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[Madog]

Played it for years. First RPG I played actually (once I bought the Mechwarrior add on).

[Wolftrap]

Play it, also play time of war rpg for it.

[Ter Ushaka]

MW:DA had battlemechs, it was fully licensed, the universe was canon, and WizKids was founded by the same person who ran FASA. It was completely CBT Light, and that was exactly what I wanted. Not to get too much further off topic, but in the end it was a collectible game, and had all the pitfalls that entail such things. Still, it was fun while it lasted

[BellatorMonk]

Played a long time ago as a kid. Still have the original box series, books, figurines, etc. Would teach my kids to play if their generation wasn't so tv, console, tablet and pc oriented. Sad that few table top games of any kind can hold a kid's attention these days.

[Corstis]

Started playing in '88. Looking forward to Mechwarrior: Tactics for that very reason. Broke out the old miniatures and took my son to school on that recently.

There's still nothing more fun than to roll double sixes on the damage chart on an Atlas from a Hunchback firing it's AC20...

Edited by Corstis, 27 June 2012 - 09:22 AM.

[Snoopy]

Played it since ... holy cow dung! ... decades.

Something like 20+ years now. CBT, RPG and both mixed together. And I still love it.

[Kier Ordo]

Of course... and I am doing my best to get the next generation of future mechwarriors to do the same.

Edited by Kier Ordo, 27 June 2012 - 09:28 AM.

[Heretron]

i did. back in the 90's. i preferred a marauder-variant with the gauss rifle and believe it or not: the gauss was witched or sth. cause back then i rolled an unholy large amount of 12s for the hit location. y'all know what that means

Edited by Heretron, 27 June 2012 - 09:30 AM.

[Kraven Kor]

Gauss Rifle to the Head = Bad @#$%ing Day ™

That is why I loved the Edge rules when they came out. I usually had a good laugh when I died, in most any game, but it sometimes got frustrating how easy it was to die despite being surrounded by 100 tons of shiny, metal death.

[Jakeyda]

I play most Sunday's at my local game shop Team Covenant

[Gendo]

played it 20 jears ago.
its the only game my mother EVER owned me! shot me out of my warhammer via critical with a HELICOPTER armed with TWO mgs - with the FIRST shot! rolled 1+1,6+6,6+6 resulting in epicly owning me - she is still laughing today about this when the theme comes to TT games...

[Roadhogg]

I have and still play with my kids.

[Donovan Jenks]

I have played Battletech, Battleforce, Battlespace, Mechwarrior (RPG), Succession Wars, (Board Game) on and off for the 22 years.

My favorite part of the timeline is the 4th Succession War through the Fall of the Clans, about 3025 - 3065. I was very excited when i saw that this game started just prior to the era of the clan invasion of the Inner Sphere in 3049.

Great tactical board game with minis that does not require you to paint hundreds of them to be competitive which is what I loved about it in my younger years.

Edited by Donovan Jenks, 27 June 2012 - 09:44 AM.

[Xmador]

Kristarian, on 10 June 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:

I've played BT, the pen and paper version if that is what you mean by board game. Started playing it within a year of it coming out, was a big time D&D player before then. I more than likely will be one of the oldest players in the game ...lol

No there's a poll....who the oldest player in the game is gonna be. Bet I'm in the top 1% as far as age goes...

[CptBob]

played Battletech since before the clans were even a concept,
played Mechwarrior the RPG,
ran a campaign at WSGS games club that had a regular 15-20 people playing through the middle to late 90's,
ran several Battletech competitions throughout that same time.

LOVED IT ALL....

CptBob
or Ghod
as I was known back then

[Melkiot Doriak]

Blu C, on 09 June 2012 - 09:44 AM, said:

Played it, and would still if I knew anyone in the area.

Me too. I had try to convince some of my friends to play with me without success.

I played a lot with my brother in 90's.

Edited by Melkiot Doriak, 27 June 2012 - 10:59 PM.

[Talon3876]

I have played it in the 80s to the present still hard to find people who play it in my area would like to play it more than i do now. I also played dungeons and dragons since late 70's boy talk about the memories

Edited by Talon3876, 27 June 2012 - 11:10 PM.

[Tooninki]

Still playing now and then.

http://bg.battletech.com/

[Tenrai]

Played it back in the 80's . Still have a soft spot for the Warhammer, Archer, and the Rifleman. Think I have the boxed set still...Those were good days...

[Arganosh]

i PLAYED IT IN '85'86 and still do if I can find an opponent. I still have all my figures, the lead as well as the hero clock kind.