{"product_id":"battletech-basttlemech-manual","title":"Battletech: Battlemech Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eA self-contained hardcover, the BattleMech Manual is intended to be a mech-only up-to-date rulebook for tabletop use. It contains the majority of the most-used equipment and rules expansions from Total Warfare, Tactical Operations, Strategic Operations, and Interstellar Operations that are relevant to typical mech-only games. However, the most niche equipment and optional rules are not included, making those books still necessary if you're a completist. Construction rules are not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew material is limited to nine new Quirks, a complete lists of quirks for all mechs that had not yet had any assigned, a variety of simplified advanced terrain and fire rules, and a new quick-play system called Battlefield Support, which allows you to add artillery, air strikes, and minefields in an abstracted quick-play fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the rules in the Manual follow the standard BattleTech ruleset as presented in Total Warfare, in response to complaints from players they were rewritten and re-laid out from scratch in order to focus on clarity and ease of use at the tabletop. As such, the Manual is much easier to reference than Total Warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith reference to the 2019 box sets, the BattleMech Manual is suggested as a follow-on to the \"A Game of Armored Combat\" box set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher ad-copy:\u003cbr\u003e\"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!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 second printing incorporated errata and changed the cover art to a blue background with a Red Marauder mech in the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 third printing incorporated errata and added an index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catalyst Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39399644069993,"sku":"CAT35010","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0298\/9473\/8025\/products\/pic3711318.png?v=1619725888","url":"https:\/\/odinsplace.com\/products\/battletech-basttlemech-manual","provider":"Odin's Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}