Years of wargaming have brought me full circle back to Battletech. These pages will mostly be focused on the newer, big battle rules called Alpha Strike.
Plans
Game Table for Alpha Strike
Things I want to build and/or buy for the first game
- Craft Felt Fabric
- Copper Canyon - base
- Sandstone - base ✔
- Pirate Green - forest templates ✔
- Baby Blue - water templates ✔
- Grey - road templates
- Pom poms - assorted colors for trees ✔
- Pink Foam (1 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.) - hills (alternate source)
- Status Markers
- Torso Twist
- Shut Down
- NARQ
- Charge/DFA
- Destroyed
Books
- BattleTech Compendium The Rules of Warfare (1690)
Hills and Roads
Rosters
Roster of All Mechs
Infantry
Basing notes for GZG NAC Infantry
|
Rifle |
Laser |
SRM |
Total |
|
Bases |
Total by Base |
Figures |
66 |
18 |
18 |
102 |
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Per Base |
4 |
3 |
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|
6 |
42 |
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4 |
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3 |
|
6 |
42 |
|
|
7 |
|
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|
2 |
14 |
|
|
98 |
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Inspiration
Some links to 3D-printed infantry and vehicles.
Utilities
- Hexagonal Graph Paper generator from Incometech.com (I use 1.9 cm for the hex size and 0.7 points for the line thickness to get a ~33mm hex).