheer number of tables and counters to reference & keep track of; even for a relatively small model count game like this.

Excellent video gentlemen!

Excellent video! Clear, consice and very informative. A very good introduction to playing Battletech on the tabletop.

Hey, thanks for this great video. I often use it as reminder when creating a new unit. Is it possible to reactivate the discord invitation ? I really would like to join there :).

I really hope you guys get to make another one of these. This is such a fun Movie to watch.