Since things are about to get a little warm over at the old aggregator site, I hope that we can be a good home for those new participants who are as dedicated to our favorite tabletop game as we are.
As such, I’m hoping that, if interested, we can grow our community by building bridges between everyone who wants to play. So please, introduce yourself. Share your experience, your favorite part of the game, and any thoughts you have about growing this hobby of ours.
I was first introduced to BattleTech back around 1990 or 1991, when the group I was playing D&D took a break from dungeon running to smash big mechs around. I recall taking the Warhammer, because you know, it had decent stats and had one of the cooler mech designs from Macross. Loved it when the PPC scored a hit.
One of my most memorable moments was when the GM of the group introduced the clan mechs to us blind. I remember the standee (we were too broke to get standalone minis) looked unfamiliar, and she narrated a bit of the situation when the mech (a Timberwolf) appeared. The damn thing just plain murdered us all with us in L1 3025 tech. Imagine a 75 ton heavy mech with max armour, moving like a medium mech of its time (5/8), and with lasers that did as much damage as a PPC with like 50% more range. When you’re used to tactics and expectations with 3025 mechs, it was truly a paradigm shift. We thought she was cheating all something until the end of the game when she showed us the new source material.
I haven’t played BT for some 20 years now, but it’s part of my gaming background, and I’ll always cherish the times piloting my big metal mounts.