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(A Bonfire of Worlds was in fact initially advertised with a Battletech: Dark Age logo, but a later printed version reverted back to the more traditional BattleTech nomenclature.) [4] Catalyst Game Labs had received the rights to publish both Classic and Dark Age book lines in June 2007 and had scheduled new works to resume in the fall of 2009.
The BattleTech franchise first extended beyond the tabletop wargame format with the release of MechWarrior, a role-playing game in which players portray BattleMech pilots or other characters in the 31st century. The RPG system has been republished in several editions and expanded by various sourcebooks and supplements.
MechCommander: Desperate Measures is an expansion pack that was released in 1999. [13] Set immediately after the liberation of Port Arthur, the player once again assumes command of Zulu company in a campaign to liberate the desolate planet Cermak in the Periphery, taken by a renegade Smoke Jaguar, Star Colonel Marcus Kotare (a character that was featured briefly in MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries ...
Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is a magazine covering various BattleTech topics such as short fiction and campaign scenarios. [1] The first issue was released in June 2020 by Catalyst Game Labs. [2] Various BattleTech authors have appeared in the issues, such as Michael A. Stackpole and Blaine Lee Pardoe.
With the demise of FASA Corporation in 2001, publishing of the original BattleTech novel series came to an end. When WizKids acquired the rights to the future of the BattleTech Franchise (re-christened as MechWarrior), they approached several of the established BattleTech authors including Randall N. Bills and Michael A. Stackpole to resurrect the novel franchise. [2]
Reprinted as Classic BattleTech RPG (FanPro, 2006). [5] To reduce confusion between WizKids' MechWarrior: Dark Age games and the MechWarrior roleplaying game, FanPro renamed this reprint as Classic BattleTech RPG. BattleTech: A Time of War (Catalyst Game Labs, November 2010) [6] Reprinted November 2022. MechWarrior: Destiny (Catalyst Game Labs ...
He was a writer for BattleTech's fiction. His best-known book in the MechWarrior: Dark Age line was Surrender Your Dreams. Hour of the Wolf, written by Pardoe, is Catalyst Game Lab's bestselling BattleTech novel. He contributed stories to the online pay-to-read fiction website Battlecorps. [citation needed]
FASA published the miniatures wargame BattleTech in 1984, and many supplements and sourcebooks followed.BattleTech Compendium, published in 1990, is a 144-page softcover book written by the FASA staff, with artwork by Earl Geier, James Nelson, and Mike Nielsen.