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 Posted: 21-Jan-2017 19:26 Post subject: BattleMech Manual Beta PDF |
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- Standing from seven to sixteen meters tall, and weighing from twenty to one hundred tons
- Powered by an armored and shielded fusion reactor
- Skeleton of honeycombed, foamed aluminum core wrapped with stressed silicon carbide monofilament and sheathed by a rigid, titanium-steel shell
- Locomotion generated via bundles of polyacetylene-fiber myomer muscles
- Protected by aligned-crystal steel over a layer of boron nitride impregnated with diamond monofilaments
- Mounting a swath of powerful weapons from charged particle beams to lasers, missiles to rapid-fire autocannons
- All at the command of the noble elite, the MechWarriors
The modern BattleMech is the end result of more than three thousand years of battlefield technology development. Combining awesome destructive power and unparalleled maneuverability, the BattleMech is perhaps the most complex machine ever produced. The undisputed master of thirty-first century warfare, the BattleMech seems destined to reign supreme for centuries to come.
—Excerpts from a promotional pamphlet originally distributed by Defiance Industries of Hesperus, Lyran Commonwealth, 3007
Using the most up-to-date rules text, the BattleMech Manual has been designed from the ground up to cater to the BattleTech player wanting to engage in an all-’Mech battle. Includes a variety of optional rules, terrain and more.
Welcome to the most table-usage-friendly BattleTech rulebook ever published!
BattleMech Manual Open Beta PDF (Buy From CatalystStore)
BattleMech Manual Open Beta PDF (Buy From DriveThruRPG)
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| Posted: 28-Jan-2017 01:08 Post subject: BattleMech Manual Beta PDF |
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I think they should have included this in description from the start. It was later added to DriveThru, but Catalyst page still lacks this info, which is a shame. Also you pay 10 $ (well, 5 if you fill in the survey) for PDF that won't get updated to final status, so it's the same icky politic like with TRO 3145s  And I really want to like this book, for it otherwise looks like a great way of introduction for newer people.
VS. TOTAL WARFARE
The BattleMech Manual is an alternate presentation of the BattleTech rules as seen in Total Warfare, not a new edition. Most of the rules as published in both books are the same, though the BattleMech Manual rewords many of them for clarity or reduced word count. It also incorporates all relevant errata as of its publishing date.
Additionally, the Manual adds rules and items of equipment from sources other than Total Warfare, such as combat-dropping BattleMechs and expanded terrain options. As many players regularly use such rules, the Manual includes them to provide a one-stop BattleMech play experience. However, some of these rules appear in a simplified or stripped-down form compared to their original form, in the interest of presenting a taste of the wider BattleTech ruleset but not overwhelming the reader with complexity.
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| Posted: 28-Jan-2017 17:03 Post subject: Re: BattleMech Manual Beta PDF |
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I guess I knew what it was going in, but you're right, they should add the description to make it clear to folks! I personally don't mind the Beta PDFs. I pick them up because I want them, otherwise I'd just wait.
| Sleeping Dragon wrote: | I think they should have included this in description from the start. It was later added to DriveThru, but Catalyst page still lacks this info, which is a shame. Also you pay 10 $ (well, 5 if you fill in the survey) for PDF that won't get updated to final status, so it's the same icky politic like with TRO 3145s And I really want to like this book, for it otherwise looks like a great way of introduction for newer people.
VS. TOTAL WARFARE
The BattleMech Manual is an alternate presentation of the BattleTech rules as seen in Total Warfare, not a new edition. Most of the rules as published in both books are the same, though the BattleMech Manual rewords many of them for clarity or reduced word count. It also incorporates all relevant errata as of its publishing date.
Additionally, the Manual adds rules and items of equipment from sources other than Total Warfare, such as combat-dropping BattleMechs and expanded terrain options. As many players regularly use such rules, the Manual includes them to provide a one-stop BattleMech play experience. However, some of these rules appear in a simplified or stripped-down form compared to their original form, in the interest of presenting a taste of the wider BattleTech ruleset but not overwhelming the reader with complexity. |
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 28-Jan-2017 17:54 Post subject: Re: BattleMech Manual Beta PDF |
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So did I, but that might be confusing to new people. And it just irks me that they are making such a balant cash grab and with beta and full version being separate. I don't mind paying full price if the PDF will be updated, but this technically is pay full and something extra for beta test (which technically is part a market probe, part service to the publisher since they get back some feedback and proof reading). So you pay to do some service to them. That's not really a nice treatment of a customer.
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